Court Line - the company and its ships

Halcyon Cove

 

Halcyon Cove is included in the list of Court Line Ships based on references to it in the various External References, but currently it is not clear what connection Court Line had with her other than that the Halcyon prefix was used by Court Line for its tankers.

 

She had a working life of 21 years starting in 1955 and ending with her being broken up in 1976. During her life she had several changes in name.

Basic Data

Type: Tanker

Registered owners,managers and operators:

N.V. Verenigde Nederlandsche Tankvaart Rederij, The Hague, Netherlands

Managers N.V.van Nievelt Goudriaan & Co's Stoomboot Maatschappij, Rotterdam

Builders: Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij

Yard: Amsterdam

Country:  The Netherlands

Yard number: 469

Registry: N/K

Official number: 358937

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 18,476

Net tonnage: 7,249

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 555.67 ft

Breadth: 72.92 ft

Depth: 29.58 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: 8 Cylinder 2-S.A. Oil engine

Engine builders: Stork & Co. N.V.

Works: Henglo

Country: The Netherlands

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single  screw

Speed: 14.5 knots

Capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Service History

 

Little is known of her service history apart from the several changes in ownership and names.

 

Images

 

 No images have been located to date. Anyone having one is requested to contact this site (see Home Page).

 

Career Highlights

Date

Event

4 Jun 1955

Launched as Kaizerswaard

Oct 1955

Completed

1970

Sold to Taw Shpping Co. Piraeus, Greece - Managers Transoceanic Shipping co. Ltd. - and renamed Ionic King

1973

Acquired by Ocean Bulkers (UK) Ltd. London and renamed Halcyon Cove

1973

Sold to Ocean Clue Shipping Co. Ltd. Piraeus, Greece - Managers A.Halcoussis & Co. Ltd. London - and renamed Rana

25 Oct 1976

Delivered to be broken up by Messrs. Pwakkal at Gadani Beach, Karachi, Pakistan