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MV Empire Star (1935)

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Mr Vernon's boat with 34 people. Mr Moscrop-Young's boat contained 27 people and was the least crowded boat. Mr Moscrop-Young tried to get it alongside to take some people off Captain Capon's, but was prevented by the heavy sea. Capon ordered the three boats to keep together overnight and then sail for the
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The Chief Officer showed great organising ability and tireless leadership throughout. Under the direction of the Chief Engineer, the Engineer Officers remained at their posts throughout the attacks and kept the engines and fire service pumps working, thus releasing all others of the Engine-room staff
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Overnight there was a strong northwest wind and heavy sea, drenching everyone in the boats. At first light on 24 October the boats could not see each other. Mr Vernon's boat hoisted its sail and set off before the wind, until at 1010 hrs his crew sighted the Third Officer's boat several miles to the
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One lifeboat contained 38 people and was commanded by Captain Capon. Chief Officer Vernon commanded a second, which with difficulty in the heavy sea collected nine survivors from five liferafts. Mr Vernon's boat transferred the Third Officer, Roland Moscrop-Young, to command the third boat, leaving
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ones to be launched despite the heavy list. Despite a heavy sea, all passengers and crew were evacuated except the four killed in the engine room. The three boats then stood off as the ship righted herself and settled low in the water. The First Officer, Leslie Vernon, considered whether to reboard
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then searched for 120 miles, and on the morning of 26 October discovered Mr Moscop-Young's boat and rescued its 27 occupants. Captain Capon and his party were never found. His may have been the upturned boat that the sloop had seen on the afternoon of 25 October. Capon's boat included the
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The Boatswain and the Carpenter behaved magnificently throughout. They led the crew and worked tirelessly during the attacks. They were always prominent, leading fire parties, dealing efficiently with fires and led parties that carried the wounded to
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loaded a mixed cargo including some ammunition and a deck cargo of aircraft. She embarked 12 British, five South African and two Polish passengers and on 20 October left Liverpool independently and unescorted, bound for Cape Town and
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side. The first was a dud but the second detonated amidships, flooding her engine room, killing four crew and stopping her engines and generators. Two men on the engine room control platform were wounded, one of her two starboard
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to help the fire parties. The Second Officer was in charge of the guns and fought them with gallantry throughout the attacks. One aircraft was shot down and one certainly damaged by the combined fire of the ship and her secort.
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ferry. At 0910 hrs in the Durian Strait south of Singapore, six Japanese dive-bombers attacked the convoy. Anti-aircraft fire shot down one aircraft and damaged another, which broke off from the attack. Three bombs hit
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southwest. They tried to steer towards it, but the heavy weather prevented them. At 1230 hrs Vernon abandoned the attempt and altered course to the southeast. At 1700 hrs he ordered the sail lowered and the boat to
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At intervals over the next four hours as many as 47 Japanese twin-engined bombers attacked from altitudes of 7,000 to 10,000 feet (2,100 to 3,000 m). The already-damaged lifeboat aboard
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s bow rose from the sea and she sank by the stern, and about five minutes later a strong underwater explosion shook the lifeboats. The submarine did not surface to question the survivors.
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Joseph Dawson organised firefighting parties that extinguished all three fires. Australian nurses tended the wounded. As aircraft machine-gunned the ship two nurses,
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hospitals. Many of the signalling personnel, like the nurses, would have been women. The total number of women on the ship was 160 and there were also 35 children.
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In September 1942 numerous members of the ship's company were decorated for their part in the operation. Captain Capon, who had already been awarded the
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by firing a torpedo from one of her stern tubes. This missed, so the submarine reloaded her bow tubes and turned to fire again. The next torpedo struck
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Surviving passengers wrote to Blue Star Line commending the ship's officers and men. One credited Leslie Vernon and Second Officer JP Smith with
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Commendations were given to engineers JJ Johnson, J Middleton and JR Mitchell, stewards CE Ribbons and TS Hughes, cadets R Foulkner and R Perry,
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The Master's coolness, leadership and skill were outstanding and it was mainly due to his handling of the ship that the vessel reached safety.
