SS Stella

Several steamships have borne the name ''Stella'':

* was a steam passenger ferry built as ''Fredriksborg'' in 1869 by William Lindberg's Shipyard in Stockholm for the Waxholms Ångfartygs AB. Renamed ''Stella'' in Finnish ownership in 1890, and now the restaurant ship ''Katarina'' in Turku.
* was a 1,174-ton passenger/cargo ship launched in April 1871, by Koninklijke Fabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands for the Dutch company Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij. Arrived for scrapping in Rotterdam in May 1909.
* was a 1,600-ton cargo ship launched as ''Northumbria'' on 3 June 1871, by Wigham Richardson in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1905, wrecked off Salina, Italy, on 27 April 1911.
* was an 18- gross register ton American sternwheel paddle steamer that sank at Mudds Landing, Illinois, on 4 January 1912.
* was a 2,430-ton cargo ship launched for the Herskind & Woods on 13 October 1885, by Withy in Middleton, England. Torpedoed and sunk as the Greek ''Mikelis'' off Strangford Lough on 24 July 1917.
* was a 1,294-ton cargo ship launched on 17 October 1888 by the Gourlay Bros in Dundee, Scotland, as ''Ardle''. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1906. Torpedoed and sunk as ''Jönköping II'' off Inchcape, Scotland on 24 January 1918.
* was a 341-ton cargo ship completed in January 1889, by Motala MV in Oskarshamn, Sweden. Lost in collision in the Firth of Forth on 8 December 1903.
* was a 469-ton cargo ship launched on 7 August 1889, by Flensburger in Flensburg, Germany. Mined and sunk off Naissaar on 22 August 1915.
* was a 1,059-ton passenger ferry launched on 16 September 1890, by J & G Thompson Ltd in Clydebank, Scotland. Wrecked off Casquets, Channel Islands on 30 March 1899.
* was a 479-ton cargo ship completed in April 1895, by Weser in Bremen, Germany. Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Bremen on 30 March 1945.
* was a 3,062-ton cargo ship launched as the British ''Middleham Castle'' on 29 April 1897, by Pickersgill in Southwick, England. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1931. Lost in collision on 25 March 1934.
* was a 3,805-ton passenger/cargo ship launched as the Belgian ''Albertville'' on 9 May 1898, by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co in Middlesbrough, England. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1920. Delivered for scrapping at Genoa, Italy, on 23 June 1925.
* was an 82-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer launched in 1904 that burned at Greenwood, Mississippi, on 4 December 1906.Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 380.
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* was a 1,198-ton cargo ship completed as the Norwegian ''Hellik'' in May 1905, by Framnæs Mekaniske Værksted in Sandefjord, Norway. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1929. Renamed two more times before removed from registers in 1959.
* was a 2,808-ton Austro-Hungarian cargo ship launched on 7 November 1907, by Stephenson in Hebburn, England. Sank as ''Magyar'' on 18 September 1933 after running into an object the previous day.
* was a 2,818-ton Dutch cargo ship launched on 30 November 1909, by Hamilton in Glen Yard, Scotland. Bombed and sunk by aircraft on 11 May 1940.
* was a 5,035-ton cargo ship launched as the Austro-Hungarian ''Erdely'' on 2 March 1911, by Palmers' in Jarrow, England. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1935, and damaged by fire on 6 September 1936. Broken up at Genoa, Italy from 16 November 1936.
* was an 836-ton Danish cargo ship launched on 19 April 1912, by Kjøbenhavns in Copenhagen, Denmark. Shelled and sunk by the German cruisers and east of Lerwick, Shetland, on 17 October 1917.
* was an 845-ton Danish cargo ship launched on 22 December 1920, by Zeeland in Hansweert, the Netherlands. Suffered fire at Almeria, Spain, on 19 July 1970, as ''Reus''. Scrapped in place from October 1970.
* was a 655-ton German cargo ship completed in December 1920, by Nobiskrug in Rendsburg, Germany. Renamed ''Riga'' in 1938. Wrecked at Kirkenes, Norway, on 29 February 1944.
* was an 865-ton cargo ship launched as the German ''Stella Wega'' on 27 July 1921, by Howaldtswerke in Kiel, Germany. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1924. Foundered and sank as ''Janaki'' west of Bombay, India, on 13 March 1954.
* was a 4,266-ton cargo ship launched as the British ''Barbara Marie'' on 15 February 1923, by Priestman in Southwick, England. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1937. Renamed two more times before wrecked as ''Inchkeith'' on 2 March 1955.
* was a 519-ton cargo ship completed as the Swedish ''Ylva'' in September 1924, by Lödöse Varv in Lödöse, Sweden. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1960. Wrecked on 27 October 1960 off Gotland, Sweden.
* was a 1,394-ton Danish cargo ship launched on 10 June 1933, by Helsingør Værft in Helsingør, Denmark. Broken up as ''Ursula Peters'' in Lübeck from 3 October 1964.
* was a 4,372-ton cargo ship launched as the Danish ''Tureby'' on 31 October 1935, by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen, Denmark. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1968. Scrapped in Hamburg, Germany, from 12 August 1969.
* was a 218-ton passenger ship launched as the Norwegian ''Fjellstrand'' on 28 February 1935, by Nylands Verksted in Oslo, Norway. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1958. Renamed once more before being wrecked near Kalymnos, Greece, on 26 January 1966.
* was a 7,159-ton cargo ship completed as the Canadian ''Dundurn Park'' on 28 November 1943, by North Vancouver SR in North Vancouver, Canada. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1953. Delivered for scrapping at La Spezia, Italy, on 12 August 1965.
* was a 7,212-ton cargo ship launched as the American ''Cornelius Vanderbilt'' on 2 February 1944, by Permanente in Richmond, California, USA. Renamed ''Stella'' in 1947. Delivered for scrapping as ''Spuma'' at Trieste, Italy, on 17 November 1967.

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