| Name: | HOPEPEAK |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/02/1938 |
| Completed: | 04/1938 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1541 |
| Dimensions: | 5179grt, 3130nrt, 418.9 x 57.4 x 25.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.25ins), 687nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 165761 |
| History: | |
| 18/03/1938 | Hopemount Shipping Co Ltd (A Stott & Co), Newcastle |
| 1938 | Managers Stott, Mann & Fleming Ltd |
| 1952 | Bugsier-Reederei und Bergungs AG, Hamburg; renamed EILENAU |
| 1960 | W Schuchmann reederei, Bremerhaven; renamed WEISSESEE |
| 1962 | Cia Naviera Somelga SA, Beirut (Lemos & Pateras) |
| 1962 | Renamed KAPTANPANTELIS |
| 04/06/1963 | Stranded |
| Comments: | 04/06/1963: Stranded off Fialdu in the Maldive Islands at 06.57N - 73.31E |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to Rijeka with a cargo of ore |
Above photo as HOPEPEAK is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as KAPTANPANTELIS is copyright of Charlie Hill
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 14/04/1938