First and Last Vessels
ELSTREE GRANGE. O.N. 169783, 7,219GRT 'Liberty' cargo ship compl. 1/1944 as SAMETTRICK by Bthlehem-Fairfield,Baltimore , USA for British Govmt('managed by P & O,London.)
1947 Became Houlder Brothers Ltd.London ELSTREE GRANGE
1960 Sold to Polish SS Co,Szczecinin.Renamed KOPALNIA MIECHOWICHE
3/1972 Broken up at Split,Yugoslavia.
m.v.HUDSON DEEP O.N.184688, Cargo ship 6,198 grt compl. 4/1952 by Readhead,South Shields for Hudson SS Co.Ltd;London.
1972 Sold to Cyprian owners.Renamed IRENES HOPE.
End :- While on a voyage from Civitavecchia,Rome to Dammam,Saudi Arabia with a general cargo she sank NW of Alexandria on 13th December 1978 after being abandoned by her crew due to engine trouble.All crew safely rescued and taken to Kalilimenes,southern Crete.