| Name: | AFRICSTAR |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/05/1926 |
| Completed: | 11/1926 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 958 |
| Dimensions: | 10644grt, 6543nrt, 475.8 x 67.3 x 36.6ft; |
| (1935: 11900grt, 7438nrt, 475.8 x 67.3 x 45.2ft) | |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 1581nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149755 |
| History: | |
| 17/11/1926 | Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd, London |
| 1929 | Renamed AFRIC STAR |
| 29/01/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1935: Rebuilt by decking over the wells to give a flush profile. |
| 29/01/1941: Captured & scuttled by German KORMORAN, 800 miles W of Freetown | |
| On a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Verdi Islands with frozen meat & general cargo |
Above photo copyright of J Clarkson
Above photo as AFRIC STAR after rebuilding is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as AFRIC STAR after rebuilding, is courtesy of Photoship