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Name: HOPESTAR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/01/1936
Completed: 02/1936
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1513
Dimensions: 5267grt, 3192nrt, 416.8 x 57.4 x 27.0ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, HP & LP, DR geared, 400nhp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Reg Number: 161592
History:
25/02/1936 Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd (Arthur Stott & Co Ltd), Newcastle
1938 Managers became Stott, Mann & Fleming Ltd
14/11/1948 Missing
Comments: 02/11/1948: Sailed from the Tyne to Philadelphia in ballast, heading N about Scotland
14/11/1948: Last reported by wireless 750 miles E of Boston in heavy weather, Force 9
Subsequently posted missing & the enquiry thought she had probably broken in two
The enquiry revealed unauthorised structural modifications as the probable cause


Above photo from the Swan Hunter Works magazine is courtesy of John Bage

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship