page_title: SS Hopestar
hierarchical_section_title: SS Hopestar
caption_attribution_description: English: Hopestar (ship) The 'Hopestar', built in 1936, was a part-welded, turbine-driven vessel weighing 5, 267 tons. It was tragically lost with its crew of 37 in the North Atlantic during November 1948 while on a ballast passage from Tyne to Philadelphia. (Description supplied with photograph).
context_page_description: SS Hopestar was a 5,267 GRT cargo ship which 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.
context_section_description: SS Hopestar was a 5,267 GRT cargo ship which 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.
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