Court Line - the company and its ships

Hannington Court (3)

 

Court Line used the name Hannington Court for three ships:

 

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

· Hannington Court (2) - a cargo ship completed in 1939

· Hannington Court (3) - a cargo ship completed in 1954

 

Hannington Court (3) was part of Court Line’s post-WW2 building programme. She had a working life of 22 years - most of which was under Indian ownership. She was broken up in1976.

Basic Data

Type: Cargo ship

Registered owners,managers and operators:

Court Line Ltd

             Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd.

Builders: Bartram & Sons Ltd

Yard: South Dock Sunderland

Country: UK

Yard number: 342

Registry: N/K

Official number: 186168

Signal letters: N/K

Call sign: N/K

Classification society: N/K

Gross tonnage: 6,266

Net tonnage: 3,467

Deadweight: N/K

Length: 476 ft

Breadth: 62 ft

Depth: 27 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: 12.5 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

 

Hannington 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 collection of photos and postcards

 

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