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started following her, and about 40 minutes later fired a spread of four torpedoes at her. At 1543 hrs two of the torpedoes struck the ship's
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was making 14 knots (26 km/h) in bad weather and had stopped zig-zagging in order to avoid damage to her deck cargo. About 1500 hrs the
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on 2 April. She headed east across the Pacific, traversed the Panama Canal on 26–28 August and reached Liverpool on 11 September.
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the next day. She underwent emergency repairs and 48 hours later continued to Fremantle, where she arrived on 23 February. The
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met the ship and distributed clothes and other essentials to the evacuees, as they had brought very little with them.
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During the war it was strategically important to continue meat imports to the UK. However, under wartime conditions
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between her No. 4 and No. 5 holds about an hour and a half after the first explosion. The ship remained afloat, so
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for the Blue Star Line company Frederick Leyland & Co. She was transferred to another Blue Star company,
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and Veronica ("Vera") Torney, threw themselves upon wounded soldiers to protect them from further injury.
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and Veronica ("Vera") Torney was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military MBE).
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and the order was given to abandon ship. The crew launched the remaining three lifeboats and five
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was damaged. In this or a subsequent attack one of the ship's anti-aircraft guns was destroyed.
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11. By the time the convoy reached Singapore on 29 January Malaya was lost, and only the narrow
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help. Vernon and Moscrop-Young were awarded the MBE and Donaldson was awarded the BEM.
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personnel and 133 army nurses and signalling personnel. The nurses were members of the
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in February 1942. She was sunk by torpedo in October 1942 with the loss of 42 lives.
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spent 23–27 February in Fremantle and then 4–23 March in Sydney. She crossed the
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to Australia or New Zealand, returning by the same route laden with frozen meat.
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out of Singapore, Captain George Wright, stayed aboard to be evacuated. He and
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was destroyed, but the ship evaded many more bombs by what was recorded as
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was also damaged but less seriously, and returned to service on 1 April.
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found an upturned lifeboat surrounded by wreckage. Then at 1815 hrs the
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William Power and ship's carpenter Sydney Milne were awarded the
