Cressington Court
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| Name | Cressington Court | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.971 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Haldin & Philipps Ltd (Court Line), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-510 (Karl Neitzel) | ||
| Position | 07.58N, 46.00W - Grid EP 6162 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (8 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Philadelphia - Trinidad (14 Aug) - Capetown - Durban - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 7362 tons of government stores and general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.07 hours on 19 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Cressington Court (Master William James Pace) was torpedoed and sunk by U-510 northeast of Belem. The master and seven crew members were lost. On 10 Sep, 1942, 26 crew members and ten gunners were picked up by the Woensdrecht. But two days later this vessel was torpedoed and badly damaged by U-515 (Henke). During the attack a piece of debris killed one crew member of Cressington Court. The other crew members from the British ship abandoned the tanker and were picked up by two American patrol vessels the following night and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad. | ||
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