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Name: DUC DE BRABANT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/05/1925
Completed: 06/1925
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1265
Dimensions: 2477grt, 1466nrt, 315.9 x 45.1 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 283nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1925 Compagnie Dens-Ocean SA (L Dens & Co), Antwerp
1938 Les Cargos Algeriens Soc Anon, Algiers; renamed DUNKERQUE
1950 L Yelkenci; renamed DOGU
06/01/1960 Wrecked
Comments: 06/01/1960: Wrecked at Karaburnu Point, Anatolia


Photo as DUNKERQUE courtesy of Richard Cox