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Court Line used the name Cressington Court for four ships:
Cressington Court (2) was in service for 13 years during which she worked through the years of the Depression, took part in many WW2 convoys and was ultimately torpedoed and sunk in 1942 with the loss of many lives.
Basic Data[edit]
Career Highlights[edit]
Service Pre-War[edit]
Very little information is available other than that Cressington Court (2) was one of the few Court Line ships NOT laid up during the 1930s depression. She was used for trades between Vancouver and Australia during this period
Participation in WW2 Convoys[edit]
The data in the following table has been extracted from External Resource #1. Cressington Court (2) Court took part in 22 convoys.
A key to the routes for these convoys can be found on this page: World War 2 Convoy Names
Sinking[edit]
External resource #6 provides the following information:
At 09.07 hours on 19 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Cressington Court (Master William James Pace) was torpedoed and sunk by U-510 northeast of Belem. The master and seven crew members were lost.
On 10 Sep, 1942, 26 crew members and ten gunners were picked up by the Woensdrecht. But two days later this vessel was torpedoed and badly damaged by U-515 (Henke). During the attack a piece of debris killed one crew member of Cressington Court. The other crew members from the British ship abandoned the tanker and were picked up by two American patrol vessels the following night and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Roll of Honour[edit]
The Roll of Honour below lists those who are known to have died as a result of the sinking of Cressington Court (2). It excludes details of DEMS gunners.
Postscript[edit]
U510 had an effective career and took park in 7 patrols between November 1941 and May 1945. During this period it is claimed that she accounted for 11 ships sunk totalling 71,100 GRT, 1 auxiliary warship sunk totalling 249 GRT, 8 ships damaged totalling 53,289 GRT
U510 was taken out of service on 10 May, 1945 at St Nazaire, France, surrendered to France 12 May, 1945, renamed as the French submarine Bouan, was stricken 1 May, 1959 as Q176 and finally broken up in 1960.
External resources[edit]
Images[edit]
Image 1: SN Photo supplied by Brent Chambers
Main Contributors[edit]
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic Data
- 3 Career Highlights
- 4 Service Pre-War
- 5 Participation in WW2 Convoys
- 6 Sinking
- 7 Roll of Honour
- 8 Postscript
- 9 External resources
- 10 Images
- 11 Main Contributors
Court Line used the name Cressington Court for four ships:
- Cressington Court (1) - a cargo ship launched in 1908
- Cressington Court (2) - a cargo ship launched in 1929
- Cressington Court (3) - a cargo ship launched as Empire Earl in 1942
- Cressington Court (4) - a bulk carrier launched as Hector Halcyon in 1961
Cressington Court (2) was in service for 13 years during which she worked through the years of the Depression, took part in many WW2 convoys and was ultimately torpedoed and sunk in 1942 with the loss of many lives.
Basic Data[edit]
- Type: Cargo ship
- Registered owners,managers and operators: United British Steamship Co. Ltd. - Managers Haldin & Philipps Ltd. London
- Builders: Northumberland Shipping Co (1927) Ltd
- Yard: Howden
- Country: UK
- Yard number: 410
- Registry: N/K
- Official number: 161289
- Signal letters: N/K
- Call sign: N/K
- Classification society: N/K
- Gross tonnage: 4,971
- Net tonnage: 3,033
- Deadweight: N/K
- Length: 405.5 ft
- Breadth: 55.5 ft
- Depth: 25.1 ft
- Draught: N/K
- Engines: 3 Cylinder oil engine
- Engine builders: William Doxford & Sons Ltd.
- Works: Sunderland
- Country: UK
- Power: 482 nhp
- Propulsion: Single screw
- Speed: 10.5
- Cargo capacity: N/K
- Crew: N/K
- Employment: Built for General Cargo
Career Highlights[edit]
- 11 Jul 1929: Launched
- Aug 1929: Completed
- 1936: Owners restyled Court Line Ltd. - same managers
- 19 Aug 1942: Torpedoed and sunk
Service Pre-War[edit]
Very little information is available other than that Cressington Court (2) was one of the few Court Line ships NOT laid up during the 1930s depression. She was used for trades between Vancouver and Australia during this period
Participation in WW2 Convoys[edit]
The data in the following table has been extracted from External Resource #1. Cressington Court (2) Court took part in 22 convoys.
