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A.C.T.'s
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Blue Star's M.V. "Sydney Star"2 |
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BremerVulkan
Schiffbau & Machinenfabrik, Vegesack, Germany |
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O.N.: |
343036 / 902727 |
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Dimensions: |
712'9" x 95'3" x 34'6" |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 24212 Net: 14234 |
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Propulsion: |
Two Stal Laval steam turbines by shipbuilder, double
reduction geared to single shaft driving a six bladed propeller, giving a
service speed of 22 kts |
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Generators: |
Original: 3 x Brotherhood Turbo-Alternators of 1360 KW
@ 12000 rpm and 2 x Paxman Diesel Generators |
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Enhanced: 2 x Dujardin 8 cylinder Allans of 850 KW. |
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Type: |
Refrigerated Modular Containership
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Capacity: |
1334 teus |
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Launched: |
3/11/1971 (Yard No. 972) for Blue Star Line Ltd., London as
ACT 5 |
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Completed: |
2/1972 |
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Re-engined: |
3/1987 as a motorship at I.H.I., Yokohama, Japan of 15,320 shp |
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Transferred: |
13/12/1991 to Blue Star Line & renamed
Sydney Star |
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Sold: |
1998 to P&O
Nedlloyd and was operated under Blue Star colours |
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Arrived: |
Jiangyin 1554 24th January 2003 for demolition |
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Sister Ships: |
ACT
3,
ACT 4 & Australian Exporter
(ANL) |
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ACT 5 ~
Photograph © Fotoflite |
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ACT 5 - Photographs © Gary Allenby |
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ACT 5 passing the as yet incomplete Yarra River Bridge at
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One of the second generation of
container ships built for Associated Container Transportation Ltd., an
amalgamation of Ellerman (City Line), Cunard (Port Line) and Blue Star
Line. Originally mix-manned with a mix of officers from the three
companies, this was found not terribly satisfactory and they eventually
reverted to single company staffing.
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| ACT 5
- The Lads - Christmas 1989 |
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ACT 5 - Bridge - Photographs © Mike Boulton |
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Operating on two basic routes, UK
(Liverpool & Tilbury), the continent (Zee Brugge & Le Havre) to Australia
and New Zealand via the Cape of Good Hope outbound and either through the
Panama Canal or around Cape Horn back to Europe. The second route was from
the eastern seaboard of America, from St. John (New Brunswick), Newark
(New Jersey) , Norfolk, and Philadelphia, thence via Panama to Australia
and New Zealand.
Australian ports of call included Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and
occasionally Fremantle. Whereas New Zealand ports called at were
Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Auckland. Rotations varied with
route and voyage.
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ACT 5 at Port Chalmers 1982 - Photographs ©
Nick Dawber |
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See: Port Chalmers WebCam |
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ACT 5 at Port
Chalmers 1982, en route to New Zealand & at Panama |
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Photographs © Nick Dawber |
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ACT 5 in Jurong dry dock Singapore ~1989 ~
Photograph © Mike Boulton |
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ACT 5 ~ Helicopter at Auckland ~
Photograph © Mike Boulton |
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Originally built with a modern high
pressure steam plant, with Foster Wheeler ESD III Boilers, Stal Laval
turbines and John Brown epicyclical reduction gears driving a six bladed
propeller. Electrical power was supplied by three steam turbo-alternators
and two Paxman Diesel harbour sets. After the Fuel Crisis, it was no
longer economical despite the many advantages and reliability of a steam
plant. She was re-engined in 1987 at I.H.I. of Yokohama with a diesel oil
main engine along with diesel alternators.
All of the forward hatches, except No.1 were fitted out for under-deck
refrigerated containers, cooled from a central plant supplied by J. W.
Hall Ltd., Dartford, using brine as the secondary circuit. Additionally
self-contained (clip-on) units were carried above deck when it was found
that demand for refrigerated capacity exceeded that available under-deck.
The forward hatch, fitted with a 40 ton crane was reserved for break-bulk
cargoes.
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| At
Wellington 24/02/1990 |
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| Under Nassau registration 4/10/1991 |
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Being "Blue Starred"
13/12/1991 in Wellington |
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| As the Sydney Star
at Wellington Terminal 13/12/1991 |
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| Sydney Star
off Wellington 12/04/1993 |
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Official Blue Star Line postcard -
Photograph
© Peter Stacey |
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Sydney Star at
Cairncross ship repair wharf, Brisbane on October 2000 |
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Sydney Star at
Cairncross ship repair wharf, Brisbane on October 2000 |
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Photographs © George
Edwards |
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The
Sydney Star was undergoing major repairs to her crankshaft &
bearings at the time which is the reason for not having any containers
onboard.
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Sydney Star
- in heavy seas on passage to Wellington
Voyage 133 - Photograph (C) W. G. Macdonald |
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The Sydney
Star continued in service until January 2003 when she arrived at
Jiangyin at 1554 hrs on the 24th January 2003 for demolition.
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Pitcairn Island First Day Cover - 8th January 2003 |
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Issued by
the Pitcairn Island Philatelic Bureau |
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