Court Line - the company and its ships

Errington Court (3)

 

Court Line used the name Errington Court for four ships:

 

· Errington Court (1) - a cargo ship  completed in 1909

· Errington Court (2) - a cargo ship completed in 1925

· Errington Court (3) - a cargo ship completed in 1945 as Empire Favour

· Errington Court (4) - a cargo ship completed in 1957

 

Errington Court (3) was an Empire ship built for the Ministry of War Transport and delivered close to the end of WW2. She managed to take part in a number of conveys before being sold. She was unfortunately in the wrong place during the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1969 and was hit and set on fire.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Ministry of War Transport (MOWT)

Managers Clark and Service Ltd.

Builders: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd

Yard: Dundee

Country: UK

Yard number: 411

Registry: N/K

Official number: 188221

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 7,056

Net tonnage: 4,856

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 431.3 ft

Breadth: 56.3 ft

Depth: 35.3 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: Triple expansion steam engine

Engine builders: Duncan, Stewart & Co. Ltd.

Works: Glasgow

Country: UK

Power: N/K

Propulsion: N/K

Speed: K/K

Cargo capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Images

 

1. Image #1 from The Allen Collection:

Service in WW2 Convoys as Empire Favour

 

Despite being delivered so late in the day, Errington Court (3) - then named Empire Favour - took part in some of the final convoys of WW2 - 10 convoys according to information shown in the table below which is provided courtesy of Convoyweb   - see  Ext. Ref. #5.

Service post WW2

 

 

No specific information about her service is currently known other than the changes of ownership and name.

 

Her fate was sealed by being fired at by Israeli gunfire and set on fire.

Image 1

Image 1 shows the Watts and Watts ship Epsom - renamed Errington Court in 1950.