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Name: HOPETOUN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/04/1887
Completed: 06/1887
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 576
Dimensions: 2115grt, 1365nrt, 275.2 x 37.8 x 19.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 57 x 39ins), 179nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 94283
History:
11/06/1887 William Wright, South Shields; registered at London
1889 South Shields Steam Shipping Co Ltd (W Runciman & Co), South Shields
1897 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), South Shields; renamed NETHERMOOR
1901 AJ Hutchins, South Shields
1909 Cia Maritima Nauclero (Azqueta y Arana), Bilbao; renamed ARANA
04/11/1912 Sank
Comments: 04/11/1912: Sank after a collision with Norwegian EVA off Ile d'Aix
On a voyage from Sfax to Tonnay Charente with a cargo of phosphate ore