| Name: | HOOPER |
| Type: | Cable Ship |
| Launched: | 29/03/1873 |
| Completed: | 05/1873 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 288 |
| Dimensions: | 4935grt, 3724nrt, 338.2 x 55.0 x 34.6ft; (1916: 5046grt) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (52 & 92 x 48ins), 468nhp |
| Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 68421 |
| History: | |
| 26/05/1873 | Hooper's Telegraph Works Ltd, London |
| 1882 | India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Co, London |
| 1882 | Renamed SILVERTOWN |
| 1916 | Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London |
| 1924 | Cie Venture-Weir Soc Anon, Algiers; renamed FRANCUNION II |
| 1935 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1916: Converted to a tanker with cylindrical tanks in hold, then 5046 grt |
| 1920: Used as a bunkering hulk at Southampton | |
| 1924: Used as a fuel supply ship at Algiers | |
| 1935: Broken up in Italy |
Above painting as HOOPER is copyright of John Scott
Above photo as SILVERTOWN is copyright of FC Gould
Above photo as SILVERTOWN is courtesy of Archer Philip Crouch
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 31/03/1873