4,480 grt; 7,520 dwt.
Operator: Cory Maritime Ltd, London. Flag: British
Built: 1964 by Blyth Drydock and Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Blyth. Yard no. 386.
Main engine: nine-cylinder, four-stroke British Polar M69TS of 2,550 bhp. Speed: 12 knots.
1977-renamed DOLPHIN POINT; 1987-CORA; 1995-MOON CLYDE
1997-to breakers at Alang, India 21/11.
CORCHESTER was one of a new generation of “large” colliers for shipping coal from the North-East of England to three new power stations built in the Thames/Medway area in the 1960s; West Thurrock, Tilbury ’B’ and Kingsnorth (now all demolished).
Photographed 17/3/68, arriving with coal for West Thurrock Power Station