Court Line - the company and its ships

Errington Court (4)

 

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 (4) was part of Court Line’s rebuilding programme whose delivery coincided with a slump in freight rates. Despite this she had a service life of 24 years and was broken up in 1981.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Court Line Ltd.

Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd. London

Builders: William Pickersgill & Son. Ltd.

Yard: Sunderland

Country: UK

Yard number: 352

Registry: N/K

Official number: 187670

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 8,176

Net tonnage: 4,616

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 457.2 ft

Breadth: 59.7 ft

Depth: 25.7 ft

Draught: N/K

Engines: 6 cylinder 4.S.C.S.A. “B&W” oil engine

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

Works: Greenock

Country: UK

Power: N/K

Propulsion: N/K

Speed: 13 knots

Cargo capacity: 4 main cargo holds of which 2 and a deep tank were forward of the machinery space and two holds aft.

Crew: N/K

 

Images

 

1. Image #1 from The Allen Collection

2. Image #2 by courtesy of Bruce McCartney.

Service History

 

Errington Court (4) 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 other information is currently available other than changes of name and ownership as in the Career Highlights section.

Image 1

Image 1

Image 2 shows Errington Court (4) and was taken on 19 July 1959 at Leith (Edinburgh).