ship, and that she had passed Melbourne Stars position and course to the BdU. Successor ships After the War, Blue Star Line ordered three more Imperial Star-class ships from Harland and Wolff in Belfast to replace some of its war losses. They included a second , which was launched on 10 August 1947 and completed in July 1948. Blue Star sold her in 1972 to Embajada Compania Naviera SS, who registered her in Greece and renamed her Melbo. Later that year she was sold to the Tung Cheng Steel and Iron Works of Taiwan, who scrapped her at Kaohsiung in 1973. In 1971–72 Bremer Vulkan of Bremen-Vegesack built four container ships for ACT, a consortium of Blue Star, Port Line and Ellerman Lines. One was , which in 1992 was transferred to Blue Star's sole ownership and renamed Melbourne Star. In 1998 Blue Star became part of P&O Nedlloyd, who kept Melbourne Star under the same name and livery. In 2003 she was sold to shipbreakers in Shanghai to be scrapped. Postage stamp On 10 August 2012, the 70th anniversary of Convoy MW 12's departure from Gibraltar, MaltaPost issued a 26-cent commemorative stamp bearing a picture of Melbourne Star entering the Grand Harbour. It is one of a set of 26-cent stamps issued that day, which between them commemorate every ship that took part in the convoy. References Sources Link 1936 ships Cargo liners Maritime incidents in October 1940 Maritime incidents in April 1943 Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Mersey Ships of the Blue Star Line Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean