PORT
DARWIN (2) was built in 1918 by Workman, Clark & Co. at
Belfast with a tonnage of 8179grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. Delivered
to the Commonwealth & Dominion Line she was one of three
sisters built with modified counter sterns, the only three
in the fleet with that stern design. Deployed on the Australian
service for the whole of her working life she was broken up
at Barrow in August 1949 after completing 123 voyages. (Photo:
John Clarkson Collection)
PORT
DENISON (3) was built in 1918 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8191grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. Sister
of the Port Darwin she was delivered to the company in June
1918. She became the company's first war loss when she was
sunk in 1940. On 26th September she sailed from Methil in
Fife as Commodore ship and centre column leader in a convoy
bound for New Zealand. At 19.50 hrs, when the ship was six
miles north-east of Peterhead, an aircraft approached the
ship showing navigation lights which gave the impression that
it was friendly. It turned out to be German and dropped two
bombs. One missed but the second hit the Port Denison abreast
of the funnel blowing a large hole in the starboard side which
caused the engine room to flood. In the early hours of the
next morning the ship sank with the loss of 16 lives. Convoys
had been instructed to fire on any aircraft which approached
from ahead or astern which was the usual bombing run but on
this occasion the instruction had not been carried out. Allied
aircraft had been instructed to fly parallel with convoys
and never to cross them and the convoy gunners were so 'trigger
happy' that 'out of range' was added to the parallel instruction
by the RAF. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
BOWEN was built in 1919 by Workman, Clark & Co. at Belfast
with a tonnage of 8267grt, a length of 480ft 8in, a beam of
62ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. Although build to
a similar specification as the Port Darwin she was the first
of the wider beamed steam turbined vessels but her engines
always gave trouble with blade creeping and shedding. On 19th
July 1939, during a voyage from Picton to Wanganui, she ran
aground at Castleshore Beach in New Zealand. Her cargo of
over 2000 tons of coal was jettisoned but had little effect
as the current bumped her along the beach and carried her
further inshore. She was finally declared a total constructive
loss and after the remaining cargo and fittings were removed
was broken up where she lay. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
CAROLINE (3) was built in 1919 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8263grt, a length of 480ft 10in,
a beam of 62ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. The first
of a class of ten ships the design was based on Tyser's Port
Miwaru/Lyttleton which, in turn was similar to the Port Darwin
but with a cruiser stern. She began her career with an incident
when, after loading cargo at Middlesbrough at the start of
her maiden voyage, she collided with Ellerman's City of Valencia.
Equipped with steam turbines she had to return to her builder
after only six months for an engine refit. During the Second
World War she continued to operate on the meat run and during
this period her stern house was decked over to the sides and
liferafts installed for the gunners use. In March 1949 she
carried wool from Sydney to Odessa in the Ukraine after which
she completed the return voyage in ballast. After arriving
back in London in the following October she was used as a
cold meat storage ship for the Ministry of Food until she
sailed for Blythe where she arrived on 21st February 1950
for breaking up by Hughes, Bolckow. (Photo: Cyril Simmons)
PORT
NICHOLSON (2) was built in 1919 by R & W Hawthorn, Leslie
& Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 8402grt, a length
of 500ft 6in, a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14
knots. In 1928, during a voyage to New Zealand she had to
put into Pago Pago when her cargo caught fire. Fire again
damaged the Port Nicholson in 1937 when she was moored adjacent
to the Government Cool Stores in Melbourne when it caught
fire. The ship had cattle on board and these were saved by
having water hosed onto them as they waited in their pens.
