Blue Star Line

[Paul Beck]

New to forum and investigating collision between Miltonstar (Blue Star Line) and Dutch fishing lugger Clara on 25.10.1925. All on Clara, my grandfather, his 2 brothers and nephew drowned that night. Would appreciate any info re: crew Miltonstar and in particular service record of captain William Brewer Atkins Angus from 1920 when he became captain. Thank you - Marianne Beck

[Captain Kong]

All I can find of the Milton Star is its history but no mention of the collision.
Cheers
Brian
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Built: Clyde Ship Building & Eng. Works, Port Glasgow
Dimensions: 304.3ft (92.75m) x 44.7 (13.63) x 27.2 (8.29).
Tonnage: Gross: 3,071g, 2,109 n, 5,570 dwt
Propulsion: Single screw, triple expansion, 3 Cyl, 1,460 NHP, 9.5 kts. By builder. Steaming radius 3,580 miles
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Liner
Launched: 31/10/1914 as Yula for W. H. Stott's Stott (Baltic) Steamers Ltd. Acquired on the stocks and r/n Brodhurst, Brodland S.S. Co. Blue Star Line as managers.This was the first newbuilding owned by Blue Star but not the first actually to be built for them
Owners: 01/1915 following the loss of the parent ship the owners became Brodhurst S.S. Co.
Renamed: 10/1920 as Miltonstar with Union Cold Storage Ltd as owners; same managers
Sold: 11/1927 to Chenamskaya Azovskaya Kontora Sovtorgflot, Odessa, for £46,500. Odessa-Novosibirsk-Marseilles service. renamed Dnepr.
Transferred: 02/1933 to Vladivostok
Traded: 1941-45 between Vladivostok area and Vancouver or Washington State ports.
08/1945 was used as a supply ship at the relief of the Kurile Islands
Decommisioned: 1958 No longer seagoing, Dnepr was towed to Nagovo Bay for use as a floating base for the Magadanskova Fish Trust
Converted: 07/1970 by the addition of hull warehousing and accommodation superstructure into a base ship attached to the repair ship Neva.
Demolished: 1978