Blue Star Line   Blue Star's S.S. "Brodlea"  
  Blue Star's S.S. "Saxonstar"
  Blue Star's S.S. "Saxon Star" 1
       
  Built: R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Newcastle  
  ON: 110127  
Dimensions: 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.6 feet
  Tonnage: Gross : 5715 Net : 3649  
  Propulsion: Triple Expansion Steam Engine by builder  
  Type: Refrigerated Cargo Liner  
  Launched: 11/03/1899 (Yard No. 369) as Kent for Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London  
  Completed: 06/1899  
  Purchased: 14/10/1915 by Brodlea S.S. Co. Ltd., (Blue Star Line managers) and renamed Brodlea  
  Transferred: 04/1920 to Union Cold Storage Ltd. (Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd. managers) and renamed Saxonstar  
  Renamed: 1929 as Saxon Star  
  Owners restyled: 04/1929 as Blue Star Line Limited  
  Sold: 08/1934 to S.A. Ricuperi Metallici for £8,000 and arrived 17/09/1934 at Savona, Italy to be broken up  
     
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  Saxon Star ~ WSPL  
     
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  Updated: 18-02-2008