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design from Denmark. Her navigation equipment included wireless
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Herbert Weller and Third Officer James Smith were awarded the
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to replace some of its war losses. They included a third
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lay between Japanese forces and the island of Singapore.
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She was the second of three Blue Star ships to be called
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was destroyed and the ship listed heavily to starboard.
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the Indian Ocean, South Africa and the South Atlantic.
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found Mr Vernon's boat and rescued her 34 occupants.
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1682:, p. 110. 1665: 1653: 1639: 1613: 1599:London Gazette 1582: 1567: 1552: 1516: 1489: 1476:Ship Movements 1453: 1410: 1378: 1377: 1375: 1372: 1312: 1311:Successor ship 1309: 1274:Chief Engineer 1219:s 61 survivors 1142:transmitted a 1113:On 23 October 1096: 1095: 1086: 1085: 1079: 1078: 1077: 1063: 1060: 1020:London Gazette 887:Second Officer 783:On 8 February 721: 718: 694:'s 2,830  688:Sydney Harbour 676:Sydney Harbour 658: 655: 635:Newport, Wales 623:Port of London 571: 568: 502: 499: 460:United Kingdom 442:Blue Star Line 416: 415: 409: 405: 404: 403:Service record 400: 399: 378:Australia Star 370: 366: 365: 364: 363: 360: 354: 351: 350:1 × 4-inch gun 348: 343: 339: 338: 337: 336: 331: 325: 317: 311: 310: 309:gunners (1942) 303: 299: 298: 297: 296: 290: 282: 278: 277: 271: 267: 266: 263: 259: 258: 255: 251: 250: 247: 243: 242: 236: 232: 231: 230: 229: 223: 220: 212: 208: 207: 203: 202: 199: 195: 194: 193: 192: 162: 156: 147: 146:Identification 143: 142: 139: 135: 134: 131: 127: 126: 123: 119: 118: 109: 105: 104: 92: 88: 87: 85:Blue Star Line 82: 78: 77: 71: 67: 66: 61: 57: 56: 53:United Kingdom 41: 40: 36: 35: 29: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4174: 4163: 4160: 4158: 4155: 4153: 4150: 4148: 4145: 4143: 4140: 4138: 4135: 4133: 4130: 4128: 4125: 4123: 4120: 4119: 4117: 4104: 4103:November 1942 4100: 4095: 4091: 4087: 4083: 4079: 4075: 4071: 4066: 4059: 4058: 4051: 4048: 4047: 4040: 4037: 4036: 4029: 4028: 4026: 4022: 4015: 4014: 4008: 4007: 4001: 3998: 3997: 3990: 3987: 3986: 3981: 3980: 3975: 3974: 3968: 3965: 3964: 3958: 3955: 3954: 3949: 3948: 3941: 3938: 3937: 3932: 3931: 3925: 3924: 3918: 3915: 3914: 3909: 3908: 3901: 3898: 3897: 3891: 3888: 3887: 3882: 3881: 3875: 3872: 3871: 3866: 3865: 3859: 3856: 3855: 3850: 3849: 3843: 3840: 3839: 3833: 3830: 3829: 3824: 3823: 3817: 3814: 3813: 3808: 3807: 3806:Primrose Hill 3801: 3798: 3797: 3792: 3791: 3785: 3784: 3778: 3775: 3774: 3769: 3768: 3763: 3762: 3756: 3753: 3752: 3747: 3746: 3740: 3737: 3736: 3731: 3730: 3725: 3724: 3719: 3718: 3711: 3708: 3707: 3702: 3701: 3696: 3695: 3689: 3686: 3685: 3680: 3679: 3674: 3673: 3667: 3664: 3663: 3658: 3657: 3651: 3648: 3647: 3642: 3641: 3635: 3632: 3631: 3625: 3622: 3621: 3616: 3615: 3610: 3609: 3603: 3600: 3599: 3594: 3593: 3588: 3587: 3580: 3579: 3577: 3575: 3571: 3562: 3557: 3555: 3550: 3548: 3543: 3542: 3539: 3527: 3524: 3523: 3521: 3519:Planned ships 3517: 3511: 3510: 3506: 3504: 3503: 3499: 3497: 3496: 3492: 3489: 3488: 3484: 3482: 3481: 3477: 3474: 3473: 3469: 3466: 3465: 3461: 3458: 3457: 3453: 3451: 3450: 3446: 3444: 3443: 3442:Atlantic Star 