Dorington Court
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| Name | Dorington Court | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,281 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Haldin & Philipps Ltd (Court Line), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 27.00S, 34.45E - Grid KP 6159 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (4 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Calcutta - Madras (4 Nov) - Lourenco Marques - Durban - UK | ||
| Cargo | 9261 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | This ship was in many ways the model for the successful Liberty ships. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.34 hours on 24 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Dorington Court (Master Ernest Douglas Aynge Gibbs) was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-181 105 miles east-southeast of Inhaca Island. Four crew members were lost. The master, 33 crew members and five gunners landed at Inhaca Island near Lourenco Marques. | ||
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