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Name: PORT GISBORNE
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/04/1927
Completed: 08/1927
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1295
Dimensions: 8001grt, 4952nrt, 477.2 x 63.3 x 31.0ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 4cyl (580 x 2318mm), 1281nhp
Engines by: William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149874
History:
27/07/1927 Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
1938 Port Line Ltd, London
11/10/1940 Sank
Comments: 11/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U48, 300nm W of Rockall
On a voyage from Auckland to Cardiff with wool, refrigerated & general cargo


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

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Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith