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Name: HUDSON DEEP
Type: Bulk Carrier
Launched: 23/04/1952
Completed: 08/1952
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 570
Dimensions: 6197grt, 3401nrt, 416.0 x 55.7 x 28.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 4cyl (600 x 2320mm), 3300bhp
Engines by: North Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 184688
History:
25/08/1952 Hudson Steamship Co Ltd, London
1972 Rodosea Shipping Co Ltd (Tsakos Shipping & Trading), Famagusta
1972 Renamed IRENE'S HOPE
13/12/1978 Sank
Comments: 13/12/1978: Foundered 150 miles NW of Alexandria
On a voyage from Civitavecchia to Dammam


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