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Ship: | ROMAN STAR | Arrived: | 4 August 1930 | Departed: | 21 October 1930 | Career: | Built as RAKAIA for New Zealand Shipping Company. Renamed BRODMEAD-1915, ROMANSTAR-1920, ROMAN STAR-1929. Broken up Savona 29 Sep 1934
Dates from George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List.
4 Aug 1930 arrived River Blackwater from Liverpool [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 5 Aug 1930]
23 Oct 1930 arrived Palmer's, Hebburn, River Tyne from River Blackwater [Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 23 Oct 1930] | Tonnage: | 5,628 gross | Built: | 1895 | Type: | Refrigerated ship | Owner: | Blue Star Line | Official No: | 105262 | ID | 1105262 |

| Above: A Pretty Spot, Bradwell Quay. Postcard 122864.
Prominent on the left is the Shaw Savill TAIROA or PAKEHA and on the right is Lamport & Holt's VOLTAIRE. Behind the TAIROA is SUTHERLAND GRANGE, and far right is a Blue Star vessel, thought to be ROMAN STAR.
VOLTAIRE was in the River October 1930 to May 1932. Date: cOctober 1930. Source: Mersea Museum / Ian Clarke Collection | 
| Above: Off Tollesbury Pier. Postcard 126366, not mailed.
Six vessels visible, thought to be L-R 1. not known, 2. ROMAN STAR (4 Aug 1930 to 21 Oct 1930), 3. SUTHERLAND GRANGE (5 Oct 1930 to 7 Dec 1930) 4. VOLTAIRE (15 Oct 1930 to 7 May 1932), 5. PAKEHA (June to 21 October 1930) ( or possibly TAIROA ), 6. HIGHLAND ROVER Date: c18 October 1930. Source: Mersea Museum / Cedric Gurton Tollesbury |
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