LOSS OF BRITISH STEAMER
OWNERS BLAMED BY COURT . LONDON, March 9. The British Government Court of Inquiry into the disappearance 1G months ago of the 5000-ton steamer Hope Star announced to-day that me most probable cause of the loss was that the ship broke in two in bad weather through insufficient structural strength. There was an outside chance that she struck a mine. The Hope Star disappeared with her crew of 40 in the North Atlantic while on a voyage from Britain to Philadelphia. The Court blamed the ship’s owners, the Wallsend Shipping Company, Ltd, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the registered manager, the superintendent, the engineer, and repairers in varying degrees. It was found that those in charge of the ship were “completely unaware' that owing to the alterations to the J vessel she was only up to 84.3 per| cent, of the strength required by the ] rules.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 125, 11 March 1950, Page 5
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