Hello Sharon, PORT WYNDHAM 1935 8,580 gross tons, 495ft x 65.3ft, twin screw, speed 16½ knots, refrigerated cargo ship. Built 1935 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank for the Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London. On 8th Sep.1937 she ran aground at Townsville and was refloated two days later with damage to propeller blades. Mar.1942 attacked by Focke-Wolf bomber, 700 miles from Ireland and two gunners wounded by machine gun fire. 11th Apr.1945 mined and damaged off Dungeness. Dec.1946 returned to normal peacetime service after extensive repairs and modernisation at Southampton. May 1956 while on voyage Dunedin to London & Glasgow, collided with tanker ESSO CHEYENNE off Dover in thick fog. 25th Nov.1959 ran aground in River Scheldt near Antwerp but refloated. 12th May 1966 sustained engine room fire at New Plymouth, engine room flooded, most of crew evacuated and port area sealed off until fire extinguished. On 9th Jan.1967 at the end of her seventieth voyage she left New Plymouth for demolition in Osaka, Japan. [Port Line by H. C. Spong] regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "sharon meades" <sharon@sharonmeades.wanadoo.co.uk> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:49 AM Subject: [TSL] Port Wyndham > > can you please tell me about port wyndham i have a pic of her docking > in aussie thanks sharon > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A PLACE TO START *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Passenger Lists on The Internet > http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > > >