MV Brisbane Star
Brisbane Star in the latter part of the Second World War | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Brisbane Star |
| Namesake | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Blue Star Line (1937–63) |
| Port of registry | London |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Yard number | 1016 |
| Launched | 7 July 1936 |
| Completed | January 1937 |
| Decommissioned | 15 October 1963 |
| Renamed | Enea, 1963 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | refrigerated cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 530 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 70.4 ft (21.5 m) |
| Draught |
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| Depth | 32.2 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power | 2,806 NHP |
| Propulsion | 2 × 10-cylinder Sulzer Bros marine Diesel engines; twin screws |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament | DEMS |
| Notes | sister ship: Melbourne Star |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Operation Pedestal, 1942 |
MV Brisbane Star was a British refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Cammell Laird and Co in 1936–37 as one of Blue Star Line's Imperial Star-class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom. The ship served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her rôle in Operation Pedestal to relieve the siege of Malta in August 1942. She was owned by a succession of Blue Star-controlled companies until 1963, when she was sold to a Liberian-registered company who renamed her Enea. Later that same year she was scrapped in Japan.