Hannington Court (3)

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Introduction

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-war 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

Career Highlights

• 19 Jul 1954: Launched
• Dec 1954: Completed
• 9 Dec 1954: Trials completed
• 1963: Sold to Jayanti Shipping Co. Ltd Bombay India and renamed Ghandi Jayanti
• 1967: Management transferred to Shipping Corp of India Ltd
• 1974: Renamed Ghandi
• Apr 1976: Arrived at Universal Shipbreakers Ltd. Bombay to be broken up

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.

External resources

1. Information extracted from Lloyds Registers
2. Norman Middlemiss: Travel of the Tramps - Twenty Tramp Fleets ISBN: 1871128021
3. Miramar Ship Index: [1]

Images

1. From The Allen Collection: [2]

Contributors

1. Initial information provided by Clive Ketley and John Powell
2. Additional research and construction of entry by Benjidog