In 1938 she hit and sank Gamecock Towing's tug Ocean Cock
with the loss of four lives. On 16th June 1942 she was hit
by two torpedoes which had been fired by U-87 off Portland,
Maine in position 42.11N 69.25W whilst forming part of convoy
XB.25. The first torpedo exploded in the engine room killing
two of the crew and the second hit towards the rear of the
ship causing her to settle by the stern. Survivors were taken
off by a Canadian corvette. A further tragedy occurred when
the Port Nicholson's master, Captain Jeffrey, the Chief Officer
and the CO of the corvette boarded the ship to assess the
damage and chances of salvage. Without any warning the ship
suddenly lurched, pivotted to the vertical and quickly sank
with the loss of all three lives. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
ADELAIDE (3) was built in 1919 by R & W Hawthorn, Leslie
& Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 8422grt, a length
of 481ft 2in, a beam of 62ft 4in and a service speed of 14
knots. Similar to the Port Caroline she had an uneventful
career until on 6th June 1942 ,whilst forming part of an Atlantic
convoy, she collided with T & J Harrison's Historian without
any loss of life or fatal damage. Surviving the war she eventually
arrived at Inverkeithing on 21st August 1949 to be broken
up by Thos. W. Ward. (Photo: Dick Henshaw)
PORT
KEMBLA (2) was built in 1920 by Workman, Clarke & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8435grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. Although
outwardly the same as her sisters her holds were designed
to carry bulky cargoes. On 8th July 1926 she was wrecked on
a reef on Little San Salvadore Island in the Bahamas during
a voyage from London to New Zealand via Newport News and the
Panama Canal. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
CAMPBELL (2) was built in 1922 by Workman, Clarke & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8308grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. Surviving
the war and after an uneventful career she arrived at Briton
Ferry on 12th May 1953 for breaking up by Thos. W. Ward. (Photo:
John Clarkson Collection)
PORT AUCKLAND (1) was built in 1922 by Workman, Clarke &
Co. at Belfast with a tonnage of 8308grt, a length of 500ft
6in, a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. During
a 'Battle of Britain' daylight raid on the London Docks on
15th September 1940 her AA guns shot down one of the three
German aircraft lost on that day. On 17th March 1943, while
forming part of convoy SC 122 which had left New York twelve
days previously, she was torpedoed by U-305 south-east of
Cape Farewell in the Atlantic. The U-boat had fired a spread
of two torpedoes the first of which hit the Port Auckland
in the starboard side engineroom and the second hit the Zouave,
of Turner, Brightman, which sank in 5 minutes. Just after
midnight of the following day the U-305 fired a further torpedo
into the ship followed by a third which sank her with the
loss of 8 lives. A second convoy, the HX 229 which was sailing
in two halves, was also attacked by the 'wolf pack' which
was made up of 21 submarines. The attack was finally aborted
when Liberator aircraft carrying depth charges arrived on
the scene. Out of 88 ships in the combined convoys 22 were
lost, the highest number lost in a single 'Battle of the Atlantic'
encounter. Fortunately, with the development of long range
aircraft the Atlantic convoy routes became more and more protected
and, thereafter, the Allies lost fewer and fewer ships. (Photo:
Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
HUNTER (4) was built in 1922 by Workman, Clarke & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8437grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. In June
1942 she left Liverpool bound for New Zealand as part of convoy
OS.33 (OS=UK to Freetown) carrying a cargo of ammunition.
On 11th July she had left the convoy to proceed independently
to the Panama Canal but was shadowed and shortly after torpedoed
by U-582 500 miles north-west of Sierra Leonne. The convoy
had been attacked by three U-boats, the U-582, the U-116 and
the U-201. All the convoy members saw was an immense flash
on the horizon. Seventy crew members, fourteen gunners and
three passenger lost their lives but there were three survivors
- crew members who had been sleeping on deck and were blown
into the water. Her master, Captain J.B. Bradley had been
in command of the Port Dennison when she was lost in 1940.
In all six ships in convoy OS.33 were sunk. (Photo: Iain Lovie
Collection)
PORT
HARDY (2) was built in 1922 by R & W Hawthorn, Leslie
& Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 8705grt, a length
of 481ft 2in, a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14
knots. Although similar to other ships in her class she was
equipped to carry 650 emigrants. On 16th January 1941 she
joined convoy HX 121 at Halifax, a convoy which was comprised
of 48 ships in 9 columns. Twelve days later, on 28th April
when the convoy was north of Rockall, the first attack began
and one ship was sunk at 15.20 hrs. Forty minutes later the
Port Hardy was hit on the port side abaft the main mast by
a torpedo fired by U-96 with the loss of one life. The U-boat
had fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Hunting tanker
Oilfield which was hit by one of them. The second sped past
and hit Lorentzen's Caledonia while the third carried on to
hit the Port Hardy. The crew abandoned ship to be rescued
by the Zaafaran (Pharnic S.N. Co.) and the ship finally sank
at 19.20 hrs. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
BRISBANE (1) was built in 1923 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8315grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. On 19th
November 1940 in a position west of Cape Leeuwin she received
an RRR radio message from the Shaw Saville & Albion ship
Maimoa which indicated that it was under attack from a surface
raider. The master of the Port Brisbane heeded the warning
and turned away from the scene heading north at full speed
until darkness fell when he resumed his original course. At
21.45hrs on 21st November, although in darkness, a shot was
fired across her bows whereupon she presented her stern to
the raider and sped away at full speed. The raider, which
turned out to be the Pinguin (HSK 5, Schiff 33 the ex Kandelfels
of DDG 'Hansa'), gave chase and continued to fire at the ship.
