| Name: | CRESSINGTON COURT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/07/1929 |
| Completed: | 08/1929 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 410 |
| Dimensions: | 4971grt, 3033nrt, 405.5 x 55.5 x 25.1ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 3cyl (580 x 2320mm), 482nhp |
| Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 161289 |
| History: | |
| 26/08/1929 | United British Steamship Co Ltd (Haldin & Philipps Ltd, Managers), London |
| 1936 | Owner restyled as Court Line Ltd, London |
| 19/08/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 19/08/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U510, 500miles off French Guiana |
| On a voyage from Philadelphia to Alexandria carrying stores & general cargo | |
| 8 of the crew were lost |
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