HOPEMOUNT SHIPPING CO.LTD. (Owned mainly by Swan, Hunter Ltd & Wigham Richardson Ltd) NAME OF SHIP OWNED BUILT BUILDER G TONS NOTES HOPECASTLE 1937-42 1937 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5178 Torpedoed & sunk by U509 off Canary Is. 28.10.1942 (Convoy SL125) (5 crew lost) HOPECRAG 1929-38 1929 SWAN, HUNTER (S) 4007 Sold HOPECRAG(2) 1963-66 1963 BARCLAY, CURLE 9858 Taken over by Common Bros. HOPECREST 1918-19 1918 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 2373 Sold to Wm. Cory & Sons HOPECREST(2) 1935-51 1935 BARCLAY, CURLE 5099 Sold to Germany HOPECREST(3) 1961-66 1961 BARCLAY, CURLE 9859 Taken over by Common Bros. HOPECROWN 1937-50 1937 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5180 Sold to Stephens, Sutton & Co, Newcastle HOPEDENE 1929-38 1929 SWAN, HUNTER (S) 4010 Sold to Stag Line HOPELAND 1923-27 1923 BARCLAY, CURLE 4284 Sold HOPELYN 1918-22 1918 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 2348 Lost 19.10.1922 Scrobie Is. off Norfolk HOPEMOUNT 1904-15 1904 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 3300 Sunk by submarine gunfire 13.6.1915 off Lundy Is. HOPEMOUNT(2) 1929-45 1929 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 7434 Tanker - Sold to Anglo Saxon Petroleum (Shell) HOPEMOUNT(3) 1953-63 1953 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 12438 Tanker - Sold to Liberia HOPEPEAK 1938-52 1938 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5179 Sold to Germany HOPEPEAK(2) 1963-66 1963 BARCLAY, CURLE 9858 Taken over by Common Bros. HOPERANGE 1932-37 1924 BARCLAY, CURLE 4960 Ex SWANLEY (Harris & Dixon, London) - Sold HOPERANGE(2) 1939-63 1939 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5177 Sold HOPERIDGE 1939-63 1939 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5221 Sold HOPESTAR 1936-48 1936 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5267 Lost 14.11.1948 off Halifax, Nova Scotia (All 40 crew lost) HOPETARN 1939-43 1939 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5231 Torpedoed & sunk by U198 off South Africa 29.5.1943 (6 crew lost) HOPETOR 1927 & 1925 BARCLAY, CURLE 4980 Ex CITY OF STOCKHOLM (Hall Line) - Sold 1927 to Howard. Tenens, London 1932-37 Repurchased 1932 - Sold to South America Saint Line, Cardiff NEPTUNIAN 1925-40 1925 SWAN, HUNTER (W) 5155 War Loss 7.9.1940 NB: Swan, Hunter (W) = Swan, Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne; Swan, Hunter (S) = Swan, Hunter Ltd, Southwick, Sunderland Barclay, Curle = Barclay, Curle & Co.Ltd, Clydeside (subsidiary of Swan, Hunter)
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