Court Line - the company and its ships

Arlington Court (3)

 

Court Line used the name Arlington Court for three ships:

· Arlington Court (1) - a cargo ship launched in 1905

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

· Arlington Court (3) - a cargo ship launched in 1962

 

Arlington Court (3) was launched in 1961 and had a service life of 25 years during which she changed ownership and name on several occasions. She was broken up in 1986.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Court Line Ltd.

Managers Haldin & Co.

Builders: Bartram & Sons Ltd.

Yard: Sunderland

Country: UK

Yard number: 387

Registry: N/K

Official number: 302950

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: GHXS

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: * 9,662

Net tonnage: * 5,551

Deadweight: N/K

Length: * 498.8 ft

Breadth: * 63.2 ft

Depth: * 30.4 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: 5 cylinder 2SCSA Oil engine

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

Works: Greenock

Country: UK

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single screw

Speed: 15 knots

Cargo capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Notes on Career Highlights and Basic Data

 

There is disagreement between the sources of information used for items marked * and there are doubts about the accuracy of information on these points.

 

Service History

 

No detailed information about her service history is currently known other than as shown in the Career Highlights section.

 

Radio Equipment

 

Marconi installation:

· Oceanspan VI main transmitter

· Reliance emergency transmitter

· Atalanta main receiver

· Alert emergency receiver

· Seaguard auto alarm

· Marconi automatic keying unit

· Lodestone IV direction finder

· Salvita III lifeboat transmitter

· Seagraph III echo-sounder
Pantenna communal aerial system

Images

 

1. Image #1 provided by Tom Quirk - original source is not known

2. Image #2 courtesy of Clive Ketley

3. Image #2 by permission of Alan Richardson

Image 1

Image 2 shows Arlington Court (3) - possibly during construction - details are not known.

Image 3

Image 2

Image 3 shows Arlington Court (3) after renaming as Gela.