Sir Charles Elliot and two of the tug's crew were killed. The Court of Enquiry found Captain Lee culpable for the loss of his ship. Blue Star Line dismissed him and he turned to be a publican in England. In 1943 or 1944, Blue Star re-engaged him as the master of one of the merchant ships for one of the Allied landings in Europe. After this contract, Blue Star did not offer him another ship. He later emigrated to India, where he died shortly after his arrival. Six of Dunedin Stars crew including an assistant engineer went on to serve on , and were killed when it sank in the North Atlantic on 2 April 1943. Dunedin Stars chief electrician went on to serve on the landing ship , and was killed when it sank in the English Channel on 28 December 1944. Some of Dunedin Stars cargo was salvaged in 1951. Some remains are visible to this day on the beach, among them a section of decking from the bow or of the stern. Successor ship After the War, Blue Star Line bought a cargo ship that was being built by Alexander Stephen and Sons at Linthouse on the River Clyde. It had been laid down for Lancashire Shipping Ltd as Bolton Castle for trade with China. However, in 1949, the Chinese Communist Revolution reduced this trade so Lancashire Shipping sold it on the stocks to Blue Star. The new ship was launched on 18 April 1950 as a second and completed that September. It was a turbine steamship, and at was considerably smaller than its predecessor. Unusually for a Blue Star ship, it had only some of its holds refrigerated. Nevertheless, it spent 25 years in service with the Blue Star group. In 1968, the ship was transferred to the Blue Star subsidiary Lamport and Holt, which renamed it Roland 2. It spent most of the next seven years on a regular route between Río de la Plata, Brazil and the UK. In 1975, it was sold to Pallas Maritime of Cyprus, who renamed it Jessica. After two more changes of the owner, it was scrapped in 1978 at Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan. See also Eduard Bohlen – a German cargo and passenger ship that was wrecked on the Skeleton Coast in 1909 References Sources and further reading External links television documentary including interviews with survivors and