SS Doric Star
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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]
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History | |
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Name | SS Doricstar (1921 - 1929): SS Doric Star (1929 - 1939) |
Owner | Eastman's Ltd, London 1921–1939: Managed by the Blue Star Line. Union Cold Storage Company, Liverpool 1939 - 1939: Managed by the Blue Star Line |
Operator | 1921–1939: Blue Star Line |
Port of registry | London |
Route | New Zealand - Australia - United Kingdom |
Builder | Lithgows, Port Glasgow, Scotland |
Yard number | 731 |
Launched | 24 February 1921 |
Completed | October 1921 |
In service | 1922 |
Out of service | 1939 |
Identification | Official Number 146193 |
Fate | Sunk by Panzershiff Admiral Graf Spee |
General characteristics | |
Type | Refrigerated Cargo |
Tonnage | 10,441 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 499 ft (152.1 m) as built increased to 530 ft (161.5 m) following (1934) alterations and refit |
Beam | 64 ft (19.5 m) |
Depth | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
Ice class | N/A |
Installed power | 1398 N.H.P. |
Propulsion | Two Metropolitan Vickers double reduction geared steam turbines driving twin screws |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Crew | 64 |
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