A key to the routes for these convoys can be found on this page: World War 2 Convoy Names
List of Convoys | |||
| Convoy No. | Route | Convoy No. | Route |
| HX.8 | Nov 1939: Halifax - Liverpool | OB.57 | Dec 1939: Liverpool - Dispersed |
| HX.19 | Feb 1940: Halifax - Liverpool | OB.104 | Mar 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed |
| HX.45 | May 1940: Halifax - Liverpool | BHX.45 | May 1940: Bermuda - Joined HX.45 |
| OB.180 | Jul 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed | OB.182 | Jul 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed |
| BHX.83 | Oct 1940: Bermuda - Joined HX.83 | HX.83 | Oct 1940: Halifax - Liverpool |
| FS.336 | Nov 1940: Methil - Southend | WN.34 | Nov 1940: Clyde - Methil |
| EN.36/1 | Dec 1940: Methil - Oban | FN.348 | Dec 1940: Southend - Methil |
| OB.256 | Dec 1940: Liverpool - Dispersed 59.04N 15.30W | HX.117 | Mar 1941: Halifax - Liverpool |
| OB.323 | May 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed | SL/MKS.95 | Dec 1941: Freetown - Liverpool |
| OS/KMS.19 | Feb 1942: Liverpool - Freetown | KS.523 | Jul 1942: Hampton Roads - Key West |
| WAT.11 | Aug 1942: Key West - Trinidad | TRIN.1 | Aug 1942: Trinidad - Dispersed |
Sinking[edit]
External resource #6 provides the following information:
- Position: 07.58N, 46.00W - Grid EP 6162
- Complement: 44 (8 dead and 36 survivors).
- Convoy Route: Philadelphia - Trinidad (14 Aug) - Capetown - Durban - Alexandria
- Cargo: 7,362 tons of government stores and general cargo
At 09.07 hours on 19 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Cressington Court (Master William James Pace) was torpedoed and sunk by U-510 northeast of Belem. The master and seven crew members were lost.
On 10 Sep, 1942, 26 crew members and ten gunners were picked up by the Woensdrecht. But two days later this vessel was torpedoed and badly damaged by U-515 (Henke). During the attack a piece of debris killed one crew member of Cressington Court. The other crew members from the British ship abandoned the tanker and were picked up by two American patrol vessels the following night and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Roll of Honour[edit]
The Roll of Honour below lists those who are known to have died as a result of the sinking of Cressington Court (2). It excludes details of DEMS gunners.
List of those that lost their lives | |||
| Surname. | Forenames | Description | Age and other information |
| BUCKLEY | JOHN | Deck Boy | Age 17. Son of John Buckley, and of Elizabeth Buckley, of Salford, Lancashire. |
| DILKES | GEORGE | Third Radio Officer | Age 19. Son of Henry William and Kathleen Mary Dilkes, of Failsworth, Lancashire. |
| FOLEY | MICHAEL PAUL | First Radio Officer | Age 20. |
| HUMPHREYS | ROBERT | Cabin Boy | Age 17. |
| MILLIKEN | WILLIAM | Donkeyman | Age 53. |
| PACE | WILLIAM JOSEPH | Master | Age 48. Son of Joseph and Mary Pace; husband of Christina Pace, of Edinburgh. |
| ROBERTSON | ALEXANDER | Second Engineer Officer | Age 29. Son of Robert and Mary Robertson, of Bellshill, Lanarkshire. |
| RODGERS | GORDON | Boatswain | Age 30. Husband of Ruth Ann Rodgers, of Hull. |
| They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. |
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Postscript[edit]
U510 had an effective career and took park in 7 patrols between November 1941 and May 1945. During this period it is claimed that she accounted for 11 ships sunk totalling 71,100 GRT, 1 auxiliary warship sunk totalling 249 GRT, 8 ships damaged totalling 53,289 GRT
U510 was taken out of service on 10 May, 1945 at St Nazaire, France, surrendered to France 12 May, 1945, renamed as the French submarine Bouan, was stricken 1 May, 1959 as Q176 and finally broken up in 1960.
External resources[edit]
- Convoyweb (Arnold Hague Convoy Database): [1]
- Miramar Ship Index: [2]
- Information extracted from Lloyds Registers
- Norman Middlemiss: Travel of the Tramps - Twenty Tramp Fleets ISBN: 1871128021
- Ubootwaffe.net: [3]
- Uboat.net: [4]
Images[edit]
Image 1: SN Photo supplied by Brent Chambers
Main Contributors[edit]
- Basis data from John Powell and Clive Ketley
- Details of those lost provided by Billy McGee
- Additional research and construction of entry by Benjidog
