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.