Name: | QUARRINGTON COURT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/10/1928 |
Completed: | 11/1928 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 406 |
Dimensions: | 6900grt, 4330nrt, 420.0 x 56.5 x 33.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 569nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160614 |
History: | |
11/1928 | United British Steamship Co Ltd (Haldin & Co Ltd, managers), London |
1936 | Company restyled as Court Line Ltd, London |
07/12/1937 | Sank |
Comments: | 07/12/1937: Foundered 25 nm from Shadwan Island in the Red Sea |
On a voyage from Calcutta to Baltimore with a cargo of ore & gunnies |
Above photo copyright of City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost Collection
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair