Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Friday, July 7, 1961 @ 0515 		HOPECREST ( 1961 - 1969 General cargo ship 501 feet long of Hopemount Shipping Co. Ltd. / Stott, Man & Fleming, Newcastle : 1984 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

New ship HOPECREST undocks in Elderslie Dry Dock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryNewcastle (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowNet Tonnage4,112
Gross Tonnage7,610
Deadweght Tonnage11,680

She was a newly built ship by Clydeholm Shipyard, Glasgow, and was undergoing drydocking prior to being delivered to her owners.