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Blue
Star's M.V. "Fremantle Star" 1 |
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Blue
Star's M.V. "Catalina Star" |
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Built: |
Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow, Scotland |
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169518 |
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Dimensions: |
476.0 x 64.3 x 40.0 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 9883 Net: 6185 |
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Propulsion: |
6-Cyl. 2 S.C.D.A.
Burmeister & Wain oil engine by J. G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock |
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Type: |
General Cargo Liner |
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Launched: |
6/10/1944 ( Yard No.995) as Empire Haig
for the Ministry of War |
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Completed: |
12/1944 |
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Sold: |
8/7/1946 to Lamport & Holt Line Ltd., Liverpool and
renamed Dryden 3 |
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Purchased: |
1952 by Blue Star Line Ltd. and renamed Fremantle
Star
1 |
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Renamed: |
1958 as Catalina Star |
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Renamed: |
1963 as Devis |
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Transferred: |
1966 to Lamport & Holt Line Ltd |
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Sold: |
1969 to Overseas Navigation Inc., Panama and renamed Mondia |
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Sold: |
1969 to Han Tai Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Taiwan and arrived at
Kaohsiung 23/12/1969 to be broken up |
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As the Fremantle Star 1 ~ Fraser Darrah Collection |
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Catalina Star ~ Loading in Royal Victoria
Dock, London ~ Summer 1958 |
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Catalina Star at
San Pedro,
California, USA 1961 ~ Photograph © Robert Smark |
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Photograph taken in 1961 in San
Pedro, the Catalina
Star did the rounds of the Vestey Empire, she had two spells with Lamport
& Holts, as well as having two names under Blue Star in addition to her
original name of Empire Haig. She wasn't a bad old ship, another
double acting B&W, capable of 13 knots on a good day.
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Catalina Star ~ John Wilmot and the swimming pool ~1958 |
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Catalina Star at sea between San Francisco and L.A., 1960 ~
Photograph © Rick Andrews |
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Updated:
22-02-2008 |
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