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Name: HOPEMOUNT
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/11/1928
Completed: 02/1929
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1357
Dimensions: 7434grt, 4529nrt, 450.8 x 61.1 x 33.2ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (31 x 43in), 1010nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 149490
History:
02/1929 Hopemount Shipping Co Ltd (A Stott & Co Ltd), Newcastle
1944 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1945 Renamed KELLETIA
1955 River Line Ltd (Mollers' Ltd), London; renamed CORAL RIVER
1965 Broken up
Comments: 1955: Converted to an ore carrier, 7775grt
07/1964: Laid up
Q1/1965: Broken up at Hong Kong


Above photo as HOPEMOUNT courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as KELLETIA courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as CORAL RIVER courtesy of Photoship