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