| Name: | GEDDINGTON COURT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/08/1928 |
| Completed: | 09/1928 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 405 |
| Dimensions: | 6903grt, 4333nrt, 420.1 x 56.5 x 33.8ft; |
| (1961: 10146dwt, 7158grt, 4512nrt, 435.0 x 56.3 x 27.1ft (*)) | |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 569nhp; |
| (1957: Oil engine, 2SA, 7cyl (520 x 900mm)) | |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd; |
| (1957: Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, Yokohama) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 160564 |
| History: | |
| 10/09/1928 | United British Steamship Co Ltd (Haldin & Philipps Ltd, managers), London |
| 1936 | Company restyled as Court Line Ltd, London |
| 1946 | United British Steamship Co Ltd (Haldin & Philipps Ltd, managers), London |
| 1951 | Kyoritsu Kisen Nichino KK, Tokyo, Japan; renamed KYOHO MARU |
| 1951 | Nichiro Gyogyo KK, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1953 | Nichiro Kisen KK, Tokyo, Japan |
| 12/1971 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 03/04/1941: Damaged in an air attack 30nm east of Dundee |
| 1957: Re-engined | |
| 1961: Converted to a fish factory ship | |
| 12/1971: Broken up by Great China Steel & Iron Co Ltd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
| (*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Extreme Breadth and Draft |
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