PREMIER – 1943 – IMO 5292935
Collection of Rick Cox, seen as RHODESIA STAR
1943, 8542grt, C3-S-A1 class hull
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma (37) as U.S.S. ESTERO CVE-42, escort carrier
leased to U.K. and modified at Burrard, Vancouver, completed as H.M.S. PREMIER D23
1946 returned to U.S., sold to Blue Star Line and became RHODESIA STAR, converted to cargo
1967 HONGKONG KNIGHT
Broken up at Kaohsiung, arrived 05/01/1974












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