| Name: | BLUE STAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/06/1889 |
| Completed: | 07/1889 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 292 |
| Dimensions: | 2431grt, 1577nrt, 300.0 x 38.8 x 19.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 60 x 39ins), 242nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 96617 |
| History: | |
| 31/07/1889 | Blue Star Steam Ship Co Ltd (Carlisle & Co), London |
| 1898 | Chr Nielsen & MH Oppen, Laurvig; renamed COLIN ARCHER |
| 22/10/1898 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 22/10/1898: Wrecked at Aarre Jaerderen, near Stavanger |
| On a voyage from New York to Stockholm with a cargo of wheat |
Above photo as COLIN ARCHER ia courtesy of Steinar Norheim