Lamport & Holt   Lamport & Holts'  M.V. "Constable"  
  Blue Star Line   Blue Star's M.V. "Santos Star" 1  
    Calmedia Line's M.V." Calagaribaldi"  
       
  Built: Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft, England  
  ON: 301324  
  Dimensions: As built: 102.56 x 14.38 x 6.12 metres As Lengthened: 119.33 x 14.38 x 6.12 metres  
  Tonnage: As built  Gross: 3099 Net: 1600         As Lengthened  Gross: 3775 Net: 2060  
  Propulsion: 7-Cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. oil engines by  Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg, Augsburg, Germany  
  Type: Refrigerated Cargo Liner  
  Launched: 26/6/1959 (Yard No.264) as Constable for Lamport & Holt Line Ltd., Liverpool  
  Completed: 12/1959  
  Transferred: 1962 to Blue Star Line Ltd. and renamed Santos Star  
  Lengthened: 1964 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. Dimensions as above.  
  Transferred: 1966 to Calmedia S.p.A., di Navigazione, Italy and renamed Calagaribaldi  
  Sold: 1981 to Nourfo Cia Naviera S.A., Panama and became Gafredo  
  Sold: 1984 to Balbao Desguaces Maritimos S.A., Spain and arrived at Barcelona to be broken up 29/4/1984  
  Delivered: 10/5/1984 to breakers  
     
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  Santos Star 1  
   
   
  Santos Star ~ Vlaardingen, Holland ~  C1962-64 ~ Photograph © Gwilym Davies ~ PMSC  
   
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  As Calmedia Line's Calagaribaldi  - Photograph RWJ  
     
 

Calmedia Line was set up for political reasons in 1965 to expand the Italian refer trade, under Italian Flag and with Italian crews. Several Blue Star Line vessels were progressively transferred to the line.

 
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