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Blue Star's S.S. "Royal Star" 1 |
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Built: |
Workman
Clarke & Co. Ltd., Belfast |
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142772 |
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Dimensions: |
450.0 x 58.5 x 37.1 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 7900 Net: 4880 |
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Propulsion: |
Two triple expansion steam engines driving twin
screws by shipbuilder |
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Type: |
Refrigerated Cargo Liner |
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Launched: |
22/11/1918 (Yard No.438) as War Charon
for The Shipping Controller |
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Completed: |
2/1919 as Royalstar for Royalstar S.S. Co.
Ltd., (The Blue Star Line Ltd. managers) |
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Transferred: |
1920 to Union Cold Storage Co. Ltd., (Blue Star Line Ltd.
managers) |
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Renamed: |
1929 as Royal Star |
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Managers: |
1930 restyled as Blue Star Line Ltd |
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Transferred: |
1935 to Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd., (Blue Star Line Ltd.
managers) |
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Bombed and gunned: |
11/03/1941 by enemy aircraft while lying off
Stonehaven, Scotland |
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Torpedoed & sunk: |
20/04/1944 by enemy aircraft, N.E. of Algiers,
Algeria in position 37.02N 03.41E,
[28] while on a voyage from Buenos Aires,
Argentina and Algiers to Malta, Taranto, and Alexandria.
She was carrying a cargo of 5,300 tons of refrigerated and 350 tons of
dehydrated meats. One crew member was lost. |
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Sister ships: |
Albion
Star 1 , Fresno Star 1 ,
Pacific Star 1
, & Tacoma Star 1
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S.S. Royal Star 1 ~ Photograph © John Clarkson |
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S.S. Royal Star 1 - Courtesy Tom Jones |
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See: Royal Star 2 |
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Updated:
18-02-2008 |
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