| Name: | CITY OF BROOKLYN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/12/1948 |
| Completed: | 05/1949 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1769 |
| Dimensions: | 7557grt, 4411nrt, 10880dwt, 485.3 x 61.8 x 30.6ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines (HP, IP & LP), 1492nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
| Reg Number: | 182488 |
| History: | |
| 21/05/1949 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
| 1967 | Astro Dinamicos Cia Nav SA, Ithaca; renamed LEFKADIOS |
| 25/09/1970 | Sank |
| Comments: | Laid down as CITY OF GLOUCESTER |
| 25/09/1970: Sank after an explosion & fire 600 miles south of Colombo | |
| On a voyage from Bordeaux to Shanghai with a cargo of bagged fertiliser |
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