Name: | PORT VICTOR |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/08/1885 |
Completed: | 10/1885 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 261 |
Dimensions: | 2793grt, 1826nrt, 336.0 x 38.2 x 27.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 400nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 91872 |
History: | |
01/10/1885 | W Milburn & Co, London |
1898 | United States Government - Army; renamed McCLELLAN |
1917 | United Sates Shipping Board, New York |
1920 | Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp; renamed HASTIER |
12/1922 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1885: Trading as Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Co |
Accommodation for 32 x passengers with tween deck space for more | |
c1891: Converted to cargo only & refrigeration machinery installed | |
1898: Refrigeration machinery removed and used and a US Army transport | |
1914: Converted back into a refrigerated cargo ship | |
27/10/1920: Arrived at Antwerp with a fire on board | |
03/11/1920: Still on fire and sank at Antwerp | |
1921: Refloated and laid up | |
12/1922: Sold for breaking up to Société Métallurgique de Merxem |
Above photo as PORT VICTOR is copyright of Ian Farquahar
Above photo as McCLELLAN is copyright of the US Government
Newcastle Morning Herald, Friday, 25/12/1885