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Court Line used the name Cressington Court for four ships:
Cressington Court (3) was in service for 26 years during which time she served in WW2 convoys in her original name of Empire Earl and after several changes of owners, name and management was broken up in 1970.
Basic Data[edit]
Career Highlights[edit]
Participation in WW2 Convoys as Empire Earl[edit]
The data in the following table has been extracted from External Resource #1. Empire Earl took part in 43 convoys.
A key to the routes for these convoys can be found on this page: World War 2 Convoy Names
Service History post WW2[edit]
Very little information is available other than the changes of ownership and management recorded under Career Highlights.
External resources[edit]
Images[edit]
Main Contributors[edit]
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic Data
- 3 Career Highlights
- 4 Participation in WW2 Convoys as Empire Earl
- 5 Service History post WW2
- 6 External resources
- 7 Images
- 8 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 (3) was in service for 26 years during which time she served in WW2 convoys in her original name of Empire Earl and after several changes of owners, name and management was broken up in 1970.
Basic Data[edit]
- Type: Cargo ship
- Registered owners,managers and operators: Ministry of War Transport (MOWT) - Managers Dodd Thompson & Co. Ltd.
- Builders: William Doxford & Sons Ltd.
- Yard: Pallion, Sunderland
- Country: UK
- Yard number: 713
- Registry: N/K
- Official number: 180132
- Signal letters: N/K
- Call sign: N/K
- Classification society: N/K
- Gross tonnage: 7,359
- Net tonnage: 5,207
- Deadweight: N/K
- Length: 431 ft
- Breadth: 56.5 ft
- Depth: 35.5 ft
- Draught: N/K
- Engines: 3 Cylinder 2S.C.S.A oil engine
- Engine builders: William Doxford & Sons Ltd.
- Works: Sunderland
- Country: UK
- Power: N/K
- Propulsion: N/K
- Speed: N/K
- Cargo capacity: N/K
- Crew: N/K
Career Highlights[edit]
- 8 Dec 1943: Launched as Empire Earl
- May 1944: Completed
- 1945: Acquired by the United British Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - Managers Haldin and Phillipps and renamed Cressington Court
- 1948: Owners restyled Court Line Ltd. - Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd London
- 1959: Sold to West Wales Steamship Co. Ltd. Newport Mon. - Managers Gibbs & Co. and renamed East Wales
- 1966: Sold to Dalkeith Shipping Co. Ltd. Newport Mon. - Managers Newport International Steamship Co. Ltd. Hong Kong, and renamed Universal Skipper
- 25 Aug 1970: Delivered to be broken up by Chinese mainland shipbreakers at Whampoa
Participation in WW2 Convoys as Empire Earl[edit]
The data in the following table has been extracted from External Resource #1. Empire Earl took part in 43 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 |
| ETM.3 | Jun 1944: Southend - Seine Bay | ETM.10 | Jun 1944: Southend - Seine Bay |
| ETM.18 | Jun 1944: Southend - Seine Bay | FTM.12 | Jun 1944: Seine Bay - Southend |
| FTM.23 | Jun 1944: Seine Bay - Southend | FTM.30 | Jul 1944: Seine Bay - Southend |
| FTM.37 | Jul 1944: Seine Bay - Southend | FTM.47 | Jul 1944: Seine Bay - Southend |
| ETM.26 | Jul 1944: Southend - Seine Bay | ETM.32 | Jul 1944: Southend - Seine Bay |
| ETM.40 | Jul 1944: Southend - Seine Bay | ETM.52 | Aug 1944: Southend - Seine Bay |
| ETM.64 | Aug 1944: Southend - Seine Bay | FTM.59 | Aug 1944: Seine Bay - Southend |
| FTM.76 | Aug 1944: Seine Bay - Southend | FN.1526 | Oct 1944: Southend - Methil |
| FS.1646 | Nov 1944: Methil - Southend | ATM.9 | Dec 1944: Antwerp - Southend |
| ATM.24 | Dec 1944: Antwerp - Southend | TAM.10 | Dec 1944: Southend - Antwerp |
| TAM.26 | Dec 1944: Southend - Antwerp | ATM.36 | Jan 1945: Antwerp - Southend |
| ATM.46 | Jan 1945: Antwerp - Southend | TAM.43 | Jan 1945: Southend - Antwerp |
| TAM.56 | Jan 1945: Southend - Antwerp | TAM.71 | Feb 1945: Southend - Antwerp |
| ATM.59 | Feb 1945: Antwerp - Southend | ATM.85 | Mar 1945: Antwerp - Southend |
| ATM.100 | Mar 1945: Antwerp - Southend | ATM.110 | Mar 1945: Antwerp - Southend |
| TAM.97 | Mar 1945: Southend - Antwerp | TAM.111 | Mar 1945: Southend - Antwerp |
| TAM.122 | Mar 1945: Southend - Antwerp | TAM.133 | Apr 1945: Southend - Antwerp |
| TAM.146 | Apr 1945: Southend - Antwerp | ATM.121 | Apr 1945: Antwerp - Southend |
| ATM.135 | Apr 1945: Antwerp - Southend | ATM.143 | May 1945: Antwerp - Southend |
| ATM.154 | May 1945: Antwerp - Southend | ATM.168 | May 1945: Antwerp - Southend |
| TAM.155 | May 1945: Southend - Antwerp | TAM.166 | May 1945: Southend - Antwerp |
| TAM.180 | May 1945: Southend - Antwerp |
Service History post WW2[edit]
Very little information is available other than the changes of ownership and management recorded under Career Highlights.
External resources[edit]
- Convoyweb (Arnold Hague Convoy Database): [1]
- iramar Ship Index: [ttp://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz]
- Information extracted from Lloyds Registers
- Norman Middlemiss: Travel of the Tramps - Twenty Tramp Fleets ISBN: 1871128021
Images[edit]
- From The Allen Collection: [2]
Main Contributors[edit]
- Basis data from John Powell and Clive Ketley
- Additional research and construction of entry by Benjidog
