cressington court was a cargo ship that was built in 1943 as empire earl by william doxford & sons ltd, sunderland, united kingdom for the ministry of war transport (mowt). in 1945, she was sold into merchant service and renamed "cressington court". a further sale in 1958 saw her renamed east wales. she was sold again in 1966 and renamed universal skipper, serving until she was scrapped in november 1970.