3439: 3436: 3435: 3431: 3430: 3428: 3424: 3418: 3417: 3413: 3411: 3410: 3406: 3404: 3403: 3399: 3397: 3396: 3392: 3390: 3389: 3385: 3383: 3382: 3378: 3376: 3375: 3371: 3369: 3368: 3364: 3362: 3361: 3357: 3355: 3354: 3350: 3349: 3347: 3345:Managed ships 3343: 3337: 3336: 3332: 3330: 3329: 3325: 3323: 3322: 3318: 3316: 3315: 3311: 3309: 3308: 3304: 3302: 3301: 3297: 3295: 3294: 3290: 3288: 3287: 3283: 3281: 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2520: 2517: 2516: 2512: 2510: 2509: 2508:New York Star 2505: 2503: 2502: 2498: 2496: 2495: 2491: 2488: 2487: 2483: 2480: 2479: 2475: 2473: 2472: 2471:Montreal Star 2468: 2466: 2465: 2461: 2459: 2458: 2454: 2451: 2450: 2446: 2443: 2442: 2438: 2435: 2434: 2430: 2427: 2426: 2422: 2419: 2418: 2417:Imperial Star 2414: 2411: 2410: 2409:Imperial Star 2406: 2404: 2403: 2399: 2397: 2396: 2392: 2390: 2389: 2385: 2382: 2381: 2377: 2374: 2373: 2369: 2367: 2366: 2362: 2360: 2359: 2355: 2353: 2352: 2348: 2346: 2345: 2341: 2339: 2338: 2334: 2332: 2331: 2327: 2324: 2323: 2319: 2316: 2315: 2311: 2308: 2307: 2303: 2300: 2299: 2295: 2292: 2291: 2287: 2284: 2283: 2279: 2276: 2275: 2271: 2268: 2267: 2263: 2260: 2259: 2255: 2253: 2252: 2248: 2245: 2244: 2243:Columbia Star 2240: 2237: 2236: 2235:Columbia Star 2232: 2230: 2229: 2228:Colorado Star 2225: 2222: 2221: 2217: 2214: 2213: 2209: 2206: 2205: 2201: 2198: 2197: 2193: 2190: 2189: 2185: 2183: 2182: 2178: 2175: 2174: 2170: 2167: 2166: 2162: 2160: 2159: 2155: 2153: 2152: 2151:Brisbane Star 2148: 2146: 2145: 2144:Brasilia Star 2141: 2139: 2138: 2134: 2132: 2131: 2127: 2124: 2123: 2119: 2116: 2115: 2111: 2108: 2107: 2103: 2100: 2099: 2095: 2092: 2091: 2087: 2084: 2083: 2079: 2076: 2075: 2071: 2068: 2067: 2066:Auckland Star 2063: 2060: 2059: 2058:Auckland Star 2055: 2052: 2051: 2050:Auckland Star 2047: 2045: 2044: 2040: 2038: 2037: 2036:Arandora Star 2033: 2030: 2029: 2025: 2022: 2021: 2017: 2015: 2014: 2010: 2008: 2007: 2003: 2000: 1999: 1995: 1992: 1991: 1987: 1984: 1983: 1979: 1976: 1975: 1971: 1968: 1967: 1963: 1960: 1959: 1955: 1953: 1952: 1951:Adelaide Star 1948: 1947: 1945: 1941: 1937: 1934:Ships of the 1929: 1924: 1922: 1917: 1915: 1910: 1909: 1906: 1902: 1899: 1866: 1864:0-572-00849-X 1860: 1856: 1852: 1847: 1846: 1842: 1825: 1819: 1816: 1812: 1811:Taffrail 1973 1807: 1804: 1791: 1787: 1786:"Empire Star" 1780: 1777: 1773: 1772:Taffrail 1973 1768: 1765: 1752: 1751: 1746: 1740: 1738: 1734: 1730: 1729:Taffrail 1973 1725: 1723: 1721: 1717: 1704: 1700: 1699:"Empire Star" 1693: 1691: 1689: 1685: 1681: 1680:Taffrail 1973 1676: 1674: 1672: 1670: 1666: 1663:, p. 64. 1662: 1661:Taffrail 1973 1657: 1654: 1649: 1643: 1640: 1628: 1624: 1617: 1614: 1601: 1600: 1595: 1589: 1587: 1583: 1580:, p. 62. 1579: 1578:Taffrail 1973 1574: 1572: 1568: 1565:, p. 61. 1564: 1563:Taffrail 1973 1559: 1557: 1553: 1540: 1536: 1529: 1527: 1525: 1523: 1521: 1517: 1504: 1500: 1493: 1490: 1477: 1473: 1472:"Empire Star" 1466: 1464: 1462: 1460: 1458: 1454: 1438: 1434: 1427: 1426: 1419: 1417: 1415: 1411: 1398: 1392: 1390: 1388: 1386: 1384: 1380: 1373: 1371: 1369: 1365: 1361: 1357: 1353: 1349: 1348:Empire Mercia 1345: 1344: 1339: 1335: 1331: 1330:Imperial Star 1324: 1323: 1317: 1310: 1308: 1306: 1302: 1298: 1294: 1293:"outstanding" 1290: 1286: 1281: 1279: 1278:South African 1275: 1270: 1266: 1262: 1261: 1256: 1253: 1251: 1245: 1243: 1239: 1235: 1231: 1227: 1215: 1211: 1210: 1205: 1200: 1196: 1194: 1188: 1183: 1179: 1178:coup de grâce 1175: 1171: 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The first 474: 