Difference between revisions of "SS Port Lyttleton"
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| + | | shipname = SS Port Lyttleton | ||
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| + | | shipbuilder = Workman & Clark, Belfast | ||
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| + | | shiplaunched = 1902 | ||
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| + | | shipinservice = 1902 | ||
| + | | shipoutofservice = 1924 | ||
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| + | | shipfate = broken up 1924 | ||
| + | | shiptype = Passenger / refrigerated cargo | ||
| + | | shiptonnage = 6,444 tons | ||
| + | | shiplength = 137.2m | ||
| + | | shipbeam = 16.8m | ||
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| + | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
| + | | shipspeed = 12 knots (22.22 km/h) | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
| − | + | Built as the ''Niwaru'' for the Tyser Line Ltd, in 1914 she was taken over by the Commonwealth & Dominion Line, London, before being requisitioned in 1916 as a troop ship and renamed ''SS Port Lyttleton''. During January 1924 the ''Port Lyttelton'' ran aground on a sand bar at the mouth of the Tamar River, Tasmania. Made one trip as HMNZT 71 depart New Zealand in December 1916 and in June 1918 departed Sydney on a 'Single Charter' carryng 104 AIF personnel | |
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Scrapped in Italy in 1924 following a grounding off Tasmania. | Scrapped in Italy in 1924 following a grounding off Tasmania. | ||
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Port Lyttleton |
| Builder | Workman & Clark, Belfast |
| Launched | 1902 |
| In service | 1902 |
| Out of service | 1924 |
| Fate | broken up 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / refrigerated cargo |
| Tonnage | 6,444 tons |
| Length | 137.2m |
| Beam | 16.8m |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 12 knots (22.22 km/h) |
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Remarks
Built as the Niwaru for the Tyser Line Ltd, in 1914 she was taken over by the Commonwealth & Dominion Line, London, before being requisitioned in 1916 as a troop ship and renamed SS Port Lyttleton. During January 1924 the Port Lyttelton ran aground on a sand bar at the mouth of the Tamar River, Tasmania. Made one trip as HMNZT 71 depart New Zealand in December 1916 and in June 1918 departed Sydney on a 'Single Charter' carryng 104 AIF personnel
Scrapped in Italy in 1924 following a grounding off Tasmania.