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| shipname = SS Port Darwin
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| shipowner =  Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd. (Port Line)
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| shipbuilder = Workman Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast
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| shiplaunched =  1918
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| shipcompleted = 1918
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| shipinservice = 1918
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| shipoutofservice = 1949
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| shipfate = scrapped 1949
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| shiptype = refrigerated cargo
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| shiptonnage = 8,179 tons
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| shiplength = 480 ft 4 in (146.41m)
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| shipbeam =60 ft 3 in (18.36m)
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| shipdepth = draught 32 ft 3in  (9.83m)
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
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| shipspeed = 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
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==Remarks==
 
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Very little is known about this ship. I would appreciate any information to enable appropriate respect to be paid to this ship for its contribution to Australian service in the wars.
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|  data3  = 1918 in Belfast for the Port Line.
 
 
 
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''SS Port Darwin'' departed Sydney for the UK on 30 Apr 1918 carrying 493 AIF personnel. Following a pause at Albany in Western Australia she departed with only 233 AIF Personnel. On 14 Sep 1918 she again departed Sydney for the UK, this time with 389 AIF, 22 RAN, 1 Imperial staff and 2 New Zealand Chaplains. In Albany she picked up 12 AIF personnel and 1 Clerk for AIF
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===Suez to Fremantle via Southampton (?) 12 July - 17 August 1918===
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*[[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
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===Soldiers carried===
  
==Remarks==
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===England to Fremantle 11 January - 4 March 1918===
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*[[John Henry Whitfield]]
  
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===Albany to Portsmouth via Port Suez and Alexandria 8 May - 16 July 1918===
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* [[Rolf Montgomery Allom]] disembarked Taranto Italy 10 Jul 1918
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*[[Allahbuse Jan Butt]]
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* [[Oliver John Dowell]]
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* [[Leslie Norman Elkington]] embarked Suez 9 Jul 1918 for Southampton
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* [[Frederick George Gibbs]] disembarked Port Suez 9 Jun 1918
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*  [[Ernest Taylor]] disembarked Port Suez 9 Jun1918, re-embarked Alexandria, disembarked Faenza (Italy) 10 Jul 1918
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* [[George Charles Unwin]] disembarked Port Suez 9 Jun1918, re-embarked Alexandria for Southampton
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* [[Joseph Watson]] disembarked Port Suez 9 Jun 1918, re-embarked Alexandria for Southampton
  
==List of soldiers carried==
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===Suez to Sydney 12 Jul - 17 August 1918===
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* [[James Smith Dean]]
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* [[Arnold Thorp]]
  
[[Rolf Montgomery Allom]]
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===Sydney to Bombay 17 - 28 October 1918===
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* [[Arthur Reginald Barrett]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:35, 25 September 2023

SS Port Darwin
SS Port Darwin 2.jpg
SS Port Darwin 3.jpg
c1919
History
Name SS Port Darwin
Owner Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd. (Port Line)
Builder Workman Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast
Launched 1918
Completed 1918
In service 1918
Out of service 1949
Fate scrapped 1949
General characteristics
Type refrigerated cargo
Tonnage 8,179 tons
Length 480 ft 4 in (146.41m)
Beam 60 ft 3 in (18.36m)
Depth draught 32 ft 3in (9.83m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 14 knots (25.93 km/h)



Remarks

Very little is known about this ship. I would appreciate any information to enable appropriate respect to be paid to this ship for its contribution to Australian service in the wars.

SS Port Darwin departed Sydney for the UK on 30 Apr 1918 carrying 493 AIF personnel. Following a pause at Albany in Western Australia she departed with only 233 AIF Personnel. On 14 Sep 1918 she again departed Sydney for the UK, this time with 389 AIF, 22 RAN, 1 Imperial staff and 2 New Zealand Chaplains. In Albany she picked up 12 AIF personnel and 1 Clerk for AIF


Suez to Fremantle via Southampton (?) 12 July - 17 August 1918

Soldiers carried

England to Fremantle 11 January - 4 March 1918

Albany to Portsmouth via Port Suez and Alexandria 8 May - 16 July 1918

Suez to Sydney 12 Jul - 17 August 1918

Sydney to Bombay 17 - 28 October 1918