| 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 |
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