Court Line - the company and its ships

Geddington Court (3)

 

Court Line used the name Geddington Court for three ships:

 

· Geddington Court (1) - a cargo ship completed in 1912

· Geddington Court (2) - a cargo ship completed in 1928

· Geddington Court (3) - a cargo ship completed in 1952

 

Geddington Court (3) had a service life of 22 years, most of them after being sold by Court Line in 1962. She was broken up in India in 1976.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Court Line Ltd

             Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd.

Builders: Short Bros.  Ltd

Yard: Pallion Sunderland

Country: UK

Yard number: 523

Registry: N/K

Official number: 186459

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 8,397

Net tonnage: 4,777

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 472.8 ft

Breadth: 59.8 ft

Depth: 27.3 ft

Draught: N/K

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

Engine builders: John G Kincaid & Co. Ltd.

Works: Greenock

Country: UK

Power: N/K

Propulsion: Single screw

Speed: 12 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

Service History

 

Geddington Court (3) was built as part of Court Line’s new building programme started in 1952.

 

No information other information is currently available other than changes of name and ownership as in the Career Highlights section.

 

 

Images

 

1. Image #1 from The Allen Collection

2. Image #2 from the Webmaster’s personal collection of photos and postcards

3. Image #3 Courtesy of The Gulliford Collection

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