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Blue Star's S.S. "Celtic Star" 2 |
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Lamport & Holts' S.S. "Murillo" 2 |
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Built: |
Lithgows Ltd.,
Port Glasgow, Scotland |
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ON: |
168985 |
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Dimensions: |
432.2 x 56.2 x 34.2 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 7046 Net: 4906 |
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Propulsion: |
Triple Expansion Steam reciprocating by J. G. Kincaid
Ltd., Glasgow |
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Type: |
Cargo Liner |
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Launched: |
18/05/1942 (Yard
No. 970) as the Empire Galahad for the
Ministry of War Transport (Blue Star Line appointed managers) |
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Completed: |
07/1942 |
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Purchased: |
01/04/1946 by Blue
Star Line Ltd. and renamed as the Celtic Star 2 |
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Transferred: |
1946 to the Lamport & Holt Line
Ltd. and renamed Murillo 2 |
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Sold: |
04/1962 to
Industriale Maritima S.p.A., Italy for £520,000 and renamed Bogliasco |
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Re-engined: |
1954 with 6-Cyl 2 S.C.S.A.
oil engine manufactured by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste, Italy |
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Sold: |
1963 to Ocean Shipping and
Enterprise (Panama) S.A. and renamed Ocean Peace |
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Sold: |
1967 to Taiwan shipbreakers |
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Arrived breakers: |
03/9/1967 at Kaohsiung and broken up
in late autumn |
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Sister
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Millais 2,
Memling 3 , Millais 3 |
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Murillo 2 ~ Fraser Darrah Collection |
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18-02-2008 |
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