120429: SS Port Nicholson 143058

The SS Port Nicholson was a Refrigerated Cargo ship built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn in 1918 for the Port Line.

On passage from Halifax to Welling, in Convoy, on June 16, 1942, the SS Port Nicholson was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 2 lives.

Details
Record Type:
Boat
Type Of Boat:
Refrigerated Cargo Steamship
Registration:
143058
Date Launched:
1 Nov 1918
Record Maintained by:
CEP