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Name: PORTWELL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/04/1929
Completed: 04/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1391
Dimensions: 1928grt, 1148nrt, 252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 40 x 33ins), 92nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 161514
History:
04/1929 Welland Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle & Montreal
1933 Huron Steamships Ltd, Montreal
1939 Sarnia Steamships Ltd (R Scott Misener), Montreal
1944 Renamed LT JOHN MISENER
1951 Colonial Steamships Co Ltd (R Scott Misener), Port Colborne, Ontario
1954 Renamed H L WYATT
1959 Scott Misener Steamships Ltd, Port Colborne
1960 Broken up
Comments: 1960: Broken up at Port Colborne by Marine Salvage Ltd


Above photo as PORTWELL copyright of Bowling Green State University

Above 3 photos as LT JOHN MISENER courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as H L WYATT courtesy of Photoship