| Name: | TUSCAN STAR |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/10/1929 |
| Completed: | 04/1930 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 990 |
| Dimensions: | 11449grt, 7075nrt, 471.0 x 68.3 x 35.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 8cyl (680 x 1200mm), 1994nhp |
| Engines by: | Sulzer Bros, Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 161395 |
| History: | |
| 01/04/1930 | Blue Star Line Ltd |
| 1933 | Transferred to Union Cold Storage Co Ltd (Blue Star Line Ltd, managers) |
| 1935 | Frederick Leyland & Co Ltd (Blue Star Line Ltd, managers), London |
| 06/09/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for a limited number of 1st Class passengers |
| 17/12/1939: Attacked by German aircraft in the English Channel off Folkstone. Repaired | |
| 06/09/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U109, 330 miles SxW of Monrovia | |
| On a voyage from Buenos Aires to the UK carrying meat & general cargo | |
| 51 dead and 63 survivors |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of W Parry & Son Ltd
Above photo is courtesy of Fraser Darrah Collection
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Saturday, 05/04/1930