For the cruise ship of the same name see M/V ''Clio'' ''Clio'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1939 as ''Bukarest'' by

Deutsche Werft Deutsche Werft (English: German Shipyard) was a shipbuilding company in Finkenwerder Rüschpark, Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1918 by Albert Ballin and with Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH), ''Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft'' (AEG) and ' ...

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, Germany for Deutsche Levant Line. She was seized by Allied forces in 1945, passed to the

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(MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Ettrick''. She was passed to the Norwegian Government in 1940s and renamed ''Bremnes''. In 1947, she was sold to a Norwegian company and renamed ''Clio''. A sale to a Greek company in 1963 saw her renamed ''Panorea''. She served until 1972, when she was renamed ''Charity'' and sold for scrapping, which occurred in 1974.

Description

The ship was built in 1939 by

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. She was yard number 226. She had cargo space. The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of . She was assessed at , , 6,988 DWT. The ship was propelled by two

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Single Cycle, Single Action

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s, which had six cylinders of diameter by stroke driving twin screw

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. The engines were built by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg,

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. They were rated at 885 nhp, 3,860

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. They could propel her at .

History

''Bukarest'' was launched in 1939. Delivered in June, 1940, she was used by the

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during

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as an aircraft maintenance ship. In May 1945, she was seized at

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, Germany, as a

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. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Ettrick''. She was placed under the management of the Cunard Steamship Co Ltd. Her port of registry was

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. The United Kingdom Official Number 180678 and Code Letters GNLR were allocated. (Enter GNLR or Empire Ettrick in relevant search box) In July 1946, she was transferred to the Norwegian Government and renamed ''Bremnes''. The Code Letters LLTN were allocated. In December 1946, ''Bremnes'' was sold to the Bergen Steamship Co,

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. She was renamed ''Clio'' in March 1947. On 28 March, she collided with the Norwegian cargo ship west of Bloksen. ''Sevilla'' sank with the loss of ten crew. In 1953, there was a fire on board. In August 1963, ''Clio'' was sold to Compania Panorea SA,

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, Greece and was renamed ''Panorea''. She was operated under the management of M A Karageorgis. Her owners became Panorea Compania Naviera SA in 1969. Management was transferred to E T Kolintzas & Maltakis following this change. With the introduction of

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s in the late 1960s, ''Panorea'' was allocated IMO 5076078. In September 1972, ''Panorea'' was sold to United Shipowners Ltd, Famagusta, Cyprus and renamed ''Charity''. She arrived on 22 September at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping. She was scrapped in 1974.

References

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