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SS Doric Star
NameSS Doricstar (1921 - 1929): SS Doric Star (1929 - 1939)
OwnerEastman's Ltd, London 1921–1939: Managed by the Blue Star Line. Union Cold Storage Company, Liverpool 1939 - 1939: Managed by the Blue Star Line
Operator1921–1939: Blue Star Line
Port of registryUnited Kingdom London
RouteNew Zealand - Australia - United Kingdom
BuilderLithgows, Port Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number731
Launched24 February 1921
CompletedOctober 1921
In service1922
Out of service1939
IdentificationOfficial Number 146193
FateSunk by Panzershiff Admiral Graf Spee
General characteristics
TypeRefrigerated Cargo
Tonnage10,441 gross register tons (GRT)
Length499 ft (152.1 m) as built increased to 530 ft (161.5 m) following (1934) alterations and refit
Beam64 ft (19.5 m)
Depth37 ft (11.3 m)
Ice classN/A
Installed power1398 N.H.P.
PropulsionTwo Metropolitan Vickers double reduction geared steam turbines driving twin screws
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)
Crew64

SS Doric Star was a British cargo liner operated by the Blue Star Line from 1922 to 1939, when she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of South West Africa, becoming the seventh victim of the commerce raiding sortie of Graf Spee.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "SS Doric Star (1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "No. 34815". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 March 1940. p. 1702.
  3. ^ "brisbane star". www.derbysulzers.com.
  4. ^ "Screw Steamer DORICSTAR built by Lithgows Ltd in 1921 for Eastmans Ltd - The Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd., London, Refrigerated Cargo". www.clydeships.co.uk.
  5. ^ "MaritimeQuest - Doricstar (1921) Builder's Data". www.maritimequest.com.

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