472: 446: 431:refrigerated 422: 420: 419: 395: 389: 383: 377: 373:sister ships 314:Sensors and 216:12,656  63: 30: 18: 3886:Empire Star 3870:Winnipeg II 3592:Lisbon Maru 3509:Yakima Star 3495:Tasman Star 3480:Savona Star 3472:Santos Star 3449:Baltic Star 3434:Albion Star 2969: (III) 2929:Viking Star 2901:Ulster Star 2896: (III) 2893:Tuscan Star 2885:Tuscan Star 2877:Tuscan Star 2853:Trojan Star 2845:Trojan Star 2830:Timaru Star 2822:Timaru Star 2807:Tacoma Star 2799:Tacoma Star 2792:Sydney Star 2785:Sultan Star 2778:Stuart Star 2759: (III) 2716:Santos Star 2677:Rodney Star 2619:Padova Star 2614: (III) 2587:Oregon Star 2582: (III) 2579:Oregon Star 2571:Oregon Star 2563:Oregon Star 2547:Norman Star 2539:Norman Star 2534: (III) 2494:Nelson Star 2486:Napier Star 2478:Napier Star 2402:Iberia Star 2395:Hobart Star 2380:Gothic Star 2372:Gothic Star 2358:Genova Star 2344:Gaelic Star 2337:Fresno Star 2330:Fresno Star 2293: (III) 2290:Empire Star 2282:Empire Star 2274:Empire Star 2220:Celtic Star 2212:Celtic Star 2207: (III) 2137:Brasil Star 2093: (III) 2069: (III) 1998:Almeda Star 1990:Almeda Star 1982:Albion Star 1974:Albion Star 1893: / 1633:28 December 1621:Rae, Ruth, 1539:Brave Women 1356:Empire Star 1343:Empire Star 1322:Empire Star 1214:Empire Star 1182:Empire Star 1170:Empire Star 1140:Empire Star 1115:Empire Star 1103:Empire Star 1073:East London 1068:Empire Star 1050:, reaching 1040:Empire Star 1012:Able Seaman 950:Empire Star 936:Empire Star 932:Empire Star 920:Empire Star 895:Empire Star 891:Able Seaman 883:Empire Star 848:cargo ship 842:Empire Star 791:had loaded 789:Empire Star 777:Empire Star 756:as part of 750:Empire Star 726:Empire Star 714:Empire Star 710:Goat Island 684:Empire Star 672:Empire Star 582:cargo liner 575:Empire Star 564:gyrocompass 530:Empire Star 526:motor ships 524:class were 511:Empire Star 490:Empire Star 480:Empire Star 475:Empire Star 456:New Zealand 434:cargo liner 423:Empire Star 408:Operations: 384:Sydney Star 334:gyrocompass 225:9,187  122:Yard number 64:Empire Star 31:Empire Star 4122:1935 ships 4116:Categories 4035:Queen Mary 3574:Shipwrecks 3526:Titanic II 3487:Saxon Star 3328:Vikingstar 3314:Trojanstar 3307:Stuartstar 3300:Stuartstar 3272:Rodneystar 3258:Oregonstar 3251:Normanstar 3244:Napierstar 3230:Miltonstar 3181:Empirestar 3139:Celticstar 2992:Albionstar 2961: (II) 2888: (II) 2872: (II) 2869:Tudor Star 2861:Tudor Star 2856: (II) 2833: (II) 2810: (II) 2751: (II) 2735: (II) 2732:Saxon Star 2724:Saxon Star 2711: (II) 2708:Royal Star 2700:Royal Star 2695: (II) 2692:Roman Star 2684:Roman Star 2644: (II) 2606: (II) 2590: (IV) 2574: (II) 2550: (II) 2526: (II) 2489: (II) 2452: (II) 2436: (II) 2433:Ionic Star 2425:Ionic Star 2420: (II) 2383: (II) 2325: (II) 2309: (II) 2285: (II) 2269: (II) 2251:Doric Star 2246: (II) 2223: (II) 2199: (II) 2176: (II) 2125: (II) 2122:Avila Star 2114:Avila Star 2109: (II) 2085: (II) 2061: (II) 2031: (II) 2001: (II) 1985: (II) 1969: (II) 1966:Afric Star 1958:Afric Star 1853:. 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United Kingdom
Frederick Leyland
Blue Star Line
United Kingdom
Belfast
Harland and Wolff
Belfast
official number
Call sign




GRT
NRT
p/p
NHP
marine diesel engines
screws
DEMS
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echo sounding
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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
sister ships
Australia Star
Sydney Star
Wellington Star
Auckland Star

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