TOWNSVILLE STAR

BUILT BY BREMER VULKAN AT VEGESACK,BREMEN GERMANY. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 196447 AND SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 10,725 TONS.SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO THE GLADSTONE STAR. SHE HAD BEEN LAUNCHED IN 1957 FOR THE SALIENT SHIPPING COMPANY OF HAMILTON ( BERMUDA ) BUT REGISTERED IN LONDON.SHE GOT TRAPPED IN THE SUEZ CANAL FOR TWO MONTHS DURING THE 1978 IRAQ/IRAN WAR AT KHORRAMSHAHR. SHE WAS SOLD TO NAN LONG STEEL CO OF TAIWAN IN 1980 AND SCRAPPED AT KAOHSIUNG.