Ship Details
Rig
Twin Screw Passenger Vessel
Built
1957
Built In
Tonnage
23,764g 21,609n
Built By
Dimensions
613' x 78'
Demise
Bibby Line 1957 - 1962: Troopship. 1963 May: Chartered by Sitmar Line. Major refit at Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard Holland. 1964 Mar.: Sitmar Line. Renamed. 1964 May 19: First voyage to Southampton to Australia. 1973 July: Pacific cruises from Sydney. 1988: P&O-Sitmar Cruises. 1991 June 19: Lost all power & adrift, en route Singapore to Sydney.1997 Jan.21: Final cruise from Sydney. 1997 Apr.10: Beached at Alang, India to be broken up.
Comment
We migrated to Australia in
7 year old also.. 1967,
As the dates above show. The
First in Jan feb 1988 was the
I did my National Service in
On the 25th of September 1967
14th June 1965. Family of
I was a shoppi on board the
Was that the bar with the
That was the animal bar :)
My family & I sailed on the
My family & I sailed on the
I sailed on the fair star
I travelled from Southampton
Family migrated to Aust
Sailed on fairstar as a 14
I was 19 and went on this
As a 7 year old, I came out
Sailed from Sydney on 8th
Worked on "Fairstar" as one
Arrived at Fremantle with my
I was one of 15 young lads (!
Small typo above - should
My family and I travelled on
Hey Steve (Photographer), I
We travelled out to Australia
I think it was around 1976
I don't know what date we
We migrated from Ireland
I sailed on the Fairstar in
In 1988 I went on a cruise on
Need to know what date
Does anyone know the date and
I sailed on the FAIRSTAR
Sailed SouthHampton march
I went to uk to visit
My husband and I had our
I sailed on the Sitmar Line
I rode the fairstar in
I travelled home from
Sailed out of Southampton
only a few of my memories at
I travelled from Melbourne to
Something wrong with the
sailed on Fairstars maiden
Our hill family consisting of
Went to Fiji on the fair star
Does anyone know if Fabio
FAIRSTAR in Ceylon, July 1964
I arrived in Perth in 1967 at
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