page_title: Star Line (shipping company)
section_title: Sailing ships
hierarchical_section_title: Star Line (shipping company) / Fleet / Star Line / Sailing ships
caption_attribution_description: English: Star of Italy (ship) Ship: Star of Italy Rig: Three-masted ship Hull: Iron Launched: 1877 Out of service: 1927 Builder: Harland &amp; Wolff, Belfast Dimensions: 251.5’ x 38.2’ x 22.9’ Tonnage: 1784 tons [1] ↑ Dyal, Donald H (2008). Alaska Packers Association: Narrative. .pdf file. Texas Tech University Digital Collections. Retrieved on March 15, 2011.
context_page_description: The Star Line was a fleet of ships owned by timber merchants, Messrs. James P Corry and Co Ltd. of Belfast, Ireland. The shipping company was formed by Robert Corry in 1826 to import timber from Canada to Ireland. The company began to diversify in 1859 when trade with Calcutta began and the company relocated its offices from Belfast to London. This was followed by services to Australia and New Zealand in 1888, South America in 1903 and a joint emigrant service to Australia with Royden and Tyser Lines started in 1912. The company became a constituent part of the Commonwealth & Dominion Line in 1914, which was renamed Port Line in 1937.
  In 1908, it had a fleet of seven modern cargo steamers engaged in trade with the East and Far East, with a gross tonnage of 34,900 tons. The "Star Fleet" then consisted of the ships Star of Australia, Star of Japan, Star of England, Star of New Zealand, Star of Ireland, Star of Scotland and Star of Victoria.
  Some of its sailing ships were sold to the Alaska Packers' Association.
caption: Star of Italy
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