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Star's S.S. "Celticstar" |
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Star's S.S. "Celtic Star" 1 |
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Built: |
Dunlop, Bremner & Co.
Ltd., Port Glasgow |
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142437 |
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Dimensions: |
390.7 x 53.2 x 24.7 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 5574 Net: 3466 |
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Propulsion: |
One triple expansion steam engine driving
single screw |
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Type: |
Refrigerated Cargo Liner |
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Launched: |
3/12/1917 (Yard No.289) as Camana
for Camana Shipping Co. Ltd., (Blue Star Line Ltd. managers) |
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Completed: |
6/1918 |
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Transferred: |
1920 to Union Cold Storage Co. Ltd., (Blue Star Line
(1920) Ltd.
managers) and renamed Celticstar |
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Renamed: |
1929 as Celtic Star |
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Managers: |
Restyled as Blue Star Line Ltd 1930 |
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Refitted: |
1935 with the larger funnel from the Avelona
Star after she was reduced to one funnel. |
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Damaged: |
18/10/1939 when in convoy by collision off the
Cape Verde Islands [39] |
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Torpedoed: |
30/3/1943 and sunk by the Italian submarine
R.Smg. Giuseppe Finzi ,
S.W. of Freetown, Sierra Leone, in position
04.16N, 17.44W [26] , whilst on a voyage
from Manchester, Greenock and Freetown to Montevideo and Buenos Aires with
4410 tons of general cargo including mail. Two crew members were lost. |
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Sister ships: |
Gaelic Star
& Ionic Star 1
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Celtic Star at New Fresh Wharf, Pool of London 1934 |
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Celtic Star |
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S.S. Celtic Star - with the
larger funnel from the Avelona Star |
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Celtic Star - Unloading fruit from South Africa 1934 in London
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Updated:
18-02-2008 |
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