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Blue
Star's M.V. "Gladstone Star" |
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Built: |
BremerVulkan
Schiffbau & Machinenfabrik, Vegesack, Germany |
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196445 |
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Dimensions: |
539' 3" x 70' 3" x 29'
9¼" feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 10725 Net: 6454 |
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Propulsion: |
10-Cyl S.C.S.A. M.A.N. oil engine by
shipbuilder |
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Type: |
Refrigerated Cargo Liner |
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Launched: |
28/5/1957 (Yard No. 865) as Gladstone Star for
Salient Shipping Company Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda |
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Completed: |
10/1957 |
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Registered: |
1958 at London |
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Sold: |
1982 to Kate Shipping Co. Ltd., (Intercon Transport Management
Ltd., managers), Malta, and renamed Gladys |
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Resold: |
To United Steel Scrap Ltd., Pakistan and arrived
16/10/1982 at Karachi |
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Demolition commd: |
13/11/1982 at Gardini Beach, Pakistan |
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Sister ship: |
Townsville Star |
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Gladstone Star ~ Avonmouth ~
Peter Stacey Collection ~ taken by Gwilym
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Gladstone Star ~ Nelson, N.Z. ~
Photograph © Roger Corfield |
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Gladstone Star ~ Auckland, N.Z. ~
Photograph © Dave Barnicoat |
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Gladstone Star |
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Gladstone Star - At Melbourne Photograph © Fraser Darrah |
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The fourth of five ships built in Germany, of which the Canberra Star
, Hobart Star & Newcastle
Star were sisters.
The Gladstone Star and Townsville
Star differed slightly in design. The building of these vessels in
foreign yards caused some adverse comment at the time.
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The Gladstone Star class was lucky to retain a
wood-sheathed foredeck. A bane to the Bosun and Chippy , who had to keep
it scrubbed and maintained, but it gave a large recreation area for the crew.
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Shown here is a Saturday
afternoon game of cricket mid-ocean in a photograph by Roger
Corfield. |
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| Happy days! |
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Gladstone Star -
Photograph © Chris Crayson |
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Gladstone Star
at Santos. 1981
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Photograph © Kevin Brown |
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Gladstone Star ~ Laid
up in Cardiff 1978 ~ Photograph © David Payze |
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| Auxiliary
& Main Engine ~ Photograph © David Payze |
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Gladstone Star
departing Capetown ~ Painting by Wallace Trickett
2007 |
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Updated:
18-02-2008 |
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