Orwell Star, one of three Blue Star Line coasters
Built: 1955, Scheepswerf J.G.Bijlholt, Foxhol, Holland
Tonnage: 495grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1955: Built as Julia-Anna for E.Smid(Carabeka mgrs)
1963: Sold to Blue Star Line, r/n 'Orwell Star'
1965: R/n 'Orwell'
1968: Sold to Wm Coe & Co(Bo
Padova Star
Built: 1956, Deutsche Werft Aktiengesellschaft, Hanburg
Tonnage: 4,705grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1956: Built as 'Parthenon' for Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie Laeisz & Co
1964: Sold to Blue Star Line, r/n 'Padova Star'
1966: Sold to Calmedia S.p.A. di Navigazione, Italy, r/n 'Cala
Pacific Star (II)
Built: Bethlehem Fairfiels Shipyard, Baltimore, Ohio, USA
Tonnage: 7,259grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1944: Launched as 'Samnid' for American War Sg Admin
1947: Bought by Blue Star Line, r/n 'Pacific Star'
1951: Transferred to Lamport and Holt, r/n 'Lalande'. Sold after a few weeks to
Oregon Star (II)
Built: 1944, New England SB Co, Portland, Maine, USA
Tonnage: 7,283grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1944: Launched as 'Samannan' for American War Sg Admin
1947: Bought by Blue Star Line, r/n 'Oregon Star'
1952: Transferred to Lamport and Holt, r/n 'Laplace'
1953: Sold to San Panteleimon C
Oregon Star (III)
Built: 1942, Chas Connell & Co, Scotstoun
Tonnage: 7,018grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1942: Built as 'Empire Geraint' for M.O.T.
1946: bought by Lamport & Holt, r/n 'Millais'
1952: Transferred to Blue Star Line, r/n 'Oregon Star'
1954: Sold to Iris Shipping & T
Snapshot of 'Brisbane Star' arriving Lyttelton, c.1950's. Maierform bow by courtesy of repair from a torpedo hit in a Malta Convoy.
Brisbane Star
Built: 1936, Cammell, Laird and Co, Birkenhead
Tonnage: 12,791grt
Owners: Union Cold Storage(BSL managers)
1963: Sold to Margalante Cia Nav S.A. Panama, r
Snapshot of New Zealand Star in her pre WWII livery, departing
Dunedin?
New Zealand Star
Built: 1935 Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Tonnage: 12,436grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1967: Broken up Japan.
Norman Star (I1)
Built: 1939 Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen
Tonnage: 3,022grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1939: Launched as 'Mosdale' for A/S Mosvold Sg Co
1954: Sold to Blue Star Line, r/n 'Albion Star'
1954: Transferred to Lamport and Holt, r/n 'Balzac'
1959: R/n 'Carroll'
1960: To Blue Star Line, r/
Norman Star
Built: 1919 Dunlop, Bremner & Co, Glasgow
Tonnage: 6,817grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1919: Launched as 'Almeda' for Almeda SSCo(BSL mgrs),
completed as 'Normanstar', for Normanstar SSCo(BSL mgrs).
1920: Transferred to Union Cold Storage Co
1929: R/n 'Norman Star'
1950: Broken up Bl
New Zealand Star (IV)
Built: 1971 Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Tonnage: 19,095gt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1971: Built as 'Columbia Star'
1986: R/n 'Mandama', Austasia Line
1992: R/n 'New Zealand Star'
1998: Broken up, Chittagong.
New Zealand Star (III)
Built: 1978 Smith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Tonnage: 17,082grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1986: Lengthened and widened, 22,635gt
1991: R/n 'Argentina Star'(II)
2002: Broken up Jiangyin.
New Zealand Star (II) as built
Built: 1967 Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Tonnage: 11,300grt
Owners: Blue Star Line
1977: Converted to container ship, r/n 'Wellington Star'
1993: Broken up Chittagong.