Vessel Profile

Portland Bill (H.M.S.)

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Story

This freighter, (victory-type) was built in 1945 by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver, BC.

Historical Notes

1950, this vessel was employed as a Reserve Fleet accommodation vessel at Harwich, Essex, but soon became surplus to requirements when relieved by H.M.S. Mull of Kintyre.

In 1965 this vessel was broken up at Kaohsiung Taiwan ROC.

Owners & Masters

In 1945 she was owned by the Royal Navy.

In 1950 she was owned by Joseph Robinson and Sons, North Shields UK trading as Stag Line, for conversion into a cargo ship.

In 1964 she was owned by Astrosuerte Cia Nav., Monrovia Liberia.

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