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Blue Star's S.S. "Ionicstar" |
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Blue Star's S.S. "Ionic Star" 1 |
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Built: |
Russell & Co., Port Glasgow |
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ON: |
142297 |
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Dimensions: |
389.8 x 53.2 x 32.4 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 5594 Net: 3549 |
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Propulsion: |
Triple Expansion Steam Engine by D. Rowan & Co.,
Glasgow |
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Type: |
Refrigerated Cargo
Liner |
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Launched: |
28/06/1917 (Yard No.694) as Rubeira
for Rubeira S.S. Co. Ltd. (Blue Star Line Ltd. managers) |
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Completed: |
12/1917 |
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Transferred: |
1920 to Union Cold Storage Co. Ltd. (Blue Star Line (1920)
Ltd. managers) and renamed Ionicstar |
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Renamed: |
1929 as Ionic Star |
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Owners: |
Restyled
as Blue Star Line Ltd.1930 |
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Wrecked: |
17/10/1939 near the
Bar Lightvessel [1] in the River Mersey,
whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro & Santos to Liverpool with a cargo
of fruit & cotton. The wreck is still visible on Formby
Beach |
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Sister ships: |
Celtic Star 1
& Gaelic Star
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S.S. Ionic Star |
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Ionic Star |
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Ionic Star on Formby Beach 29th September 2007 |
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Photographs © Martyn
Griffiths |
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photographs......... |
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Updated:
18-02-2008 |
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