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Blue Star Line - 1939-1945 - Taffrail (Captain Dorling)
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Vessels Lost = 1 Ionic Star 17th October, 1939 Wrecked 2 Doric Star 2nd December, 1939 Admiral Graf Spee 3 Sultan Star 14th February, 1940 U-48 4 Adelaide Star 9th April, 1940 (Seized) Seized 5 Wellington Star 16th June, 1940 6 Avelona Star 30th June, 1940 U-43 7 Arandora Star 2nd July, 1940 U-47 8 Auckland Star 28th July, 1940 U-99 9 Napier Star 18th December, 1940 U-100 10 Almeda Star 17th January, 1941 U-96 11 Afric Star 29th January, 1941 Kormoran 12 Rodney Star 16th May, 1941 U-105 13 Imperial Star 27th September, 1941 Italian aircraft 14 Tacoma Star 1st February, 1942 U-109 15 Scottish Star 19th February, 1942 Luigi Torelli (Italian) 16 Avila Star 5th July, 1942 U-201 17 Viking Star 25th August, 1942 U-130 18 Tuscan Star 6th September, 1942 U-109 19 Andalucia Star 6th October, 1942 U-107 20 Empire Star 23rd October, 1942 U-615, 21 Pacific Star 27th October, 1942 U-509 22 Dunedin Star 29th November, 1942 Ran aground 23 California Star 4th March, 1943 U-515 24 Empire Lakeland 11th March, 1943 25 Canadian Star 18th March, 1943 U-221 26 Celtic Star 29th March, 1943 Giuseppe Finzi (Italian) 27 Melbourne Star 2nd April, 1943 U-129 28 Royal Star 20th April, 1944 Enemy aircraft 29 Empire Javlin 28th December, 1944 Vessels attacked & heavily damaged = 39 Celtic Star Collision. 18th October, 1939 36 Tuscan Star Bombed at sea, 17th December, 1939 32 Melbourne Star Bombed at sea, 5th September, 1940 33 Norman Star Bombed in port, 16th January, 1941 34 Imperial Star Bombed in port, 12th March, 1941 35 Tacoma Star Bombed in port, (sunk-salvaged). 3rd May, 1941 30 Scottish Star Bombed at sea, 11th April, 1941 37 Canadian Star Shelled by submarine, 19th July, 1941 38 Sydney Star Torpedoed, 24th July, 1941 31 Empire Star Bombed at Sea, 12th February, 1942 40 Brisbane Star Torpedoed by aircraft, 12th August, 1942 41 Melbourne Star Bombed at sea, 12th August, 1942 42 Empire Glade Shelled by submarine, 28th November, 1942 43 Empire Might Fire on board, 2nd May, 1943 44 Empire Highway Bombed at sea, 27th July, 1943 45 Saminver Damaged by rocket, 8th January, 1945 In addition to the incidents recorded on the chart, practically all vessels of the fleet received damage on several occasions, due to air, surface or submarine attack. |
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