Blue Star line
Fact file
This fact file is a snapshot of the company between 1930 and
1945. Owners
Blue Star Line Ltd (UK) Company flag Major routes (1930-45)
London / Liverpool - Buenos Aires
UK - Panama - North American Pacific coast
London - Lisbon - Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Aires
UK - Panama - New Zealand
UK - Suez - Australia Southampton agents
(Passengers) Benj. Ackerley & Son
(Inward freight) McGregor, Gow & Holland Ship colours
Black hull. Red funnel with a black top, white band and a blue star
on a white disc. Timeline | 1911 | Blue Star Line formed by the Vestey family of Liverpool to
carry beef from South America to the UK, later carrying
passengers | | 1920 | The first "star" vessel, Albion Star was
launched | | 1933 | Services to Australia and New Zealand began | | 1944-46 | Blue Star Line purchased the Lamport & Holt and Booth Line
shipping companies | | 1972 | Passenger services to South America end | | 1998 | Blue Star Line sold to P&O Nedlloyd | | 2003 | The last vessel carrying the Blue Star line
colours, America Star, broken up |
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