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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