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Daphne at Tilbury Landing Stage.

PORT AUCKLAND IMO 5282263 1949 completed by Hawthorn, Leslie + Co. Ltd., Hebburn for Port Line Ltd., London 12.624BRT, 16.120tdw, 13.200bhp 2 oil engines 2SA 6Cy. twin screws, Doxford, 17kn 1976/77 rebuilt, live stock carrier, 1977 kuw. AL MASHALLAH 1979 broken up Kaohsiung, Taiwan

PORT PIRIE IMO 5282562 1947 completed by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend for Port Line Ltd., London 10.537GRT, 11.210tdw, 10.700bhp 2 oil engines 5Cy. Doxford, 16kn 1972 broken up Castellon, Spain

I have inherited lots of old do***ents relating to Port Line and companies dating back to the 1880s.

Port Nicholson at Wellington. One of Union SSCo's crane ships in the background. Port Nicholson Built: 1962, Harland and Wolff, Belfast Tonnage: 11,711grt Owners: Port Line 1979: Broken up Kaohsiung.

Port Chalmers (IV) at Lyttelton. Another Port liner to the left, and Union SSCo's 'Karepo' to the right, a coal hulk in between. 'Karepo' was sold 1952, so this pic taken before then. Port Chalmers Built: 1933, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tonnage: 8,535grt Owners: Port Line 1965: B

Port Chalmers and Port Caroline or vice versa at Capetown, Duncan Dock. Scanned from Company calendar. Late 60s or 70s

Third of 3 snaps of 'Port Napier' at Lyttelton. Beautiful, substantial lines before 'streamlining' took over. Love them all. Apologies again for poor image--very small photo, limited scanner skills! Port Napier Built: 1947, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tonnage: 11,879grt Owners: Por

Second of 3 snaps of 'Port Napier' at Lyttelton. Beautiful, substantial lines before 'streamlining' took over. Love them all. Apologies again for poor image--very small photo Port Napier Built: 1947, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tonnage: 11,879grt Owners: Port Line 1970: Broken up a

First of 3 snaps of 'Port Napier' at Lyttelton. Beautiful, substantial lines before 'streamlining' took over. Love them all. Apologies again for poor image--very small photo Port Napier Built: 1947, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tonnage: 11,879grt Owners: Port Line 1970: Broken up at

Snapshot (cropped and enlarged) of 'Port Lincoln', Lyttelton. Apologies for poor image--very small photo. Port Lincoln Built: 1946, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tonnage: 7,250grt Owners: Port Line 1971: Broken up Castellon, Spain.

Snapshot of 'Port Hobart' at Lyttelton, c. 1950's? Port Hobart Built: 1946, Harland and Wolff, Belfast Tonnage: 11,138grt Owners: Port Line 1945: Launched as 'Empire Wessex' for MOT, completed as 'Port Hobart'. 1970: Broken up, Shanghai

Snapshot of 'Port Alma' taken at Lyttelton, c.1950's? Most of the photos in this bunch are quite small, hence a bit blurry. Port Alma Built: 1928 Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tonnage: 7,983grt Owners: Commonwealth and Dominion Line(Port Line) 1964: Broken up Onomichi, Japan.

Snapshot of 'Port Auckland' (II) arriving Lyttelton, possibly maiden voyage? Port Auckland Built: 1949 Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn Tonnage: 11,945grt 1976: Sold, Converted to livestock carrier, r/n 'Mashaallah' 1979: Broken up Kaohsiung.

sailed on her from feb 63 till oct.64

sailed on her in 65 to 65

Photo taken about 1968 , in the Royal docks London

Photo of 'Port Wyndham' taken 1-9-1941 in Jubilee Drydock, Wellington. Built: 1935 by John Brown and Co, Clydebank. Owners: Port Line Tonnage: 8,580grt 1945: Port Line's final war casualty. Apparently torpedoed twice forward by German midget submarine, 11.4.45. Repaired by builders. German records

The Port Line flag flies on the ferry Cartela in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on Sunday, 24 October 2010. The ferry was taking participants of a Port Line reunion ("Vintage Port") in Hobart on a lunch time river cruise on the Derwent. People from overseas and from all