Court Line - the company and its ships

Jevington Court (1)

 

Court Line used the name Jevington Court for 2 ships:

· Jevington Court (1) - a cargo ship launched in 1925

· Jevington Court (2) - a cargo ship launched in 1956

 

Jevington Court (1) was in service from 1925 until she struck a mine and sunk in 1940 so had a comparatively short working life of 15 years.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

United British Steamship Co. Ltd.

Managers Haldin & Philipps Ltd. London

Builders: Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd.

Yard: Belfast

Country: UK

Yard number: 484

Registry: N/K

Official number: 148639

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: GLND

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 4,544

Net tonnage: 2,746

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 397 ft

Breadth: 53.2 ft

Depth: 24.5 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: Triple expansion steam engine 26", 42", 70" diameter x 48" stoke

Engine builders: Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd.

Works: Belfast

Country: UK

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single screw

Speed: N/K

Cargo capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Service Pre-WW2

 

No information currently available other than that Jevington Court (1) was laid up on the Tyne for a number of years during the 1930s depression.

Participation in WW2 Convoys

 

Jevington Court (1) took part in 4 convoys according to information shown in the table below which is provided courtesy of Convoyweb   - see  Ext. Ref. #5.

Sinking

 

Jevington Court (1) struck a mine and sank 8.25 miles from Cromer Knoll lightship. According toExt. Ref #21  this was while she was in convoy FS103.

 

“On the 24th, steamer Jevington Court (4544grt) from convoy FS.103, 8¼ miles 161° from Cromer Knoll Light Vessel in 53‑08N, 01‑22E. The entire crew was saved by minesweeper Dunoon.”

 

There is a short reference to the sinking of Jevington Court (2) in Ext. Ref #21 :

 

“I joined the s/s Jevington Court in Leith, and sailed to South Shields in to a dry dock, at this time a lot of collier ships were getting sunk, we pulled out of dry dock with no Degousan gear fitted this was to stop magnetic mines, Load a cargo of coal for Parliament House on the 27th of February 1940 we struck a mine near Outer Douson Light Ship started to sink and in the lifeboat I managed to save the galley boy and a deck boy, the lifeboat was swamped with water and it was freezing cold, which was a black ice , we were the last lifeboat to be picked up, we were rescued by H.M.S.Dunoon and taken into Grimsby and into Hospital, I still suffer with Permicious Anaemia and White Finger.”

Images

 

1. Image #1 by courtesy of Clive Malvern

2. Image #2 by courtesy of Ships Nostalgia member Scorcher.

Image 1

Image 2 shows Jevington Court (1) docked at a jetty served by a railway. Neither the date nor the location are known.