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Blue Star's S.S. "Gothicstar"
 

Blue Star's S.S. "Gothic Star" 1
Built: Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Clydebank
ON: 108793
Dimensions: 420.5 x 54.7 x 28.8 feet
Tonnage: Gross: 5713 Net: 3643
Propulsion: Triple Expansion Steam Engine of 493 NHP, 3 single-ended boilers at 160 lb/sq"
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Liner
Launched: 16/12/1898  (Yard No.333) as Nairnshire  for Elderslie S.S. Co. Ltd., Glasgow (Turnbull, Martin & Co. managers)
Completed: 02/1899
Sold: 1910 to Scottish Shire Line Ltd., same managers
  Purchased: 2/06/1915 by Brodholme S.S. Co. Ltd. (Blue Star Line Ltd. managers) and renamed Brodholme  
Torpedoed & damaged: 10/6/1918 by the German Submarine UC 53 in the Mediterranean
Transferred: 1920 to Union Cold Storage Co. Ltd. (Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd. managers) and renamed Gothicstar 
Renamed: 1929 as Gothic Star
Owners: Restyled Blue Star Line Ltd.1930
Sold: 1938 to Italian shipbreakers for £11,250 and arrived at Savona 4/7/1938 to be broken up
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S.S. Gothicstar  at Liverpool

One of several vessels obtained during WWI from Scottish Shire Line to increase the meat carrying capacity of the company. Surviving WWI she gave a commendable 40 years of service in total. As with her sisters the name Star was separated from her name in 1929.
S.S. Gothicstar
See: Magicstar
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