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Blue Star's M.V. "Wellington
Star" 2 |
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John
Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank, Scotland |
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184692 |
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Dimensions: |
552.2 x 72.7 x 37.1 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross: 11994 Net: 7342 |
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Propulsion: |
Two 6-Cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. Doxford oil engines by shipbuilders,
driving twin screws |
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Type: |
Refrigerated Cargo Liner |
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Launched: |
07/05/1952 ( Yard No.670) as Wellington Star
for Blue Star Line Ltd. |
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Completed: |
08/1952 |
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Sold: |
1976 to Broadbay Shipping Co. Ltd., Panama and renamed
Hawkes Bay. Converted into a livestock carrier at Singapore. |
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Sold: |
1979 to Nan Kwan Steel & Iron Co. Ltd., Taiwan and arrived at
Kaohsiung to be broken up. |
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Sistership: |
Adelaide Star 2 |
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Semi-Sisterships: |
Auckland Star 2 &
Tasmania Star |
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Wellington Star at Lyttelton, New Zealand |
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Wellington Star
at Liverpool May 1972 ~
Photograph ©
Gwilym Davies ~ PMSC |
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Wellington Star ~
1950's ~ Photograph ©
Gwilym Davies ~ PMSC |
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Wellington Star ~
1950's ~ Photograph ©
Gwilym Davies ~ PMSC |
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The Wellington Star , affectionately known as the
"Wellie Boot", was one of the four post-war "Dominion Boats" built in the
1950's. All of similar hulls, the Adelaide Star and Wellington Star were twin-screw motorships built at John Brown's.
The Auckland Star and Tasmania Star were
single-screw steam-turbine vessels built at Cammell Lairds. The Auckland Star did not appear until 1958, due to an almost record
time on the stocks, H.M.S. Ark Royal being built on an
adjoining slip. With steel still in short supply, the Ark Royal
got first choice in materials and manpower, despite that she took 16 years
to complete!
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Wellington Star in Wellington harbour at Christmas time by
Wallace Trickett
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Wellington Star in the Tory Channel, New Zealand by
Wallace Trickett
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Wellington Star dressed over-all in Wellington |
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Wellington Star - Blue Star Line Postcard - Fraser Darrah
Collection |
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| Wellington Star
~ Capacity Plan |
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Crew List ~ 2nd December 1964
to 30th March 1965 |
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Courtesy Ifor Owen |
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Courtesy John Wright |
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| At Wellington, New Zealand ~ Photograph © Peter
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At Auckland 1965 ~ Photograph ©
Dave Barnicoat |
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Wellington Star - Blustery weather -
Photograph © Peter Stacey |
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Wellington Star in the Miraflores Lock, Panama Canal 1964
Photographs © John Wright |
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Live Webcam
at Miraflores Locks |
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Postcard published by
Wallace Trickett ~ 3/09/2005 |
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