Blue Star Line War Losses 1939 - 1945

From a chart in Blue Star Line at War 1939-1945
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Vessels Lost   =

1	Ionic Star	17th October, 1939	Wrecked
2	Doric Star	2nd December, 1939	Admiral Graf Spee
3	Sultan Star	14th February, 1940	U-48
4	Adelaide Star	9th April, 1940 (Seized)	Seized
5	Wellington Star	16th June, 1940
6	Avelona Star	30th  June, 1940	U-43
7	Arandora Star	2nd July, 1940	U-47
8	Auckland Star	28th July, 1940	U-99
9	Napier Star	15th December, 1940	U-100
10	Almeda Star	17th January, 1941	U-96
11	Afric Star	29th January, 1941	Kormoran
12	Rodney Star	16th May, 1941	U-105
13	Imperial Star	27th September, 1941	Italian aircraft
14	Tacoma Star	1st February, 1942	U-109
15	Scottish Star	20th February, 1942	Luigi Torelli (Italian)
16	Avila Star	5th July, 1942	U-201
17	Viking Star	25th August, 1942	U-130
18	Tuscan Star	6th September, 1942	U-109
19	Andalucia Star	6th October, 1942	U-107
20	Empire Star	23rd October, 1942	U-615,
21	Pacific Star	27th October, 1942	U-509
22	Dunedin Star	29th November, 1942	Ran aground
23	California Star	4th March, 1943	U-515
24	Empire Lakeland	11th March, 1943
25	Canadian Star	18th March, 1943	U-221
26	Celtic Star	29th March, 1943	Giuseppe Finzi (Italian)
27	Melbourne Star	2nd April, 1943	U-129
28	Royal Star	20th April, 1944	Enemy aircraft
29	Empire Javlin	28th December, 1944

   Vessels attacked & heavily damaged   =

39	Celtic Star	Collision. 18th October, 1939
36	Tuscan Star	Bombed at sea, 17th December, 1939
32	Melbourne Star	Bombed at sea, 5th September, 1940
33	Norman Star	Bombed in port, 16th January, 1941
34	Imperial Star	Bombed in port, 12th March, 1941
35	Tacoma Star	Bombed in port, (sunk-salvaged). 3rd May, 1941
30	Scottish Star	Bombed at sea, 11th April, 1941
37	Canadian Star	Shelled by submarine, 19th July, 1941
38	Sydney Star	Torpedoed, 24th July, 1941
31	Empire Star	Bombed at Sea, 12th February, 1942
40	Brisbane Star	Torpedoed by aircraft, 12th August, 1942
41	Melbourne Star	Bombed at sea, 12th August, 1942
42	Empire Glade	Shelled by submarine, 28th November, 1942
43	Empire Might	Fire on board, 2nd May, 1943
44	Empire Highway	Bombed at sea, 27th July, 1943
45	Saminver	Damaged by rocket, 8th January, 1945
	In addition to the incidents recorded on the chart, practically all vessels of the fleet received damage on several occasions, due to air, surface or submarine attack.
Updated: 18/02/2008