The Port Brisbane managed to send out the 'RRR' signal until
the radio masts was carried away and the ship set on fire.
The crew then took to the lifeboats and the ships was sunk
the next day. Nine days later the Pinguin sank the Port Wellington
and in all captured 28 ships of which 12 were sunk. The remainder
were a fleet of Norwegian whaling vessels who were operating
in the Antarctic and these were ordered to proceed to Bordeaux.
(Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
WELLINGTON (1) was built in 1924 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 7868grt, a length of 470ft 1in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. She was
damaged in 1937 when she was moored adjacent to the Government
Cool Stores in Melbourne when it caught fire. On 30th November
1940 she was captured by the German surface raider Pinguin
and sunk on the following day after the Germans had removed
stores to enable the Pinguin to leave the Indian Ocean. The
German ship then sailed for the Antarctic where she captured
the Norwegian whaling fleet. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
CURTIS (2) was built in 1920 by Workman, Clark & Co. at
Belfast with a tonnage of 8278grt, a length of 450ft 2in,
a beam of 58ft 5in and a service speed of 12 knots. After
sixteen years of service she was sold, in 1936, to Counties
Ship Management of London, renamed Tower Dale and re-engined
to triple expansion. In 1937 she was sold to J. A. Zachariassen
of Nystad in Finland where she remained until June 1945 when
she was taken over by the Soviet Union as war reparations
and renamed Kronstadt. By 1965 the name was being spelt Kronshradt
although the Cyrillic spelling was unchanged and by 1968 her
port of registry was Vladivostock. The final entry in Lloyds
Register was in 1969-70 where after a period of use as a storage
vessel she was probably broken up locally. (Photo: Iain Lovie
Collection)
PORT
DUNEDIN was built in 1925 by Workman, Clark & Co. at Belfast
with a tonnage of 7463grt, a length of 466ft 10in, a beam
of 59ft 10in and a service speed of 12 knots. She was the
company's first motorship and also the first on that route.
In December 1937, outward bound from London in thick fog,
she hit Blue Star's inbound Australia Star in the Thames.
On 25th September 1962 she arrived in Genoa where she was
broken up.
PORT
DARWIN (2) was built in 1918 by Workman, Clark & Co. at
Belfast with a tonnage of 8179grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. Delivered
to the Commonwealth & Dominion Line she was one of three
sisters built with modified counter sterns, the only three
in the fleet with that stern design. Deployed on the Australian
service for the whole of her working life she was broken up
at Barrow in August 1949 after completing 123 voyages. (Photo:
John Clarkson Collection) 
PORT
DENISON (3) was built in 1918 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8191grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. Sister
of the Port Darwin she was delivered to the company in June
1918. She became the company's first war loss when she was
sunk in 1940. On 26th September she sailed from Methil in
Fife as Commodore ship and centre column leader in a convoy
bound for New Zealand. At 19.50 hrs, when the ship was six
miles north-east of Peterhead, an aircraft approached the
ship showing navigation lights which gave the impression that
it was friendly. It turned out to be German and dropped two
bombs. One missed but the second hit the Port Denison abreast
of the funnel blowing a large hole in the starboard side which
caused the engine room to flood. In the early hours of the
next morning the ship sank with the loss of 16 lives. Convoys
had been instructed to fire on any aircraft which approached
from ahead or astern which was the usual bombing run but on
this occasion the instruction had not been carried out. Allied
aircraft had been instructed to fly parallel with convoys
and never to cross them and the convoy gunners were so 'trigger
happy' that 'out of range' was added to the parallel instruction
by the RAF. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection) 
PORT
BOWEN was built in 1919 by Workman, Clark & Co. at Belfast
with a tonnage of 8267grt, a length of 480ft 8in, a beam of
62ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. Although build to
a similar specification as the Port Darwin she was the first
of the wider beamed steam turbined vessels but her engines
always gave trouble with blade creeping and shedding. On 19th
July 1939, during a voyage from Picton to Wanganui, she ran
aground at Castleshore Beach in New Zealand. Her cargo of
over 2000 tons of coal was jettisoned but had little effect
as the current bumped her along the beach and carried her
further inshore. She was finally declared a total constructive
loss and after the remaining cargo and fittings were removed
was broken up where she lay. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
CAROLINE (3) was built in 1919 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8263grt, a length of 480ft 10in,
a beam of 62ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. The first
of a class of ten ships the design was based on Tyser's Port
Miwaru/Lyttleton which, in turn was similar to the Port Darwin
but with a cruiser stern. She began her career with an incident
when, after loading cargo at Middlesbrough at the start of
her maiden voyage, she collided with Ellerman's City of Valencia.
