Her Majesty the Queen visited the new cargo vessel “Port Brisbane,” a motor-powered 12,450-ton ship, just completed at the yard of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. Limited, of Wallsend-on-Tyne, for the Port Line. This picture shows the Port Brisbane lying in the Thames off the King George V Dock before starting her cargo-run which will be between Britain, New Zealand and Australia.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22915, 6 April 1949, Page 8
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62Her Majesty the Queen visited the new cargo vessel “Port Brisbane,” a motor-powered 12,450-ton ship, just completed at the yard of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. Limited, of Wallsend-on-Tyne, for the Port Line. This picture shows the Port Brisbane lying in the Thames off the King George V Dock before starting her cargo-run which will be between Britain, New Zealand and Australia. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22915, 6 April 1949, Page 8
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