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MV Empire Star (1935) : ウィキペディア英語版 | MV Empire Star (1935)
MV ''Empire Star'' was a UK refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Harland and Wolff in 1935 as one of Blue Star Line's -class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom. She served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her rôle in the Evacuation of Singapore in February 1942. She was sunk by torpedo in October 1942 with the loss of 42 lives. She was the second of three Blue Star ships to be called ''Empire Star''. The first was a steamship that was built in 1919, renamed ''Tudor Star'' in 1935 and scrapped in 1950. The third was a replacement ''Imperial Star''-class ship that was built in 1946 and scrapped in 1971. ==Building== Harland and Wolff in Belfast built ''Empire Star'', launching her on 26 September 1935 and completing her in December. She was owned by Frederick Leyland & Co, a ship-owning company controlled by Blue Star Line. The ''Imperial Star'' class were motor ships. ''Empire Star'' had a pair of six-cylinder two-stroke single-acting marine Diesel engines developing a total of 2,463 NHP and driving twin screws.〔 The engines were built by Harland and Wolff but were a Burmeister & Wain design from Denmark.〔 Her navigation equipment included wireless direction finding, an echo sounding device and a gyrocompass.〔
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