Equipped with steam turbines she had to return to her builder
after only six months for an engine refit. During the Second
World War she continued to operate on the meat run and during
this period her stern house was decked over to the sides and
liferafts installed for the gunners use. In March 1949 she
carried wool from Sydney to Odessa in the Ukraine after which
she completed the return voyage in ballast. After arriving
back in London in the following October she was used as a
cold meat storage ship for the Ministry of Food until she
sailed for Blythe where she arrived on 21st February 1950
for breaking up by Hughes, Bolckow. (Photo: Cyril Simmons)
PORT
NICHOLSON (2) was built in 1919 by R & W Hawthorn, Leslie
& Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 8402grt, a length
of 500ft 6in, a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14
knots. In 1928, during a voyage to New Zealand she had to
put into Pago Pago when her cargo caught fire. Fire again
damaged the Port Nicholson in 1937 when she was moored adjacent
to the Government Cool Stores in Melbourne when it caught
fire. The ship had cattle on board and these were saved by
having water hosed onto them as they waited in their pens.
In 1938 she hit and sank Gamecock Towing's tug Ocean Cock
with the loss of four lives. On 16th June 1942 she was hit
by two torpedoes which had been fired by U-87 off Portland,
Maine in position 42.11N 69.25W whilst forming part of convoy
XB.25. The first torpedo exploded in the engine room killing
two of the crew and the second hit towards the rear of the
ship causing her to settle by the stern. Survivors were taken
off by a Canadian corvette. A further tragedy occurred when
the Port Nicholson's master, Captain Jeffrey, the Chief Officer
and the CO of the corvette boarded the ship to assess the
damage and chances of salvage. Without any warning the ship
suddenly lurched, pivotted to the vertical and quickly sank
with the loss of all three lives. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
ADELAIDE (3) was built in 1919 by R & W Hawthorn, Leslie
& Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 8422grt, a length
of 481ft 2in, a beam of 62ft 4in and a service speed of 14
knots. Similar to the Port Caroline she had an uneventful
career until on 6th June 1942 ,whilst forming part of an Atlantic
convoy, she collided with T & J Harrison's Historian without
any loss of life or fatal damage. Surviving the war she eventually
arrived at Inverkeithing on 21st August 1949 to be broken
up by Thos. W. Ward. (Photo: Dick Henshaw) 
PORT
KEMBLA (2) was built in 1920 by Workman, Clarke & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8435grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. Although
outwardly the same as her sisters her holds were designed
to carry bulky cargoes. On 8th July 1926 she was wrecked on
a reef on Little San Salvadore Island in the Bahamas during
a voyage from London to New Zealand via Newport News and the
Panama Canal. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection) 
PORT
CAMPBELL (2) was built in 1922 by Workman, Clarke & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8308grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. Surviving
the war and after an uneventful career she arrived at Briton
Ferry on 12th May 1953 for breaking up by Thos. W. Ward. (Photo:
John Clarkson Collection) 
PORT AUCKLAND (1) was built in 1922 by Workman, Clarke &
Co. at Belfast with a tonnage of 8308grt, a length of 500ft
6in, a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. During
a 'Battle of Britain' daylight raid on the London Docks on
15th September 1940 her AA guns shot down one of the three
German aircraft lost on that day. On 17th March 1943, while
forming part of convoy SC 122 which had left New York twelve
days previously, she was torpedoed by U-305 south-east of
Cape Farewell in the Atlantic. The U-boat had fired a spread
of two torpedoes the first of which hit the Port Auckland
in the starboard side engineroom and the second hit the Zouave,
of Turner, Brightman, which sank in 5 minutes. Just after
midnight of the following day the U-305 fired a further torpedo
into the ship followed by a third which sank her with the
loss of 8 lives. A second convoy, the HX 229 which was sailing
in two halves, was also attacked by the 'wolf pack' which
was made up of 21 submarines. The attack was finally aborted
when Liberator aircraft carrying depth charges arrived on
the scene. Out of 88 ships in the combined convoys 22 were
lost, the highest number lost in a single 'Battle of the Atlantic'
encounter. Fortunately, with the development of long range
aircraft the Atlantic convoy routes became more and more protected
and, thereafter, the Allies lost fewer and fewer ships. (Photo:
Iain Lovie Collection) 
PORT
HUNTER (4) was built in 1922 by Workman, Clarke & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8437grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14 knots. In June
1942 she left Liverpool bound for New Zealand as part of convoy
OS.33 (OS=UK to Freetown) carrying a cargo of ammunition.
