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Name: CLAREBROOK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/07/1964
Completed: 11/1964
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 276
Dimensions: 1594grt, 985nrt, 265.3 x 39.3 x 17.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (340 x 570mm), 1340bhp
Engines by: British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 306161
History:
11/1964 Williamstown Shipping Co Ltd (Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, managers), London
01/1967 Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, London
1976 Fotkav Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol; renamed JUPITER
1979 Renamed LEFKAS STAR
18/06/1984 Sank
Comments: 18/06/1984: Sank after an engine room explosion east of Monemvasia, Greece
On a voyage from Eleusis to Algiers with a cargo of bagged cement


Photo as CLAREBROOK is copyright of Ray Perry

Photo as CLAREBROOK is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Photo as CLAREBROOK is copyright of Charlie Hill

Photo as CLAREBROOK is courtesy of Chris Howell

Photo as CLAREBROOK is courtesy of Photoship