Barrington Court (3)

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Introduction

Entry started by Benjidog on 25 April 2008

Court Line used the name Barrington Court for three ships:

• Barrington Court (1) - a cargo ship launched in 1906
• Barrington Court (2) - a cargo ship launched in 1924
• Barrington Court (3) - a refrigerated cargo ship launched in 1952

Barrington Court (3) had a service life of 24 years during which she had several changes of ownership and name and was broken up in 1975.

Basic Data

• Type: Refrigerated Cargo ship
• Registered owners,managers and operators: Court Line Ltd. - Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd. London
• Builders: Short Bros.
• Yard: Pallion, Sunderland
• Country: UK
• Yard number: 513
• Registry: N/K
• Official number: 184603
• Signal letters: N/K
• Call sign: N/K
• Classification society: N/K
• Gross tonnage: 6,033
• Net tonnage: 3,492
• Deadweight: N/K
• Length: 472.67 ft
• Breadth: 59.67 ft
• Depth: 25.79 ft
• Draught: N/K
• Engines: 6 Cylinder 4.S.A. B&W type oil engine
• Engine builders: J.G.Kincaid & Co. Ltd.
• Works: Greenock
• Country: UK
• Power: N/K
• Propulsion: Single screw
• Speed: 12 knots
• Cargo capacity: N/K
• Crew: N/K

Career Highlights

• 1 Dec 1951: Launched
• Apr 1952: Completed
• 9 Apr 1952: Trials completed
• 1963: Sold to Jayanti Shipping Co. Ltd. Bombay India and renamed Ashkoka Jayanti
• 1970: Sold to Tex Cocle Co. S.A., Piraeus Greece - Managers A. Halcoussis Shipping Ltd. and renamed Yannis
• 1974: Sold to Shin Shin Nav. Co. S.A. Panama and renamed Blue Pearl
• 1 May 1975: Broken up at Kaohsiung

Service History

No information is currently available other than the changes of names and ownership.

External resources

1. Miramar Ship Index: http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz
2. Information extracted from Lloyds Registers
3. Norman Middlemiss: Travel of the Tramps - Twenty Tramp Fleets ISBN: 1871128021

Images

1. From The Allen Collection: [1]

Main Contributors

1. Basic ships information from Clive Ketley and John Powell
2. Further research and layout of data by Benjidog