Associated Container Transportation A.C.T.'s  S.S. "ACT 4"  
       
  Built:  BremerVulkan Schiffbau & Machinenfabrik, Vegesack, Germany  
  O.N.: 342859    
  Dimensions: 712'9" x 95'3" x 34'6" feet  
  Tonnage: Gross: 24216    Net: 14262  
Propulsion: Two Stal Laval steam turbines by shipbuilder, reduction geared to single shaft
Generators: Original: 3 x Brotherhood Turbo-Alternators of 1360 KW @ 12000 rpm and 2 x Paxman Diesel Generators
    Enhanced: 2 x Ruston 6RK 3CMs of approx. 800 KW  
  Type: Refrigerated Modular Containership  Capacity: 1334 teus  
  Launched: 11/5/1971 (Yard No. 971) for Blue Star Line Ltd., Port Line Ltd. & Ellerman Lines Ltd.  
  Completed: 9/1971  
  Re-engined: Steam plant removed and diesel engine installed  
  Transferred:  to Blue Star Line Ltd. and renamed  Melbourne Star  
  Sold: 9/02/1998  to P&O Nedlloyd and renamed Moreton Bay  
  Departed:  11/02/03 the Shanghai anchorage and was handed over to Chinese shipbreakers for demolition  
       
  Sister Ships:    ACT 3 ,  ACT 5  &  Australian Exporter (ANL)  
     
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  ACT 4 sails passing the Sydney Opera House - Photo courtesy Peter Boulton  
     
 
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Heading out into the River Mersey from Seaforth Dock, Liverpool                                               Photo Philip Parker   ACT 4 - Under the portainer crane
     
 
 
ACT 4 at Sea© D.F.Darrah   ACT 4 - Blue Peter
Heavy seas in the Roaring Forties enroute to Sydney   Flags - Ready to sail from U.S.A.
     
 
 
ACT 4 - Funnel © D.F.Darrah   ACT 4 - Bridge D.F.Darrah
ACT - Funnel   ACT 4 - Bridge watch
     
 
 
Click for next image   ACT 4 - Entering Sydney
 E.C.R. Boiler & Turbine Controls   ACT 4 - Departing Sydney passing No's 1-7 Walsh Bay
 
  Photographs © Fraser Darrah  
   
   
  ACT 4 takes one over the bow ~ Photograph © Dave Barnicoat  
   
   
  ACT 4 arriving at Auckland 1982 , taken from the ACT 5 ~ Photograph © Nick Dawber  
     
 
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ACT 4 at Wellington 1991
 
     
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  ACT 4 at Wellington 8th January 1992 just prior to becoming the Melbourne Star  
  Photographs © Peter Stacey  
     

ACT 4  continued in service as the Melbourne Star  as one of the  last four remaining vessels to carry the Blue Star livery, all be it as part of the P&O Nedlloyd group. She departed the  Shanghai anchorage11/02/03 and was handed over to Chinese shipbreakers for demolition
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   Pitcairn Island First Day Cover - 8th January 2003  
  Issued by the Pitcairn Island Philatelic Bureau  
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  Updated: 14/10/2007