No information is currently known about her service before WW2 other than that she was laid up on the Tyne for a number of years during the 1930s depression.
Astonishingly, Barrington Court took part in 126 convoys during WW2 and must have had a charmed life!
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List of Convoys
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| Convoy No.
| Route
| Convoy No.
| Route
|
| SL/MKS.5
| Oct 1939: Freetown - Liverpool
| OA.47
| Dec 1939: Southend - Dispersed
|
| OB.70
| Jan 1940: Liverpool - Formed OG.14
| OG.14
| Jan 1940: Formed at sea - Gibraltar
|
| SL/MKS.25
| Mar 1940: Freetown - Liverpool
| OB.144
| May 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed 47N 19.08W
|
| OB.176
| Jun 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed 48N 15.04W
| HX.48
| Jun 1940: Halifax - Liverpool
|
| HX.62
| Jul 1940: Halifax - Liverpool
| FS.254
| Aug 1940: Tyne - Southend
|
| FN.262
| Aug 1940: Southend - Methil
| FN.267
| Aug 1940: Southend - Methil
|
| OA.208
| Sep 1940: Methil - Dispersed
| OB.220
| Sep 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed
|
| HX.87
| Nov 1940: Halifax - Liverpool
| FN.372
| Dec 1940: Southend - Methil
|
| FS.354
| Dec 1940: Methil - Southend
| WN.48
| Dec 1940: Clyde - Methil
|
| EN.64/1
| Jan 1941: Methil - Oban
| FN.392
| Jan 1941: Southend - Methil
|
| OB.281
| Feb 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed
| HX.113
| Mar 1941: Halifax - Liverpool
|
| HX.124
| Apr 1941: Halifax - Liverpool
| OB.305
| Apr 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 54.30N 22.22W
|
| FS.496
| May 1941: Methil - Southend
| WN.129
| May 1941: Clyde - Methil
|
| EC.31
| Jun 1941: Southend - Clyde
| FN.474
| Jun 1941: Southend - Methil
|
| FS.556
| Jul 1941: Methil - Southend
| OB.334
| Jun 1941: Liverpool - Halifax
|
| HX.139
| Jul 1941: Halifax - Liverpool
| WN.159
| Jul 1941: Oban - Methil
|
| SHX.139
| Jul 1941: Sydney cb - Joined convoy hx.139
| EC.60
| Aug 1941: Southend - Clyde
|
| WN.186
| Sep 1941: Oban - Methil
| EC.86
| Oct 1941: Southend - Clyde
|
| FS.609
| Oct 1941: Methil - Southend
| ON.8
| Aug 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 56.09N 44.32W
|
| SC.44
| Sep 1941: Sydney CB - Liverpool
| ON.29
| Oct 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 51.17N 57.00W
|
| SC.57
| Nov 1941: Sydney CB - Liverpool
| OS/KMS.17
| Jan 1942: Liverpool - Freetown
|
| SL/MKS.108
| Apr 1942: Freetown - Liverpool
| FS.811
| May 1942: Methil - Southend
|
| EN.94
| Jun 1942: Methil - Oban
| WN.286
| May 1942: Loch Ewe - Methil
|
| FN.726
| Jun 1942: Southend - Methil
| ON.102
| Jun 1942: Liverpool – Halifax
|
| SC.93
| Jul 1942: Sydney CB - Liverpool
| BX.29
| Jul 1942: Boston - Halifax EN.135 Sep 1942: Methil - Loch Ewe
|
| HS.32
| Jul 1942: Halifax - Sydney CB
| FN.793
| Aug 1942: Southend - Methil
|
| FS.877
| Aug 1942: Methil - Southend
| WN.319
| Aug 1942: Loch Ewe - Methil
|
| FN.807
| Sep 1942: Southend - Methil
| ON.130
| Sep 1942: Liverpool - NYC
|
| GAT.13
| Oct 1942: Guantanamo - Trinidad
| NG.311
| Oct 1942: NYC - Guantanamo
|
| TAG.16
| Oct 1942: Trinidad - Guantanamo
| NG.311
| Oct 1942: Nyc - Guantanamo
|
| GN.22
| Nov 1942: Guantanamo - NYC
| SC.113
| Dec 1942: NYC - Liverpool
