| Name: | HOPERIDGE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 17/07/1939 |
| Completed: | 09/1939 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1608 |
| Dimensions: | 5222grt, 3133nrt, 418.9 x 57.4 x 25.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (23.6 x 91.3in), 2800bhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 165772 |
| History: | |
| 04/09/1939 | Hopemount Shipping Co Ltd (Stott, Mann & Fleming Ltd), Newcastle |
| 1963 | Independent Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle (Teh-Hu SS Co Ltd, Hong Kong) |
| 1963 | Renamed BETHLEHEM |
| 1964 | Cia Naviera Pearl SA, Monrovia (Teh-Hu Steam Ship Co Ltd, Hong Kong) |
| 02/08/1969 | Sank |
| Comments: | 02/08/1969: Sank after a collision with tanker SHOWA MARU |
| when 30 miles from Singapore in position 01.16N - 104.08E | |
| On a voyage from Tokyo to Aden with a cargo of cement |
Above photo as HOPERIDGE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as HOPERIDGE is courtesy of Photoship