Heavy-lift ship “Starman” arriving at Auckland carrying RNZN patrol boats "Pukaki" & "Rotoiti", January 1975
Owner: Starman Ltd. (a joint venture between Blue Star Line of London & Robert M. Sloman Jr./ Sloman-Neptun Schiffharts AG, Bremen
Flag: Cyprus
Port of registry: Famagusta
Builder: Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft (Hull-393)
Gross tons: 2,550
Deadweight: 2,054
Length overall: 96.3 m
Max. draft: 3.65 m
Engines 2 x 12-cylinder type PVBCS-12E diesels, total 3,000 b.h.p., by W. H. Allan, Sons & Co. Ltd., Bedford; single-screw
Speed: 12.0 knots
Completed May 1974
Transferred 1975 to Starman Compañía Naviera S.A., Panama; retained name, Panama flag
Transferred 1977 to Starman Ltd., London; Renamed “Starman America”; UK flag
Sold 1982 to Caribbean Heavy Lift Corp. N.V., Willemstad, Curaçao, retaining name; Panama flag
Sold 1986 to Petromac Offshore International Co. Inc., Panama, renamed “Star of America”; Panama flag
Sold 1994 to Superpesa Compahia de Transportes Especiais e Intermodais Ltda., Río de Janeiro, retaining name; Brazilian flag.
Sold January 2009 for crapping at Rio de Janeiro