Court Line - the company and its ships

Barrington Court (3)

 

Court Line used the name Barrington Court for three ships:

 

· Barrington Court (1) - a cargo ship  launched in 1906

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

· Barrington Court (3) - a refrigerated cargo ship launched in 1952

 

Barrington Court (3) had a service life of 24 years during which she had several changes of ownership and name and was broken up in 1975.

Basic Data

Type: Refrigerated Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Court Line Ltd.

Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd. London

Builders: Short Bros.

Yard: Pallion, Sunderland

Country: UK

Yard number: 513

Registry: N/K

Official number: 184603

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 6,033

Net tonnage: 3,492

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 472.67 ft

Breadth: 59.67 ft

Depth: 25.79 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: 6 Cylinder 4.S.A. B&W type oil engine

Engine builders: J.G.Kincaid & Co. Ltd.

Works: Greenock

Country: UK

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single screw

Speed: 12 knots

Cargo capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Service History

 

Barrington Court (3) was built as part of Court Line’s new building programme started in 1952.

 

No information is currently available other than the changes of names and ownership.

 

 

Images

 

1. Image #1 from The Allen Collection

2. Image #2 from the Webmaster’s personal photo and postcard collection

 

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