Name: | CORNISHBROOK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/06/1961 |
Completed: | 10/1961 |
Builder: | Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 250 |
Dimensions: | 1597grt, 937nrt, 260.3 x 39.2 x 16.7ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SA, 8cyl (420 x 660mm), 1210bhp |
Engines by: | Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz, Koeln |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 302780 |
History: | |
10/1961 | Williamstown Shipping Co Ltd, (Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, managers), London |
01/1967 | Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, London |
1976 | Euromar Chartering & Shipping Co Ltd, Cyprus; renamed BESSY G |
12/07/1978 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 12/07/1978: Wrecked 18 miles west of Bizerta |
On a voyage from Antwerp to Tripoli, Lebanon, with a cargo of sugar | |
19/07/1978: Fire broke out in her engine room & gutted her accommodation |
Above photo as CORNISHBROOK is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as CORNISHBROOK is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as CORNISHBROOK is courtesy of Shipspotting
Above photo as CORNISHBROOK is courtesy of Shipspotting
Above photo as BESSY G is copyright of Charlie Hill