Post by KG on Sept 13, 2008 17:18:17 GMT
Her Name Was “Pennington Court”
Court Line used the name Pennington Court for just one ship.
She had a service life of 18 years which included a period of several years being laid up in the 1930s, significant contributions to WW2 convoys, and a tragic ending in 1942 when she was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine with the loss of the entire ship's company.
Completed in July 1924 as Rochdale for Rochdale SS Co Ltd (C. Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff. 1927 renamed Pennington Court for Haldin & Philipps Ltd (Court Line), London. Steam merchant 6.098 tons.
Convoy: SC-103 (straggler) Route: St. John, New Brunswick – Belfast Cargo: 8494 tons of grain and trucks as deck cargo Complement: 40 (40 dead - no survivors) Fate: Sunk by U-254 (Kapitänleutnant Odo Loewe) Position: 58.18N, 27.55W - Grid AK 3589
At 21.01 hours on 9 Oct, 1942, the Pennington Court (Master John Horne), a straggler from convoy SC-103, was torpedoed by U-254 southeast of Cape Farewell. Until the ship sank the U-boat had fired six torpedoes of which three were hits. The master and 39 crew members were lost. The 6,000 ton British ship SS Pennington Court was sunk by three torpedoes.
We Remember “Barrian”
WILLIAM EMMANUEL PRATT
Third Officer
Age 28. Son of George and Emma Pratt; husband of Lilian Pratt, of Barry, Glamorgan.
and Her Captain and crew.
Research by MNA (Wales) Barry Branch / Her Name Was Tregenna
(with thanks to several sources including u.boat.net)
UPDATED LINK to Pennington Court at:
www.benjidog.co.uk/Court/Pennington%20Court.html
Court Line used the name Pennington Court for just one ship.
She had a service life of 18 years which included a period of several years being laid up in the 1930s, significant contributions to WW2 convoys, and a tragic ending in 1942 when she was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine with the loss of the entire ship's company.
Completed in July 1924 as Rochdale for Rochdale SS Co Ltd (C. Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff. 1927 renamed Pennington Court for Haldin & Philipps Ltd (Court Line), London. Steam merchant 6.098 tons.
Convoy: SC-103 (straggler) Route: St. John, New Brunswick – Belfast Cargo: 8494 tons of grain and trucks as deck cargo Complement: 40 (40 dead - no survivors) Fate: Sunk by U-254 (Kapitänleutnant Odo Loewe) Position: 58.18N, 27.55W - Grid AK 3589
At 21.01 hours on 9 Oct, 1942, the Pennington Court (Master John Horne), a straggler from convoy SC-103, was torpedoed by U-254 southeast of Cape Farewell. Until the ship sank the U-boat had fired six torpedoes of which three were hits. The master and 39 crew members were lost. The 6,000 ton British ship SS Pennington Court was sunk by three torpedoes.
We Remember “Barrian”
WILLIAM EMMANUEL PRATT
Third Officer
Age 28. Son of George and Emma Pratt; husband of Lilian Pratt, of Barry, Glamorgan.
and Her Captain and crew.
Research by MNA (Wales) Barry Branch / Her Name Was Tregenna
(with thanks to several sources including u.boat.net)
UPDATED LINK to Pennington Court at:
www.benjidog.co.uk/Court/Pennington%20Court.html