SS Avila Star
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Avila (1927–29) Avila Star (1929–42) |
| Namesake | Ávila, Spain |
| Owner | Blue Star Line |
| Operator | Blue Star Line |
| Port of registry | London |
| Route | London – Rio de Janeiro – Buenos Aires |
| Ordered | 1925 |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 514 |
| Launched | 22 September 1926 |
| Completed | March 1927 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 5 July 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger and refrigerated cargo liner |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 68.2 ft (20.8 m) |
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| Depth |
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| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | as built: 2,007 NHP after lengthening: 1,840 NHP |
| Propulsion | as built: 5 boilers feeding 4 steam turbines driving 2 screw propellers after rebuild: boilers reduced from 5 to 4 |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Capacity | 162 1st class passengers plus refrigerated cargo |
| Crew | 159 plus (in wartime) 6 DEMS gunners |
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| Armament | (as DEMS) |
| Notes | sister ship: Avelona Star |
SS Avila Star, originally SS Avila, was a British turbine steamship of the Blue Star Line. She was both an ocean liner and a refrigerated cargo ship, providing a passenger service between London and South America and carrying refrigerated beef from South America to London. She was built in 1927, renamed Avila Star in 1929 and lengthened in 1935. She was sunk by a German submarine in 1942 with the loss of 84 lives.