|
| HM.103
| Jan 1943: Holyhead - M haven
| OS/KMS.43
| Feb 1943: Liverpool - Freetown
|
| SL/MKS.129MK
| May 1943: Rendezvous of SL129 with MKS13 - Liverpool
| SL/MKS.129
| May 1943: Freetown - Rendezvous with MKS.13
|
| WN.436
| Jun 1943: Loch Ewe - Methil
| EN.247
| Jun 1943: Methil - Loch Ewe
|
| FN.1055
| Jun 1943: Southend - Methil
| FS.1133
| Jun 1943: Methil - Southend
|
| ONS.12
| Jul 1943: Liverpool - Halifax
| SQ.59
| Jul 1943: Sydney cb - Father pt
|
| WB.33
| Jul 1943: Wabana - Sydney cb
| QS.63
| Aug 1943: Red islet - Sydney cb
|
| ONS.20
| Oct 1943: Liverpool - Halifax
| SQ.69
| Oct 1943: Sydney cb - Father pt
|
| SC.140
| Aug 1943: Halifax - Liverpool
| SC.147
| Nov 1943: Halifax - Liverpool
|
| QS.71
| Nov 1943: Red islet - Sydney cb
| KMS.35G
| Dec 1943: Ex OS61/ KMS35 - Gibraltar
|
| OS/KMS.61KM
| Dec 1943: Liverpool - Convoy Split
| FS.1376
| Feb 1944: Methil - Southend
|
| MKS.39G
| Feb 1944: Gibraltar - Rendezvous with SL.148
| WN.549
| Feb 1944: Loch Ewe - Methil
|
| SL/MKS.148MK
| Feb 1944: Rendezvous of SL148 with MKS39 - Liverpool
| EN.363
| Mar 1944: Methil - Loch Ewe
|
| FN.1297
| Mar 1944: Southend - Methil
| FN.1305
| Mar 1944: Southend - Methil
|
| ONS.32
| Mar 1944: Liverpool - Halifax
| HS.135
| Apr 1944: Halifax - Sydney CB
|
| BW.94
| May 1944: Sydney CB - St Johns Nf
| BW.97
| May 1944: Sydney CB - St Johns Nf
|
| BW.94
| May 1944: Sydney cb - St johns nf
| BW.97
| May 1944: Sydney cb - St johns nf
|
| WB.85
| May 1944: St johns nf - Sydney cb
| WB.87
| May 1944: St johns nf - Sydney cb
|
| BW.103B
| Jun 1944: Sydney CB - Wabana
| BW.103B
| Jun 1944: Sydney cb - Wabana
|
| SB.73
| Aug 1944: Sydney cb - Corner brook
| SB.75
| Aug 1944: Sydney cb - Port au port
|
| BSC.76
| Aug 1944: Corner brook - Sydney cb
| SB.77
| Sep 1944: Sydney cb - Port au port
|
| SB.80
| Sep 1944: Sydney cb - Port au port
| SB.82
| Sep 1944: Sydney cb - Port au port
|
| BSC.79
| Sep 1944: Corner brook - Sydney cb
| BSC.80
| Sep 1944: Port au port - Sydney cb
|
| BSC.82
| Sep 1944: Corner brook - Sydney cb
| BSC.85
| Sep 1944: Corner brook - Sydney cb
|
| BSC.87
| Oct 1944: Port au port - Sydney cb
| BSC.89
| Oct 1944: Port au port - Sydney cb
|
| SB.84
| Oct 1944: Sydney cb - Port au port
| SB.86
| Oct 1944: Sydney cb - Corner brook
|
| SH.177
| Oct 1944: Sydney CB - Halifax
| HS.184
| Nov 1944: Halifax - Sydney CB
|
| SC.161
| Nov 1944: Halifax - Liverpool
| SB.90
| Nov 1944: Sydney cb - Corner brook
|
| BSC.95
| Nov 1944: Corner brook - Sydney cb
| BX.148
| Mar 1945: Boston - Halifax
|
| SC.169
| Mar 1945: Halifax - Liverpool
| WN.681
| Mar 1945: Loch Ewe - Methil
|
| EN.493
| May 1945: Methil - Belfast
| FN.1711
| May 1945: Southend - Methil
|
| FS.1769
| Mar 1945: Methil - Southend
| ONS.51
| May 1945: Liverpool - Halifax
|
| ONS.40
| Jan 1945: Liverpool - Halifax
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No information is currently available about her post-war service apart from a note to say that she was grounded 1nm NW of Ras al Jidufa, Masirah Island on 13.8.60 and was a total loss.
There is currently no image available for Barrington Court (2). Any reader of this page with a photograph is requested to contact Ships Nostalgia member Benjidog so we can add it to this article.
