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Court Line used the name Dorington Court for five ships:
Dorington Court (4) had a service life of 21 years during which she served in a large number of WW2 convoys. After the war she changed hands on a number of occasions and was sent for scrap after running aground and being declared a total loss in 1961.
Basic Data[edit]
Career Highlights[edit]
Service during WW2 convoys as Empire Meteor[edit]
The data in the following table has been extracted from External Resource #4. Dorington Court (4) Court took part in 77 convoys.
A key to the routes for these convoys can be found on this page: World War 2 Convoy Names
Service post WW2[edit]
No information is available apart from the changes in name and ownership shown in the Career Highlights section.
Dorington Court (4) ran ashore at Kita Daito Jima (25.50N/131.15E) and broke in two on 2.10.61. She was a total lost and sent for scrap.
External resources[edit]
Images[edit]
Image 1: SN Photo supplied by Stuart Smith
Main Contributors[edit]
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic Data
- 3 Career Highlights
- 4 Service during WW2 convoys as Empire Meteor
- 5 Service post WW2
- 6 External resources
- 7 Images
- 8 Main Contributors
Court Line used the name Dorington Court for five ships:
- Dorington Court (1) - a cargo ship completed in 1908
- Dorington Court (2) - a cargo ship completed in 1915
- Dorington Court (3) - a cargo ship completed in 1939
- Dorington Court (4) - a cargo ship completed in 1940 and originally named Empire Meteor
- Dorington Court (5) - a cargo ship completed in 1957
Dorington Court (4) had a service life of 21 years during which she served in a large number of WW2 convoys. After the war she changed hands on a number of occasions and was sent for scrap after running aground and being declared a total loss in 1961.
Basic Data[edit]
- Type: Cargo ship
- Registered owners,managers and operators: Ministry of War Transport (MOWT) - Managers Mungo Campbell & Co. Ltd.
- Builders: Joseph .L.Thompson & Sons Ltd.
- Yard: Dundee
- Country: UK
- Yard number: 602
- Registry: N/K
- Official number: 168661
- Signal letters: N/K
- Call sign: N/K
- Classification society: N/K
- Gross tonnage: 7,483
- Net tonnage: 4,517
- Deadweight: N/K
- Length: 426 ft
- Breadth: 59.9 ft
- Depth: 35 ft
- Draught: N/K
- Engines: 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engine
- Engine builders: George Clark (1938) Ltd.
- Works: Sunderland
- Country: UK
- Power: N/K
- Propulsion: Single screw
- Speed: 10 knots
- Cargo capacity: N/K
- Crew: N/K
Career Highlights[edit]
- 3 Sep 1940: Launched as Empire Meteor
- Dec 1940: Completed
- 1946: Acquired by the United British Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - Managers Haldin & Phillipps Ltd.) and renamed Dorington Court
- 1947: Owners restyled Court Line Ltd. - Managers Haldin & Co. Ltd.
- 1956: Sold to INSA Soc de Nav. Genoa, Italy and renamed Giada
- 1960: Sold to Phoebus D Kyprianou, Beirut, Lebanon and renamed Sheikh
- 2 Oct 1961: Ran ashore and became a total loss and sold for scrap
Service during WW2 convoys as Empire Meteor[edit]
The data in the following table has been extracted from External Resource #4. Dorington Court (4) Court took part in 77 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 |
| FN.371 | Dec 1940: Southend - Methil | EN.50/1 | Jan 1941: Methil - Oban |
| OB.272 | Jan 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed | HX.110 | Feb 1941: Halifax - Liverpool |
| HX.111 | Feb 1941: Halifax - Liverpool | OB.309 | Apr 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 50N 23.50W |
| SC.32 | May 1941: Halifax - Liverpool | WN.138 | Jun 1941: Oban - Methil |
| FN.486 | Jun 1941: Southend - Methil | FS.514 | Jun 1941: Methil - Southend |
