Lamport & Holt   Lamport & Holts'  M.V. "Boswell" 2  
  Blue Star Line   Blue Star's M.V. "Roman Star" 3  
       
  Built: Akt. Burmeister & Wain's Maskin og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen, Denmark  
  ON: 186259  
Dimensions: 336.3 x 45.8 x 26.1 feet
  Tonnage: Gross: 3089 Net: 1763  
  Propulsion: 9-cyl S.C.S.A. oil engine by shipbuilder, 12 kts  
  Type: Cargo Liner  
  Launched: 02/06/1938 (Yard No. 635) as Barfleur for Cie. Générale d'Armements Maritimes, France  
  Completed: 1938  
  Sold: 1947 to Cie. Générale Transatlantique, France  
  Sold: 1955 to Lamport & Holt Line Ltd., Liverpool and renamed Boswell  
  Renamed: 1959 as Crome by Lamport & Holt  
  Transferred: 1960 to Blue Star Line and renamed Roman Star 3  
  Renamed: 1961 as Bede  
  Sold: 1964 to Rahcassi Shipping Co. S.A., Greece and renamed Victoria Elena  
  Burnt out: 16/01/1967 at Thessaloniki with a cargo of cotton and beached 19/01/1967 in heavily damaged condition off Piraeus.  
  Sold: To Lotti S.p.A., Italy and demolition commenced 10/09/1967 at La Spezia  
       
  Sister ship: Balzac 2 / Carroll  
     
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  Crome - Photograph Tom Rayner - Fraser Darrah Collection  
     
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  Updated: 18-02-2008