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Name: PORT NICHOLSON
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/1918
Completed: 13/05/1919
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 487
Dimensions: 8402grt, 5338nrt, 481.2 x 62.3 x 33.0ft
Engines: 4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 967nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 143058
History:
13/05/1919 Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
1938 Company restyled as Port Line Ltd, London
16/06/1942 Sank
Comments: 16/06/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U87, 85 miles east of Boston, Mas
On a voyage from Avonmouth to Wellington with vehicle parts & stores


Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair