Overall she had a service life of 40 years starting in 1929. She took part in many WW2 convoys, changed hands and name several times and was finally scrapped in 1969.
No information about Wellington Court’s service before WW2 has been discovered to date.
The data in the following table has been extracted from External Resource #4 which indicates that Wellington Court participated in 97 convoys.
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List of Convoys
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| Convoy No.
| Route
| Convoy No.
| Route
|
| SL/MKS.14
| Dec 1939: Freetown - Liverpool
| OG.18
| Feb 1940: Formed at sea - Gibraltar
|
| OB.90
| Feb 1940: Liverpool - Formed OG.18
| HX.32
| Apr 1940: Halifax - Liverpool
|
| OG.29F
| May 1940: Formed at sea - Gibraltar
| OA.143GF
| May 1940: Southend - Formed OG.29F
|
| HX.62
| Jul 1940: Halifax - Liverpool
| BHX.62
| Jul 1940: Bermuda - Joined HX.62
|
| OB.212
| Sep 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed 53.30N 20.42W
| HX.79
| Oct 1940: Halifax - Liverpool
|
| SHX.79
| Oct 1940: Sydney cb - Joined convoy hx.79
| FS.320
| Oct 1940: Methil - Southend
|
| FS.320
| Oct 1940: Methil - Southend
| FN.331
| Nov 1940: Southend - Methil
|
| EN.25/1
| Nov 1940: Methil - Oban
| OB.245
| Nov 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed 56.35N 17.38W
|
| HX.100
| Jan 1941: Halifax - Liverpool
| WN.91
| Feb 1941: Clyde - Methil
|
| SC.22
| Feb 1941: Halifax - Liverpool
| FS.426
| Mar 1941: Methil - Southend
|
| EC.2
| Apr 1941: Southend - Clyde
| OB.308
| Apr 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 66.21N 32.10W
|
| HX.127
| May 1941: Halifax - Liverpool
| OB.335
| Jun 1941: Liverpool - Halifax
|
| HX.141
| Jul 1941: Halifax - Liverpool
| ON.12
| Sep 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 53.34N 36.14W
|
| SC.49
| Oct 1941: Sydney CB - Liverpool
| OS/KMS.12
| Nov 1941: Liverpool - Freetown
|
| SL/MKS.96
| Dec 1941: Freetown - Dispersed
| WN.232
| Jan 1942: Oban - Methil
|
| WN.237
| Jan 1942: Oban - Methil
| FS.713
| Jan 1942: Methil - Southend
|
| EN.49
| Feb 1942: Methil - Oban
| FN.635
| Feb 1942: Southend - Methil
|
| ON.70
| Feb 1942: Liverpool - Dispersed
| TAG.16
| Oct 1942: Trinidad - Guantanamo
|
| GN.16
| Oct 1942: Guantanamo - NYC
| SC.110
| Nov 1942: NYC - Liverpool
|
| FN.896
| Dec 1942: Southend - Methil
| WN.369
| Dec 1942: Loch Ewe - Methil
|
| FS.981
| Dec 1942: Methil - Southend
| FN.927
| Jan 1943: Southend - Methil
|
| EN.190
| Jan 1943: Methil - Loch Ewe
| KMS.10G
| Feb 1943: Clyde - Bone
|
| ST.63
| Apr 1943: Freetown - Takoradi
| RS.4
| Apr 1943: Gibraltar - Freetown
|
| TS.41
| May 1943: Takoradi - Freetown
| SL/MKS.130
| May 1943: Freetown - Rendezvous with MKS.14
|
| SL/MKS.130MK
| Jun 1943: Rendezvous of SL130 with MKS14 - Liverpool
| OS/KMS.52
| Jul 1943: Ex OS52/ KMS21 - Freetown
|
| OS/KMS.52KM
| Jul 1943: Liverpool - Convoy Split
| SL/MKS.137
| Sep 1943: Freetown - Rendezvous with MKS.26
|
| WN.494A
| Oct 1943: Loch Ewe - Methil
| SL/MKS.137MK
| Oct 1943: Rendezvous of SL137 with MKS26 - Liverpool
|
| FS.1250
| Oct 1943: Methil - Southend
| EN.309
| Nov 1943: Methil - Loch Ewe
|
| OS/KMS.60KM
| Nov 1943: Liverpool - Convoy Split
| AH.14
| Dec 1943: Augusta - Bari
|
| KMS.34
| Dec 1943: Gibraltar - Port Said
| KMS.34G
| Dec 1943: Ex OS60/ KMS34 - Gibraltar
|
| MKS.37
| Jan 1944: Port Said - Gibraltar
| HA.17
| Jan 1944: Bari - Augusta
|
| OS/KMS.65
| Jan 1944: Ex OS65/ KMS39 - Freetown
| KMS.50
| May 1944: Gibraltar - Port Said
|
| KMS.50G
| May 1944: Ex OS76/ KMS50 - Gibraltar
| VN.41
| May 1944: Augusta - Naples
|
| OS/KMS.76KM
| May 1944: Liverpool - Convoy Split
| MKS.53G
| Jun 1944: Gibraltar - Rendezvous with SL.162
|
| NV.43
| Jun 1944: Naples - Augusta
| WN.607
| Jul 1944: Loch Ewe - Methil
|
| FS.1514
| Jul 1944: Methil - Southend
| FN.1436
| Aug 1944: Southend - Methil
|
| ON.248S
| Aug 1944: Liverpool - NYC
| HX.309
| Sep 1944: NYC - Liverpool
|
| FN.1514
| Oct 1944: Southend - Methil
| FN.1518
| Oct 1944: Southend - Methil
|
| ONS.35
| Oct 1944: Liverpool - Halifax
| SC.163
| Dec 1944: Halifax - Liverpool
|
| LTS.11
| Feb 1944: Lagos - Freetown
| STL.11
| Feb 1944: Freetown - Takoradi
|
| SL/MKS.151
| Mar 1944: Freetown - Rendezvous with MKS.42
| SL/MKS.151MK
| Mar 1944: Rendezvous of SL151 with MKS42 - Liverpool
|
| GUS.42
| Jun 1944: Port Said - Hampton Roads
| GUS.43
| Jun 1944: Port Said - Hampton Roads
|
| SL/MKS.162MK
| Jun 1944: Rendezvous of SL162 with MKS53 - Liverpool
| XB.122
| Aug 1944: Halifax - Boston
|
| JH.111
| Aug 1944: St johns nf - Halifax
| EN.417
| Aug 1944: Methil - Loch Ewe
|
| EN.449
| Oct 1944: Methil - Loch Ewe
| XB.134
| Nov 1944: Halifax - Boston
|
| BX.137
| Dec 1944: Boston - Halifax
| WN.666
| Jan 1945: Loch Ewe - Methil
|
| FS.1687
| Jan 1945: Methil - Southend
| EN.479
| Mar 1945: Methil - Loch Ewe
|
| FN.1652
| Mar 1945: Southend - Methil
| OS/KMS.117KM
| Mar 1945: Downs - Gibraltar
|
| MKS.97G
| Apr 1945: Gibraltar - Liverpool
| TBC.152
| May 1945: Southend - Milford Haven
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No information is available other than that she changed ownership and name on two occasions and was finally broken up in South Korea in 1969.
