.jpg) Hopestar
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hopestar |
| Owner | Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd |
| Operator |
|
| Port of registry |  Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard number | 1513 |
| Launched | 22 January 1936 |
| Completed | February 1936 |
| Maiden voyage | 29 February 1936 |
| Out of service | 14 November 1948 |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Foundered 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 5,267 GRT, 3,193 NRT, 9,800 DWT |
| Length | 416.8 ft (127.0 m) |
| Beam | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draught | 29 ft 6 in (9.0 m) |
| Depth | 27.0 ft (8.2 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 2 steam turbines, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW) |
| Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
SS Hopestar was a 5,267 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1936 by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for the Wallsend Shipping Co Ltd. She sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1948 with the loss of all 40 crew.