| Name: | BOWSTAR |
| Type: | Sand suction dredger |
| Launched: | 31/01/1950 |
| Completed: | 01/04/1950 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 148 |
| Dimensions: | 561grt, 268nrt, 161.3 x 28.2 x 12.2ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, 7cyl (12.5 x 15in) |
| Engines by: | Ruston & Hornsby Ltd (built at Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169549 |
| History: | |
| 04/1950 | F Bowles & Sons Ltd, Cardiff |
| 1966 | British Dredging (Shipping) Ltd, Cardiff |
| 03/1973 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 28/03/1973: Arrived at Dublin for breaking up by Hammond Lane Foundry |
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