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Name: SINNINGTON COURT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/08/1928
Completed: 09/1928
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1039
Dimensions: 6910grt, 4335nrt, 420.1 x 56.5 x 33.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 279nhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 160574
History:
21/09/1928 United British Steamship Co Ltd (Haldin & Philipps Ltd, managers), London
1936 Court Line Ltd (Frank W Saunders, manager), London
1946 United British Steamship Co Ltd, London
1951 Hinode Kisen KK, Tokyo; renamed ATAGO MARU
1955 Miyachi Kisen KK, Kobe; renamed FUKUZAN MARU
26/10/1961 Sank
Comments: 26/10/1961: Foundered in a hurricane 60 miles north of Saipan
On a voyage from Townsville to Yokohama with a cargo of copper ore concentrates


Above photo as SINNINGTON COURT is copyright of Walter Frost & City of Vancouver Archives

Above photo as SINNINGTON COURT is copyright of Walter Frost & City of Vancouver Archives

Above photo as SINNINGTON COURT is copyright of John Clarkson

Above photo as SINNINGTON COURT is copyright of A Duncan

Above photo as ATAGO MARU is copyright of Walter Frost & City of Vancouver Archives

Above photo as FUKUZAN MARU is courtesy of Photoship