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Name: PORT VICTOR
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/06/1942
Completed: 10/1942
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1659
Dimensions: 12411grt, 7433nrt, 503.5 x 68.2 x 38.3ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 5cyl (670 x 2320mm), 2152nhp, 10700bhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 16.0knots
Reg Number: 168324
History:
02/10/1942 Port Line Ltd, London
30/04/1943 Sank
Comments: 30/04/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U107, 600 miles SW of Ireland
From Buenos Aires & Montevideo to Liverpool with passengers & refrigerated cargo