| Name: | BRITISH STAR |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 14/02/1918 |
| Completed: | 03/1918 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1040 |
| Dimensions: | 6888grt, 4080nrt, 430.5 x 57.0 x 33.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 54ins), 620nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142337 |
| History: | |
| 21/03/1918 | The Shipping Controller (British Tanker Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1919 | The Admiralty - Royal Fleet Auxilliary (British Tanker Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 16/08/1937 | The Admiralty - Royal Fleet Auxilliary, London; renamed OLYNTHUS |
| 1947 | Esco Shipping & Trading Co Ltd (Japp, Hatch & Co, managers), London |
| 1949 | Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori, Genoa; renamed PENSILVANIA |
| 04/1960 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 03/1918: Reportedly cost £216,799 to build |
| 26/03/1918: Torpedoed 1 mile east of Tyne by U-Boat UB78. Returned to Tyne for repairs | |
| 04/1960: Broken up at Savona by ARDEM |
Above photo as BRITISH STAR is courtesy of Richard Cox