HOP Imo 5154375

[Rick R.I.P.]

HOP,1950, - A/S D/S Ask, NOR Bergen. ex NORDRAAK. 1917 grt x Bergens MV,Bergen

Sailing River Tyne,undated.

Subsequent History:[1961 Lg 91.2m, 2109gt] - 60 ASK - 62 HOP - 68 ROYAL COMET - 71 MARGRIT - 74 CAYMAN TRADER

Disposal Data:fire at Kingston, Jamaica 13.8.77 whilst under arrest & beached 3nm SW Plumb Point


Rick Cox collection,unknown photographer.

[Ronnskar]

HOP IMO 5154375
Built 1950 as NORDRAAK by A/S Bergens M/V, Bergen, for owners H.Kuhnles Rederi, Norway
1960 sold to A. Kjerland & Co. A/S, Bergen, renamed ASK
1962 Owners changed her name to HOP
1969 sold to Royalist Shipping Corp., Liberia, renamed ROYAL COMET

Photographed River Tyne 04/05/64

[Dierk Bauer]

Hop IMO 5154375

Hi Ronnskar, thank you very much for sharing

Her details and history according to Miramar:

IMO: 5154375
Year: 1950
Name: NORDRAAK
Flag: NOR
Type: Cargo ship
Date of completion: 27.6.50
Tons: 1917
DWT: 2735
Length overall: 84.4
Beam: 12.5
Country of build: NOR
Builder: Bergens MV
Location of yard: Bergen
Yard No: 385
Speed(kn): 10.5

Subsequent History:
[1961 Lg 91.2m, 2109gt] - 60 ASK - 62 HOP - 68 ROYAL COMET - 71 MARGRIT - 74 CAYMAN TRADER

End: 1977
Disposal Data:
fire at Kingston, Jamaica 13.8.77 whilst under arrest & beached 3nm SW Plumb Point

[Rick R.I.P.]

....and sailing the Tyne,undated. http://coasters-remembered.net/showt...hlight=5154375

[Ronnskar]

Hop (imo 5154375)

Completed in 1950 as NORDRAAK by A/S Bergens M/V for Norwegian owners H Kuhnles Rederi
Sold in 1960 to A/S D/S Ask of Bergen, renamed ASK
Sold in 1962 to A Kjerland & Co. of Bergen, renamed HOP
Sold in 1969 to the Royalist Shipping Corp., Liberia, renamed ROYAL COMET
Sold in 1971 to the Sea Breeze Navigation Co., Monrovia, renamed MARGRIT
Sold in 1974 to Cayman Tankers Ltd., Cayman Islands, renamed CAYMAN TRADER
Beached at Jamaica in August 1977 after being damaged by fire.
Presumably broken up

Pictured moored off Dunston Coal Staithes, River Tyne. 04/05/64