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