"Fairstar" thus joined "Fairsky" in full-time cruising, "Fairsky" having finally been withdrawn in July 1974 from the now unsubsidised UK-Australia route.Both ships remained in service together for a further three years, until the sudden unfortunate demise of "Fairsky" in June 1977, after the vessel struck a submerged wreck near Jakarta, Indonesia and was found to be beyond economic repair.