Name: | HOPEMOOR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/05/1911 |
Completed: | 07/1911 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 420 |
Dimensions: | 3740grt, 2375nrt, 347.0 x 49.1 x 25.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 320nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 132564 |
History: | |
07/1911 | Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London |
04/02/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/02/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U60, 20 miles NW of the Skelligs |
On a voyage from Baltimore to Hull with a cargo of wheat |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 01/06/1911