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ACT 4

ACT 4: 7108162

Built 1971, Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack, Germany (Yard No. 971) as ACT 4 for Blue Star Line Ltd, Port Line Ltd & Ellerman Lines Ltd

GRT: 24216/ DWT: 26515

Length Overall: 217.3 metres x Beam : 29.0 metres

Service Speed 22.0 knots

Machinery: Two Stal Laval Steam Turbines driving a single propeller

 

History

1970: ACT 4 (as built) : Blue Star Line Ltd, Port Line Ltd & Ellerman Lines Ltd : GB London

1987: ACT 4 : Blue Star Line Ltd, Port Line Ltd & Ellerman Lines Ltd : IOM Douglas

1991: ACT 4 : P&O Containers Ltd : GB London

1991: MELBOURNE STAR : Blue Star PACE Ltd : Bahamas Nassau

1995: MELBOURNE STAR : Blue Star (North America) Ltd : Bahamas Nassau

1995: MELBOURNE STAR : Star Offshore Ltd: Bahamas Nassau

1995: MELBOURNE STAR : Blue Star Marine Ltd: Bahamas Nassau

1998: MELBOURNE STAR : P&O Nedlloyd Ltd: Bahamas Nassau

1999: MELBOURNE STAR: Maersk Line UK Ltd : GB London

2003: Broken up at Jiangyin

 

Photographed on the 01 July 1984 on River Thames arriving at the entrance to Tilbury Docks

 

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Uploaded on February 5, 2016
Taken on July 1, 1984