[1] Built by Bartram & Sons Ltd, Sunderland and launched on 19 July 1954, she was completed in December 1954.

A 6 cylinder 4-stroke cycle single-acting Burmeister & Wain oil engine drove a single screw, allowing her to make 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h).

[1] Hannington Court sailed for the Court Line, under the management of Haldin & Company, until 1963, when she was sold to the Indian shipping company Jayanti Shipping Co. Ltd, based in Bombay.

The company renamed her Gandhi Jayanti, and she spent the next four years sailing for them.

[1] Sold to Shipping Corporation of India in 1967, she retained her name until 1974, when she was renamed Gandhi.