Court Line - the company and its ships

Dorington Court (V)

 

Court Line used the name Dorington Court for five ships:

 

· Dorington Court (1) - a cargo ship completed in 1908

· Dorington Court (2) - a cargo ship completed in 1915

· Dorington Court (3) - a cargo ship completed in 1939

· Dorington Court (4) - a cargo ship completed in 1940 and originally named Empire Meteor

· Dorington Court (V) - a cargo ship completed in 1957

 

Dorington Court (V) had a 19 year service life which was terminated by a serious fire which led to her being declared not worth repairing. She was scrapped in 1976.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Court Line Ltd.

Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd.

Builders: Short Bros. Ltd,

Yard: Sunderland

Country: UK

Yard number: 528

Registry: N/K

Official number: 187671

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 6,223

Net tonnage: 3,405

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 444.87 ft

Breadth: 60.25 ft

Depth: 38.41 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: 4 cylinder 2.S.C.S.A. “B&W” Oil engine

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

Works: Greenock

Country: UK

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single screw

Speed: 10 knots

Cargo capacity: N/K

Crew: N/K

Service History

 

Dorington Court (V) was built as part of Court Line’s new building programme started in 1952. Her delivery coincided with a severe drop in freight rates and two further planned ships were cancelled.

 

No information is currently available apart from changes in name and ownership and final disposal as shown in Career Highlights.

 

Images

 

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