| Name: | HOPETARN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/11/1939 |
| Completed: | 01/1940 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1638 |
| Dimensions: | 5231grt, 3133nrt, 418.9 x 57.4 x 25.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (23.6 x 91.3in), 688nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Reg Number: | 165778 |
| History: | |
| 01/1940 | Clive Shipping Co Ltd (Stott, Mann & Fleming Ltd), Newcastle |
| 29/05/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/05/1943: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U198, |
| 200 miles south west of Madagascar in position 30.50S - 39.32E | |
| On a voyage from Calcutta & Colombo to Durban and the UK |