Blue Star Line   Blue Star's M.V. "Gothic Star" 2  
  Blue Star's M.V. "Nelson Star"
  Blue Star's M.V. "Patagonia Star" 2
       
  Built: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast  
  ON: 168520  
  Dimensions: 431.4 x 57.3 x 33.6 feet  
  Tonnage: Gross: 7356   Net: 5126  
  Propulsion: 6-Cyl. 2 S.C.D.A. Burmeister & Wain oil engines by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Glasgow  
  Type: Refrigerated Cargo Liner  
  Launched: 25/8/1942 ( Yard No.1125) as Empire Castle for the Ministry of War Transport. Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., appointed managers  
  Completed: 01/1943  
  Appointed: 1944 Blue Star Line Ltd. as managers  
  Purchased: 30/05/1945 by Blue Star Line Ltd. and renamed Gothic Star 2  
  Renamed: 1947 as Nelson Star  
  Renamed: 1958 as Patagonia Star 2  
  Sold: 05/1961 to Gregory Maritime Ltd., London and renamed Eirini  
  Sold: 1970 to Angila Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus and renamed Byzantium  
  Laid up: 9/1970 at Gibraltar with engine trouble  
  Sailed: 31/7/1971 from Malaga for Puerto Santa Maria, Spain for demolition  
  Demolition commd: 17/8/1971 by Desguaces y Recuperaciones del Sur S.L.  
  Sister Ship: Saxon Star 2  
     
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  Nelson Star - Photograph A. Duncan  
     
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  Nelson Star   - Photograph courtesy R. Kent Johnson  
     
   
  Nelson Star   ~ Arriving at Nelson ~ Painting by Wallace Trickett  
     
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