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Name: HEDGEHOPE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/03/1927
Completed: 03/1927
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 922
Dimensions: 4524grt, 2808nrt, 386.3 x 52.7 x 26.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 451nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149425
History:
28/03/1927 Medomsley Steam Shipping Co Ltd (F Carrick & Co Ltd), Newcastle
1929 Renamed LANGLEEGORSE
23/01/1941 Sank
Comments: 23/01/1941: Sank after being bombed 170 mies W of Galway
On a voyage from Durban to London with a cargo of maize


Above photo as LANGLEEGORSE is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection
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Above photo as LANGLEEGORSE is courtesy of Photoship