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STAR OF HOPE

STAR OF HOPE WAS A VESSEL OF 788 TONS BUILT IN 1854 AT RICHMOND ( MAINE )

 SHE WAS SOLD TO H C OSWALD & CO IN 1861 AND  WAS RENAMED STAR OF HOPE ( LAUNCHED AS ? )

SHE WAS UNDER G & T  MANAGEMENT AND WAS USED ON THE CALLAO ROUTE LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE QUEBEC TRADE

SHE WAS PURCHASED BY GEORGE THOMPSON IN 1869 WHO USED HER SOLEY ON THE QUEBEC TRADE 

SHE SANK ON 29TH APRIL 1870 AFTER A COLLISION OF THE ESSEX COAST

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STAR OF HOPE LAUNCHED 1855 BUILT BY CHAS H COFFIN AT BOSTON ( MASS ) ? ?




STAR OF HOPE

STAR OF HOPE WAS A BARQUE OF 281 TONS BUILT AT PETERHEAD BY STEPHEN & FORBES AMD LAUNCHED IN 1865

17TH JULY 1865 LEFT LIVERPOOL BOUND PORT ADELAIDE ARRIVING 15TH OCTOBER 1865

SHE WAS WRECKED IN JANUARY  1883 ON VOYAGE FROM WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA TO LIVERPOOL CARRYING A CARGO OF COTTON


AT THE TIME OF HER WRECK SHE WAS REGISTERED IN MEMEL ( GERMANY ) SHIPS MASTER WAS CAPTAIN HANUMAN SHE CARRIED A CREW OF NINE



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