Blue Star Line   Blue Star's M.V. "New Zealand Star" 1  
       
  Built: Harland & Wolff, Belfast   
  ON: 163213  
  Dimensions: 524.2 x 70.4 x 32.3 feet  
  Tonnage: Gross: 10740    Net: 6527  
  Propulsion: Two 10-Cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. Burmeister & Wain oil engine by  shipbuilder, driving twin screws  
  Type: Refrigerated Cargo Liner  
  Launched: 22/11/1934 ( Yard No.934) as New Zealand Star  for Blue Star Line Ltd.  
  Completed: 3/1935  
  Transferred: 1940 to Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd. (Blue Star Line Ltd. managers)  
  Transferred: 1950 to Lamport & Holt Line Ltd. - same managers  
  Transferred: 1955 to Booth S.S. Co. Ltd. - same managers  
  Sold: 1967 to Shimabun K.K., Japan  and 29/7/1967 sailed from Osaka for Kure to be broken up  
  Sold: 1972 to Tung Cheng Steel & Iron Works, Taiwan to be broken up at Kaohsiung  
  Handed over: 18/1/1973 to the shipbreakers  
  Demolition commcd: 8/1967  
       
  Sister Ships: Imperial Star (1) , Sydney Star (1)Australia Star (1)  , Empire Star (2) , Melbourne Star 1 , Brisbane Star (1), Wellington Star (1), Auckland Star (1), Adelaide Star (1) , Empire Star (3), Imperial Star (2) & Melbourne Star (2)  
     
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  New Zealand Star  
     
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  New Zealand Star at Malta - Photo © Michael Cassar, Valetta  
     
 

The second  of the Imperial Star Class to be delivered in 1935 from Harland & Wolffs yard at Belfast, powered by two 10-Cylinder Burmeister & Wain engines they must have been somewhat of an engineering challenge. The vessels varied considerably with their choice of power plants and other structural changes. The build dates extended over some 13 years, some of those being lost and replaced during WWII.

 
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  New Zealand Star - Courtesy Tom Jones  
   
  Blue Star Line Photo Album ~ New Zealand, Australia & United Kingdom Service  
     
 
 
    New Zealand Star ~ Double Cabin
     
 
New Zealand Star ~ Single Cabin   New Zealand Star ~ Bathroom
     
 
Entrance to cabins 4 , 5 and Bathroom   New Zealand Star ~ Ladies Room
     
 
New Zealand Star ~ Port Gangway   New Zealand Star ~ Dining Saloon
     
New Zealand Star ~ Lounge
 
     
 
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Blue Star Brochure for South Africa, Australia &  New Zealand from 1938
 
Fraser Darrah Collection
 
   
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  New Zealand Star 1 ~ Officers 1964 ~ Photograph © Norman Gandy  
     
  See also: New Zealand Star 2 & New Zealand Star 3  
     
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  Updated: 18-02-2008