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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