TSS Fairstar
TSS Fairstar | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Oxfordshire |
| Owner | Bibby Line |
| Route | Various |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down | 1955 |
| Launched | 15 December 1955 |
| Maiden voyage | 28 February 1957 |
| In service | 1957 |
| Out of service | 1962 |
| Renamed | Fairstar, 1964 |
| Refit | 1963–1964 (from Troopship to Liner) |
| Name | Fairstar |
| Owner | SITMAR (1964-1988), P&O (1989-1997) |
| Port of registry | Monrovia, Liberia |
| Route | UK-Australia Liner run, South Pacific, New Zealand, Asia |
| Maiden voyage | 19 May 1964 |
| In service | 1964 |
| Out of service | 1997 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | The Fun Ship |
| Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India in 10 April 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length | 187.76 m (616 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 23.86 m (78 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 8.41 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Decks | 10 |
| Propulsion | 4 × Pametrada steam turbines manufactured by the shipbuilder, double reduction gears to twin screws, 18,000 shp (13,423 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 16 |
| Capacity |
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| Troops | Oxfordshire: 1,000 |
| Crew |
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TSS (Turbine Steam Ship) Fairstar (Fairstar, the Fun Ship) was an Australian-based cruise ship operating out of Sydney for 22 years. Originally completed in 1957 as the British troopship Oxfordshire, it was converted to become the Fairstar in 1964 for immigrant voyages and from December 1974 was permanently engaged in cruising.