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Name: DORSETBROOK
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 12/06/1957
Completed: 11/1957
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 222
Dimensions: 1328grt, 695nrt, 235.0 x 35.7 x 15.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, M47M type, 7cyl (340 x 570mm), 1120bhp
Engines by: British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 187677
History:
08/11/1957 Gowan Shipping Co Ltd (Williams Shipping Co Ltd), London
01/1967 Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, London
01/1973 Eskgarth Shipping Co Ltd, (Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, managers), London
01/1973 Renamed DORSET QUEEN
04/1974 Gomba Shipping Ltd (James Fisher & Co Ltd, managers), London
1974 Renamed GOMBA PROGRESS
1977 Atlantic Africa Lines Ltd, (Gomba Shipping Ltd, managers), London
1977 Renamed ATLANTIC PROGRESS
1978 Flotilla Shipping Co, Cyprus
1979 Atlantis Shipping Co SA, Greece; renamed CHRYSANTHI
1983 Dores Shipping Co Ltd, Malta
1984 Lydia Shipping Co, Greece; renamed LYDIA
28/08/2000 Broken up
Comments: 28/08/2000: Broken up at Aliaga


Above photo as DORSETBROOK is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as DORSETBROOK is copyright of Bob Smith

Above photo as DORSETBROOK is copyright of Dave Edge

Above photo as DORSETBROOK is copyright of Dick Parsons

Above photo as DORSET QUEEN is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as GOMBA PROGRESS is copyright of Mike Davies