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Star of Russia, Port Vila

The Grand Old Lady
Harland and Wolff built the Star of Russia in 1874.

Iron hulled and a totally rigged 3 masted ship, she truly exemplified the grand old square-riggers of the late 1800’s.

The Irish company J.P.

An Esteemed Career
The Star of Russia enjoyed a long career with a number of good passages to her credit. Yet the Star of Russia proved to be a fast and efficient ship, one to rival some of the steam ships of the day.
Her maiden excursion to Calcutta took just 87 days and she returned to London in only 95 days.
On the way she recorded her best days run, covering 388 miles over 23 ½ hours, a median of over 16 ½kst

During the journey she also proved her seaworthiness, braving a number of fierce typhoons across the journey. The journey was really slowed by having her main higher topsail blown out, and she continued on to Melbourne without being able to set a full topsail.
The fast journey was made even sweeter by the fact that the Star of Russia had managed to outrun another absolutely rigged ship completing the same route, the Sobraon, by at least 5 days. The Sobraon had been carrying passengers to Australia and possibly had more favourable weather for sailing than the ‘Star’ across the passage.

Life aboard the Star
Life aboard the Star of Russia during its sea crossings could best be described as ‘rugged’.
This was her tenth journey and she was still under the command of the same skipper, a Captain Simpson.

Tragedy on the Star
Twenty years on from her first excursion, on a horrible night in 1895 the Star of Russia was to lose all hands on watch, aside from the helmsman. With the rest of the crew forward the navigator permitted the ship to luff and the buddy and watch were washed overboard never to be seen again.

The helmsman’s dramatic account of the nights events have been recorded in Fenceless Meadows by Bill Adams, which stopped as follows:
“The sail reefed, they [the 2nd chums watch] descended to the deck. Each man in passing me either avoided me or scowled savagely. I, most cold and hungry, a horrible fear upon me, followed his men along the swamped deck to the forecastle.

“This tragedy gave the ship an unenviable reputation as a man killer. I don’t believe it was actually deserved, she had no more situations of the kind recorded against her, and the probability is that she was in no sense to blame. She used to be a fast and gorgeous ship, like all her sisters, and one cannot feel a pang of pity for a ship therefore branded for life with the sign of Cain.”

A Change of Hands
In March 1898, the Star of Russia was sold to Shaw, Savill and Co.
Two years later the ship was sold to the Alaska Packers organisation, who was established to service the growing salmon fishing industry in Western Alaska. Their provoking fleet of square-riggers transported supplies and work north from San Francisco and then returned at the end of the season with canned fish for the markets.
Also amongst the fleet was the Star of India, which is still sailing Yank waters to this date. It is now fully revived and carrying a different load, visitors visiting the San Diego Maritime Museum.

In Epics Of Square Rigged Ships, Charles W Domville-Fife describes the surprise a Captain Olsen received when he laid eyes on the ship he had once sailed:

By 1953 she was lying on Port Vila’s harbor floor. Having been battered on her mooring by numerous cyclones, she surrendered herself to the sea.
The Star was to complete her last excursion in 1926, when she was sold to the French to be used as a load hulk in the South Seas. In April of that year she left Tacoma bound for Apia, Samoa arriving 43 days later.

There, she was converted into a hulk by Burns Philp and renamed La Perouse.

He boarded what was once the grand ‘Star’ and revealed that while her hull was in fine condition; the rest of the ship had been either stripped or left to deteriorate.

For additional information on the Star of Russia and to get a copy of our printable P.D.F File on the Star of Russia click

Star Of Russia

Due to its location viability is limited however this customarily adverts to the cryptic of the dive. Nautilus also runs regular night dive to the Star as well.
For more information on Scuba diving in Vanuatu go to http;//DivingVanuatu.net or
http://www.Nautilus.com.vu
Port Vila has lots of wrecks and reefs to dive whilst hollidaying here.

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