| Name: | PORT PIRIE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/07/1907 |
| Completed: | 09/1907 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 420 |
| Dimensions: | 5162grt, 3318nrt, 380.3 x 49.0 x 25.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 435nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 125615 |
| History: | |
| 09/09/1907 | Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W Milburn & Co), London |
| 1914 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
| 1915 | Glasgow Steam Shipping Co Ltd (J Black & Co), Glasgow |
| 1915 | Renamed KELVINBRAE |
| 1920 | Romney Steamship Co Ltd (Fawcett, Coverdale & Co), London |
| 1924 | Renamed DARNLEY |
| 1925 | Britain Steamship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London; renamed LALEHAM |
| 31/03/1926 | Sank |
| Comments: | 31/03/1926: Foundered 750 miles NE of Bermuda after springing a leak |
| On a voyage from San Antonio, Chile, to Ipswich with a cargo of barley |
Above photo as PORT PIRIE is copyright of Allan Green. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as PORT PIRIE is copyright of Allan Green. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return