| EC.61 | Aug 1941: Southend - Clyde | ON.12 | Sep 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 53.34N 36.14W |
| SC.50 | Oct 1941: Sydney CB - Liverpool | ON.33 | Nov 1941: Liverpool - Dispersed 43.30N 55.20W |
| PQ.4 | Nov 1941: Hvalfjord - Archangel | QP.13 | Jun 1942: Archangel - Reykjavik |
| FS.853 | Jul 1942: Methil - Southend | WN.307 | Jul 1942: Loch Ewe - Methil |
| EN.141 | Sep 1942: Methil - Loch Ewe | FN.819 | Sep 1942: Southend - Methil |
| WN.347 | Oct 1942: Loch Ewe - Methil | EN.159 | Nov 1942: Methil - Loch Ewe |
| JW.51A | Dec 1942: Loch Ewe - Kola Inlet | RA.52 | Jan 1943: Kola Inlet - Loch Ewe |
| FS.1036 | Feb 1943: Methil - Southend | WN.393 | Feb 1943: Loch Ewe - Methil |
| FN.958 | Mar 1943: Southend - Methil | FN.961 | Mar 1943: Southend - Methil |
| EN.206 | Mar 1943: Methil - Loch Ewe | ON.175 | Mar 1943: Liverpool - NYC |
| XB.44A | Apr 1943: Halifax - Boston | JH.47 | Apr 1943: St johns nf - Halifax |
| WN.433 | May 1943: Loch Ewe - Methil | BX.49 | May 1943: Boston - Halifax |
| FS.1128 | May 1943: Methil - Southend | SC.130 | May 1943: Halifax - Liverpool |
| FN.1052 | Jun 1943: Southend - Methil | EN.247 | Jun 1943: Methil - Loch Ewe |
| ONS.12 | Jul 1943: Liverpool - Halifax | SQ.60 | Jul 1943: Sydney cb - Father pt |
| QS.66 | Aug 1943: Red islet - Sydney cb | SC.141 | Sep 1943: Halifax - Liverpool |
| WN.481 | Sep 1943: Loch Ewe - Methil | EN.302 | Nov 1943: Methil - Loch Ewe |
| AH.10 | Nov 1943: Augusta - Brindisi | KMS.32 | Nov 1943: Gibraltar - Port Said |
| OS/KMS.58KM | Nov 1943: Liverpool - Convoy Split | KMS.32G | Nov 1943: Ex OS58/ KMS32 - Gibraltar |
| AH.12 | Dec 1943: Augusta - Bari | HA.10A | Dec 1943: Bari - Augusta |
| HA.15 | Dec 1943: Bari - Augusta | MKS.36 | Dec 1943: Port Said - Gibraltar |
| KMS.49 | May 1944: Gibraltar - Port Said | KMS.49G | May 1944: Ex OS75/ KMS49 - Gibraltar |
| MKS.50 | May 1944: Port Said - Gibraltar | MKS.50G | May 1944: Gibraltar - Rendezvous with SL.159 |
| OS/KMS.64 | Jan 1944: Ex OS64/ KMS38 - Freetown | LTS.10 | Feb 1944: Lagos - Freetown |
| SL/MKS.150 | Feb 1944: Freetown - Rendezvous with MKS.41 | ST.78 | Feb 1944: Freetown - Takoradi |
| SL/MKS.150MK | Mar 1944: Rendezvous of SL150 with MKS41 - Liverpool | OS/KMS.75KM | Apr 1944: Liverpool - Convoy Split |
| SL/MKS.159MK | May 1944: Rendezvous of SL159 with MKS50 - Liverpool | OS/KMS.84KM | Jul 1944: Liverpool - Convoy Split |
| HA.64 | Aug 1944: Bari - Augusta | AH.60 | Aug 1944: Augusta - Bari |
| KMS.58 | Aug 1944: Gibraltar - Port Said | KMS.58G | Aug 1944: Ex OS84/ KMS58 - Gibraltar |
| MKS.60 | Aug 1944: Port Said - Gibraltar | OS/KMS.88 | Sep 1944: Ex OS88/ KMS62 - Freetown |
| SL/MKS.173 | Oct 1944: Freetown - Rendezvous with MKS.64 | SL/MKS.173MK | Oct 1944: Rendezvous of SL173 with MKS64 - Liverpool |
| FN.1526 | Oct 1944: Southend - Methil | FS.1657 | Dec 1944: Methil - Southend |
| OS/KMS.98KM | Dec 1944: Liverpool - Dispersed 46.40N 09.12W | TBC.1 | Dec 1944: Southend - Milford Haven |
| JMA.2BS | (Aug 1945: Bombay - Pt dickson/pt swettenham) |
Service post WW2[edit]
No information is available apart from the changes in name and ownership shown in the Career Highlights section.
Dorington Court (4) ran ashore at Kita Daito Jima (25.50N/131.15E) and broke in two on 2.10.61. She was a total lost and sent for scrap.
External resources[edit]
- Information extracted from Lloyds Registers
- Norman Middlemiss: Travel of the Tramps - Twenty Tramp Fleets ISBN: 1871128021
- Miramar Ship Index: [1]
- Convoyweb (Arnold Hague Convoy Database): [2]
Images[edit]
Image 1: SN Photo supplied by Stuart Smith
Main Contributors[edit]
- Basic information from John Powell and Clive Ketley
- Additional research and construction of page by Benjidog
