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M/S Estrella To Estrella on the "Ships starting with E" page.
Owner: Skibs-A/S Nye Kristianiaborg Delivered in July-1920 from NV Werf Voorheen Rijkee & Co., Rotterdam (59) as Athene to D/S A/S Ada (K. Salvesen), Kragerø, Norway. "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan gives tonnage as 3888 gt, 6700 tdwt, while "Bergenske, byen og selskapet", Dag Bakka Jr. gives 5154 gt, 7160 tdwt (I believe 3888 gt is correct), 375.7' x 51.5' x 22.7', 2 x 6 cyl. Werkspoor diesel 2300 bhp, 11.5 knots. Purchased by Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab in Jan.-1921, renamed Estrella (I've been told she was the sistership of Para), and placed in Syd-Amerikalinjen (South America Line), but from 1925 in other service. Sold in Aug.-1937 to Skips-A/S Nye Kristianiaborg (A/S Rederiet Odfjell), Bergen. Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway, Estrella was en route from Necochea (Argentina) to New York when Norway was invaded on Apr. 9-1940. She arrived New York on May 3. Later that year, she's listed among the ships in Convoy HX 74 from Halifax to the U.K., cargo of steel for Liverpool, station 72. Follow the link for more details; other Norwegian ships also took part in this convoy, which left Halifax on Sept. 17 and arrived Liverpool Oct. 2. In Jan.-1941 we find her, together with Annavore, Bianca and Drammensfjord, in Convoy OB 269, which left Liverpool on Jan. 3 and dispersed on the 6th, Estrella arriving Cape Town independently on Febr. 6. She's also included, with a general cargo and stores, in Convoy BN 23, leaving Aden on Apr. 7, arriving Suez on the 13th. The Norwegian Fram and Minister Wedel are also listed. The external website that I've linked to at the end of this page has more on both these convoys. The same site also has her in the slow Convoy SC 49, which left Sydney, C.B. on Oct. 11-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 27. She had a general cargo as well as 7 passengers on that voyage and had again been in the company of other Norwegian ships, namely Bonneville, Hellen, Selbo and Siljestad. In Dec. that same year she was scheduled for Convoy OS 14, but instead joined the next convoy, OS 15, which left Liverpool on Dec. 23-1941; Estrella arrived Freetown on Jan. 15-1942. Other Norwegian ships were Dagfred, Fernbank and Hallanger, while L. A. Christensen was scheduled but did not sail (A. Hague has also included Dageid in this convoy). Estrella's voyage information is given as Liverpool - Buenos Aires/Capetown/Bombay with general cargo, station 61. Skipping now to May-1943, when she's listed in Convoy SC 130, which left Halifax for the U.K. on May 11, but she returned to port that same day. She's crossed out from the next convoy, SC 131, then shows up again in Convoy SC 132, departing Halifax on May. 26. According to A. Hague, she was involved in a collision when in this convoy (possibly with the Dutch Katendrecht?) and returned to Halifax (May 27), later joining SC 134, leaving on June 16. She was bound for Barry Dock, general cargo and lumber, arriving Barry, Via Belfast Lough, on July 2. In the spring of 1944 she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 234, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 26 and arrived New York on May 12. Estrella is said to have gone into St. John's, N.F. with defects on that occasion, with arrival there on May 8, having joined the convoy from Belfast Lough. ON 234 will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section - in the meantime; the ships sailing in it (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. Abraham Lincoln, Fagerfjell, Fernmoor, Garonne, Geisha, Kaldfonn, Leiv Eiriksson, Lista, Molda, Petter, Romulus, Samuel Bakke, Skiensfjord, Solfonn, Strinda and Vinland are also listed, as is the Panamanian Norlys, which had Norwegian managers and is included under the N's on this website. For more information on all the other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or use the Master Ship Index.
New machinery installed in 1946 (2 x 6 cyl. General Motors), remeasured to 3797 gt. Owned from 1953 by Skibs-A/S Hassel (A/S Rederiet Odfjell), Bergen? Purchased in July (Sept.?)-1954 by A/S Rona & D/S A/S King (Tollak J. Skogland), Haugesund and renamed Reina. Sold in Nov.-1958 ('56?) to Cia. Nav. Overseas Transport S. A., Panama. Arrived Toulon on July-8-1960 for breaking up. (Tollak J. Skogland also had another Reina; see post war details for Kong Sverre). Related external link: Back to Estrella on the "Ships starting with E" page. Other ships by this name: Norway had lost a steamship by this name to WW I, originally delivered as Sandwarine in 1912 to owners in Manchester, 1757 gt. Renamed Estrella for Bergenske D/S in 1914, struck a mine on March 5-1918 off Harwich with the loss of 20 men. Bergenske D/S also had an Estrella post WW II, delivered as such in Jan.-1961. Renamed Estrella del Mar for owners in Montevideo in Apr.-1978, later sailed as Del Mar for owners in Malta from 1987. Broken up in 1988?
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