The 11,994grt Wellington Star of Blue Star Line at Avonmouth in September 1967. She was built in 1952 by John Brown at Clydebank. In 1975 she was sold to Broad Bay Shipping of Panama, converted into a livestock carrier and renamed Hawkes Bay. On 9th August 1979 she arrived at Kaohsiung to be broken up by Nan Kwang Steel & Iron Co. In the foreground is the 1897 built former Sharpness tug Resolute.
The 11,994grt Wellington Star of Blue Star Line at Avonmouth in September 1967. She was built in 1952 by John Brown at Clydebank. In 1975 she was sold to Broad Bay Shipping of Panama, converted into a livestock carrier and renamed Hawkes Bay. On 9th August 1979 she arrived at Kaohsiung to be broken up by Nan Kwang Steel & Iron Co. In the foreground is the 1897 built former Sharpness tug Resolute.

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