MV Melbourne Star (1936) (original) (raw)

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Die Melbourne Star (I) war ein Motorschiff der britischen Reederei Blue Star Line, das von 1936 bis 1943 Passagiere und Fracht von Großbritannien nach Südamerika, in die Karibik und nach Australien beförderte. Das Schiff wurde am 2. April 1943 südöstlich der Bermudas von einem deutschen U-Boot versenkt, wobei 114 Menschen ums Leben kamen. (de)
MV Melbourne Star was a British refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Cammell Laird and Co in 1936 as one of Blue Star Line's -class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom. She served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her role in Operation Pedestal to relieve the siege of Malta in August 1942. She was sunk by torpedo in 1943 with the loss of 115 lives. (en)

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1936-07-07 (xsd:date)

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Sunk 1943

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Approximate position of Melbourne Stars wreck in the North Atlantic (en)

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yes (en)

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*Operation Substance, 1941 *Operation Pedestal, 1942 (en)

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yes (en)

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November 1936 (en)

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dbr:United_Kingdom

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76 (xsd:integer)

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Sunk 1943 (en)

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*UK official number 165326 *Call sign GYZZ * (en)

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1936-07-07 (xsd:date)

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* p/p * o/a (en)

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Melbourne Star (en)

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sister ship: (en)

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dbr:Blue_Star_Line

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*Union Cold Storage Co 1936–42 *Frederick Leyland & Co 1942–53 (en)

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2806 (xsd:integer)

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*2 × 10-cylinder Sulzer Bros marine Diesel engines *twin screws (en)

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*wireless direction finding *echo sounding device *gyrocompass (en)

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* *tonnage under deck 11,614 * (en)

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Die Melbourne Star (I) war ein Motorschiff der britischen Reederei Blue Star Line, das von 1936 bis 1943 Passagiere und Fracht von Großbritannien nach Südamerika, in die Karibik und nach Australien beförderte. Das Schiff wurde am 2. April 1943 südöstlich der Bermudas von einem deutschen U-Boot versenkt, wobei 114 Menschen ums Leben kamen. (de)
MV Melbourne Star was a British refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Cammell Laird and Co in 1936 as one of Blue Star Line's -class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom. She served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her role in Operation Pedestal to relieve the siege of Malta in August 1942. She was sunk by torpedo in 1943 with the loss of 115 lives. (en)

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