Hope

An iron barque built in 1867 by Readhead, Softley & Co., South Shields. Dimensions 44,16×8,20×5,00 meters [144'8"×26'9"×16'4"] and 454 GRT, 454 NRT and 434 tons under deck.

1867 October 1: Launched at the shipyard of Readhead, Softley & Co., South Shields, for John Robinson, South Shields. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 58699 and signal HRTS.
1872 March 28: Sold to Killick, Martin and Ritchie, London.
1872 - 1873: In command of Captain Joseph Smith Crane late of the steam ship Dagupan.
1874 - 1877: In command of Captain Thomas Osborne Boulton.
1878 - 1880: In command of Captain John Kelly
1881 - 1882: In command of Captain Duncan George Thomson.
1882 March 13: Renamed to Rewa.
1889 May 8: Sold to George Lewis, London.
1890: Sold to C.A.L. Dunn, Shanghai.
1893: Sold to B.A. Clarke, Shanghai.
1899: Disappears from the registers.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
MacGregor, David R.: The China Bird. The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986 (2nd rev.). 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-19 by Lars Bruzelius

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