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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

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 |