Court Line - the company and its ships

Ilvington Court (2)

 

Court Line used the name Ilvington Court for two ships:

 

· Ilvington Court (1) - a cargo ship completed in 1911 as Dalebank - the subject of this entry.

· Ilvington Court (2) - a cargo ship launched in 1924

 

Ilvington Court (2) had a working life of 21 years, although she was laid up for some of this time. She was torpedoed and sunk during WW2.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

     British Shipping Controller London

Builders: Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock              Co. Ltd.

Yard: Kowloon

Country: China

Yard number: 562

Registry: N/K

Official number: 147615

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: GKJW

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 5,187

Net tonnage: 3,222

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 400 ft

Breadth: 52.8 ft

Depth: 28.5 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: Single triple expansion steam engine

Engine builders: Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.

Works: Hong Kong

Country: Hong Kong

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single screw

Speed: N/K

Cargo capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Service Pre-WW2

 

No information at all is available about her use prior to being purchased by United British and little more after than other than that Ilvington Court (2) was laid up on the Tyne for several years in the 1930s during the depression.

Postscript

 

Dandolo survived the war and was, according to Ext. Ref. #20, "discarded" on 23rd March 1947.

 

Images

 

1. Image #1 from the webmaster’s photo collection.

Participation in WW2

 

Ilvington Court (2) took part in 11 convoys according to information shown in the table below which is provided courtesy of Convoyweb   - see  Ext. Ref. #5.

Sinking

 

 

Ilvington Court (2) was torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Dandolo of the Marcello Class, in position  37.14 N, 21.52W with the loss of 8 crew members whilst on a passage from Pepel to Glasgow.

 

The names of those that lost their lives are not currently known but will be added to the Roll of Honour below when they are.

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