On 11th July she had left the convoy to proceed independently
to the Panama Canal but was shadowed and shortly after torpedoed
by U-582 500 miles north-west of Sierra Leonne. The convoy
had been attacked by three U-boats, the U-582, the U-116 and
the U-201. All the convoy members saw was an immense flash
on the horizon. Seventy crew members, fourteen gunners and
three passenger lost their lives but there were three survivors
- crew members who had been sleeping on deck and were blown
into the water. Her master, Captain J.B. Bradley had been
in command of the Port Dennison when she was lost in 1940.
In all six ships in convoy OS.33 were sunk. (Photo: Iain Lovie
Collection) 
PORT
HARDY (2) was built in 1922 by R & W Hawthorn, Leslie
& Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage of 8705grt, a length
of 481ft 2in, a beam of 60ft 4in and a service speed of 14
knots. Although similar to other ships in her class she was
equipped to carry 650 emigrants. On 16th January 1941 she
joined convoy HX 121 at Halifax, a convoy which was comprised
of 48 ships in 9 columns. Twelve days later, on 28th April
when the convoy was north of Rockall, the first attack began
and one ship was sunk at 15.20 hrs. Forty minutes later the
Port Hardy was hit on the port side abaft the main mast by
a torpedo fired by U-96 with the loss of one life. The U-boat
had fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Hunting tanker
Oilfield which was hit by one of them. The second sped past
and hit Lorentzen's Caledonia while the third carried on to
hit the Port Hardy. The crew abandoned ship to be rescued
by the Zaafaran (Pharnic S.N. Co.) and the ship finally sank
at 19.20 hrs. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection) 
PORT
BRISBANE (1) was built in 1923 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 8315grt, a length of 500ft 6in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. On 19th
November 1940 in a position west of Cape Leeuwin she received
an RRR radio message from the Shaw Saville & Albion ship
Maimoa which indicated that it was under attack from a surface
raider. The master of the Port Brisbane heeded the warning
and turned away from the scene heading north at full speed
until darkness fell when he resumed his original course. At
21.45hrs on 21st November, although in darkness, a shot was
fired across her bows whereupon she presented her stern to
the raider and sped away at full speed. The raider, which
turned out to be the Pinguin (HSK 5, Schiff 33 the ex Kandelfels
of DDG 'Hansa'), gave chase and continued to fire at the ship.
The Port Brisbane managed to send out the 'RRR' signal until
the radio masts was carried away and the ship set on fire.
The crew then took to the lifeboats and the ships was sunk
the next day. Nine days later the Pinguin sank the Port Wellington
and in all captured 28 ships of which 12 were sunk. The remainder
were a fleet of Norwegian whaling vessels who were operating
in the Antarctic and these were ordered to proceed to Bordeaux.
(Photo: Iain Lovie Collection) 
PORT
WELLINGTON (1) was built in 1924 by Workman, Clark & Co.
at Belfast with a tonnage of 7868grt, a length of 470ft 1in,
a beam of 60ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. She was
damaged in 1937 when she was moored adjacent to the Government
Cool Stores in Melbourne when it caught fire. On 30th November
1940 she was captured by the German surface raider Pinguin
and sunk on the following day after the Germans had removed
stores to enable the Pinguin to leave the Indian Ocean. The
German ship then sailed for the Antarctic where she captured
the Norwegian whaling fleet. (Photo: Iain Lovie Collection)
PORT
CURTIS (2) was built in 1920 by Workman, Clark & Co. at
Belfast with a tonnage of 8278grt, a length of 450ft 2in,
a beam of 58ft 5in and a service speed of 12 knots. After
sixteen years of service she was sold, in 1936, to Counties
Ship Management of London, renamed Tower Dale and re-engined
to triple expansion. In 1937 she was sold to J. A. Zachariassen
of Nystad in Finland where she remained until June 1945 when
she was taken over by the Soviet Union as war reparations
and renamed Kronstadt. By 1965 the name was being spelt Kronshradt
although the Cyrillic spelling was unchanged and by 1968 her
port of registry was Vladivostock. The final entry in Lloyds
Register was in 1969-70 where after a period of use as a storage
vessel she was probably broken up locally. (Photo: Iain Lovie
Collection) 
PORT
DUNEDIN was built in 1925 by Workman, Clark & Co. at Belfast
with a tonnage of 7463grt, a length of 466ft 10in, a beam
of 59ft 10in and a service speed of 12 knots. She was the
company's first motorship and also the first on that route.
In December 1937, outward bound from London in thick fog,
she hit Blue Star's inbound Australia Star in the Thames.
On 25th September 1962 she arrived in Genoa where she was
broken up. 
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