Court Line - the company and its ships

Halcyon Days

 

Halcyon Days was Court Line’s first ship using the new “Halcyon” prefix and the company’s first tanker.

 

She was acquired from another company, had a service life of 19 years and was broken up in 1976.

Basic Data

Type: Tanker

Registered owners,managers and operators:

A/S Oljefart & Skibs A/S Motortank

Managers Harry Borthen & Co. Ltd.

Builders: Marinens Hovedverft

Yard: Horten

Country:  Norway

Yard number: 142

Registry: N/K

Official number: 304730

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 12,596

Net tonnage: 7,176

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 531.16 ft

Breadth: 71.83 ft

Depth: 39.25 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: Doxford type 6 cylinder 2.S.A Oil engine

Engine builders: Marinens Hovedverft

Works: Horten

Country: Norway

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single  screw

Speed: 14.5 knots

Capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Service History

 

No information currently available apart from changes of owners and name.

 

Images

 

1.  Image #1 by kind permission of Jesper, a Danish Ships Nostalgia member whose username there is Astra.

Image 1

Image 1 was taken on June 1972 on the Bonny River, Nigeria from the Esso Aalborg arriving from Rotterdam to load crude oil for New York.