California Star
| Name | California Star | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 8.300 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Blue Star Line Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-515 (Werner Henke) | ||
| Position | 42.32N, 37.20W - Grid CD 3245 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 74 (52 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Wellington - Cristobal, Panama - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 6434 tons of general and refrigerated cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 4 Mar, 1943, the unescorted California Star (Master Sydney Foulkes) was torpedoed and sunk by U-515 northwest of the Azores. 40 crew members, eight gunners and four passengers were lost. The master, 18 crew members and three passengers landed at Flores, Azores. | ||
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