STAR OF GREECE

THE STAR OF GREECE WAS BUILT IN BELFAST BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN 1868. SHE HAD AN IRON HULL, WITH THREE MASTS AND WAS A VESSEL OF 1,257 TONS.

SHE WAS INITIALLY ENGAGED ON THE INDIA ROUTE

 THE STAR OF GREECE WAS CHARTERED BY ISMAYS WHITE STAR IN 1869

LEFT LONDON ON 19TH DECEMBER 1880 AND ARRIVED IN PORT ADELAIDE ON 22ND MARCH 1881

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 16TH MARCH 1888 AND ARRIVED IN PORT ADELAIDE ON 10TH JUNE 1888 , WITH A CARGO OF CANONS, FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE NEW COLONY. HER RETURN CARGO WAS 16,000 BAGS OF WHEAT, DESTINED FOR GREAT BRITAIN.ON FRIDAY JULY 13TH 1888, AROUND THREE IN THE MORNING, IN A RAGING STORM, WHILE OF PORT WILLUNGA SHE RAN AGROUND ON WILLUNGA BEACH HAVING BEEN BLOWN OF COURSE.SHE QUICKLY BROKE UP, ONLY 11 OF THE 28 CREW SURVIVED.THE SHIPS MASTER ALSO LOST HIS LIFE.THE TRADGETY WAS THAT THE VESSEL WAS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE BEACH

HER OWNERS AT THE  TIME OF HER  LOSS WERE J P CORRY

A FEW YEARS EARLIER THE VESSEL IDA HAD ALSO RAN AGROUND IN A STROM ON THIS SAME BEACH AND WAS LOST TAKING SEVERAL MEN WITH HER

  STAR OF GREECE

THE WRECK OF THE STAR OF GREECE