SS Port Nicholson (1918)
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For other ships with the same name, see SS Port Nicholson.
SS Port Nicholson was a British refrigerated cargo ship owned by the Port Line. She entered service shortly after the First World War and was sunk by a German U-boat in the Second World War. Her wreck has subsequently been discovered, attracting attention with claims that she was carrying a large cargo of platinum ingots and other precious metals when she was sunk.
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Name | Port Nicholson |
Namesake | historical name for Wellington Harbour |
Owner | Port Line |
Port of registry | London |
Builder | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Hebburn |
Yard number | 487 |
Launched | November 1918 |
Completed | 13 May 1919 |
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Fate | Sunk 16 June 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | refrigerated cargo ship |
Tonnage | 8,402 GRT, 5,338 NRT |
Length | 481.2 ft (146.7 m) |
Beam | 62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
Draught | 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) |
Depth | 33.0 ft (10.1 m) |
Installed power | 967 NHP |
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Speed | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Capacity | 328,592 cubic feet (9,304.7 m3) refrigerated |
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