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