| Name: | BURNHOPE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/05/1917 |
| Completed: | 07/1917 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 204 |
| Dimensions: | 2683grt, 1602nrt, 321.2 x 43.2 x 19.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 295nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 140680 |
| History: | |
| 30/07/1917 | Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1928 | Connell & Grace Ltd, Newcastle; renamed AKENSIDE |
| 22/09/1939 | Sank |
| Comments: | 22/09/1939: Stopped by German U-Boat U7 off Marsten Island, Norway & sunk by torpedo |
| All of the crew survived |
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