The '' Star Line'' was a fleet of ships owned by timber merchants, Messrs. James P Corry and Co Ltd. of
Belfast,
Ireland. The shipping company was formed by Robert Corry in 1826 to import timber from Canada to Ireland. The company began to diversify in 1859 when trade with Calcutta began and the company relocated its offices from Belfast to London. This was followed by services to Australia and New Zealand in 1888, South America in 1903 and a joint emigrant service to Australia with Royden and Tyser Lines started in 1912. The company became a constituent part of the Commonwealth & Dominion Line in 1914, which was renamed
Port Line
Port Line was a passenger and cargo shipping company, initially formed as the Commonwealth and Dominion Line in 1914, and in operation in one form or another until 1982.
Formation
The Commonwealth and Dominion Line was formed as an amalgamation ...
in 1937.
In 1908, it had a fleet of seven modern cargo steamers engaged in trade with the East and
Far East, with a gross tonnage of 34,900 tons. The "Star Fleet" then consisted of the ships ''Star of Australia'', ''Star of Japan'', ''Star of England'', ''Star of New Zealand'', ''Star of Ireland'', ''Star of Scotland'' and ''Star of Victoria''.
Some of its sailing ships were sold to the
Alaska Packers' Association
The Alaska Packers' Association (APA) was a San Francisco based manufacturer of Alaska canned salmon founded in 1891 and sold in 1982. As the largest salmon packer in Alaska, the member canneries of APA were active in local affairs, and had cons ...
.
Ships related to the Alaska Packers Association, Dyal 2008
Fleet
Early timber sailing vessels
James P Corry and Co Ltd commenced its shipping business starting with one ship, ''Great Britain'', and gradually established a large fleet including the following vessels - ''Chieftain'' (built 1826), ''Summerhill'' (built 1840), ''Queen of the West'' (built 1843), ''Alabama'' (built 1851), ''Persian'' (built 1851), ''Saint Helena'' (built 1851) and ''Charger'' (built 1856).
Star Line
Sailing ships
Steam ships
The company operated the following steam ships starting in January 1887 - ''Star of Victoria'' (built 1886), ''Star of England'' (built 1889), ''Star of New Zealand'' (built 1895), ''Star of Australia'' (built 1899), ''Star of Scotland'' (built 1904), ''Star of Japan'' (built 1906), ''Star of Ireland'' (built 1903), ''Star of Canada'' (built 1909) and ''Star Of India'' (built 1910).
Gallery
Image:StateLibQld 1 171287 Star of Bengal (ship).jpg, ''Star of Bengal
The ''Star of Bengal'' was an iron three-Mast (sailing), masted Merchant vessel, merchant sailing ship, sailing vessel built in Belfast in 1874 by Harland and Wolff Industries (the shipyard that later constructed the ''Titanic''). Though built to ...
''.
Image:StateLibQld 1 171279 Star of France (ship).jpg, ''Star of France''.
Image:StateLibQld 1 172767 Star of Germany (ship).jpg, ''Star of Germany''.
Image:StateLibQld 1 169775 Star of Italy (ship).jpg, ''Star of Italy''.
References
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Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom