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Ovington Court

Court Line used the name Ovington Court for just one ship. Ovington Court was launched as Amblestone, had a service life of 16 years during which time she changed owner and name, and served in many WW2 convoys. She was stranded on the beach at Durban in 1940 and her wreck is still visible there today at low tides. Ovington Court was one of three ships purchased from the fleet of Charles Radcliffe of Cardiff who had died in July 1926. The other two were Conistone (later Nollington Court) and Rochdale (later Pennington Court). Type Cargo ship Registered owners, managers and operators Charles Radcliffe Ltd. Managers C Radcliffe & Co Builders Richardson Duck & Co Ltd. Yard Thornaby Stockton-on-Tees Country UK Yard number 685 Registry N/K Official number 145740 Signal letters N/K Call sign GCVJ Classification society N/K Gross tonnage 6,095 Net tonnage 3,772 Deadweight N/K Length 400 ft Breadth 53 ft Depth 32.7 ft Draught N/K Engines Triple expansion steam engine with cylinders of bore 26", 48", 71" and stroke 48". Three single-ended boilers with boiler pressure of 180psi. Engine builders Blair & Co.Ltd. Works Stockton-on-Tees Country UK Power 425 NHP SS Ovington Court, voyage Mauritius to U.K. via Durban with a cargo of sugar and copra, dragged anchor in a NE gale and was totally wrecked at Addington Beach, Durban.

Username	surveychile
Shipowner	Charles Radcliffe Ltd.
Ship manager	C Radcliffe & Co
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Type of ship	General Cargo
Year of build and builder	1924 Thornaby Stockton-on-Tees
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Added on	10/06/2015
Dimension	1200 x 649
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