SS Port Lyttleton
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Port Lyttleton |
| Owner | Tyser Line Ltd |
| 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 departing New Zealand in December 1916, and then in June 1918 departed Sydney on a 'Single Charter' carryng 104 AIF personnel
Scrapped in Italy in 1924 following a grounding off Tasmania.