PORT AUCKLAND

Port Auckland (II) 1949-1979.

British

ON: 183007
LR/IMO/ID: 5282263
Year: 1949
Name: PORT AUCKLAND
Type: Cargo ship (ref)
Flag: GBR
Launch Date: 4.10.48
Date of completion: 4.49
Owner: Port Line Ltd., GBR London.
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn on Tyne.
Link: 1491
Yard No: 693
V1949 #602
GRT: 11,945
DWT: 12,017
LOA: 170.6
LPP: 160.6
Beam: 21.4
2D-17 knots.

1976 sold to Gulf Fisheries Co. WLL, KWT Kuwait, r/n MASHAALLAH. Converted to livestock carrier 10,244 grt.

1979 BU Kaohsiung 30.9.79 [Chien Cheng Iron & Steel Co]

Photo Credits: The Alexander Turnbull Library NZ

Cheers and GB

Gordy