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Name: HOPERANGE
Type Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/01/1939
Completed: 03/1939
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1600
Dimensions: 5177grt, 3122nrt, 418.9 x 57.4 x 25.6ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type 600LB4, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.3ins), 688nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 165765
History:
23/02/1939 Hopemount Shipping Co Ltd (Stott, Mann & Fleming Ltd, managers), Newcastle
1963 Lamda Shipping Enterprises Corp SA, Piraeus; renamed ANTONIA
1965 Tramping & Freighting Concern Ltd, Famagusta; renamed AMFITHEA
1969 Amfitriti Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta
10/08/1971 Broken up
Comments: 10/04/1957: Ran aground in the Gulf of Panama after catching fire
After temporary repairs in New Orleans, she was towed to Blyth
07/1958: Returned to sevice after repairs by Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydocks Co
10/08/1971: Broken up at Gandia by Hierros Ardes SA


Above photo is copyright of Walter E Frost, courtesy of the City of Vancouver Archives

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo, showing HOPERANGE after repairs at Blyth, is courtesy of Richard Cox