| Name: | UNIVERSAL STAR |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel - Stern Trawler |
| Launched: | 16/09/1959 |
| Completed: | 01/1960 |
| Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd |
| Yard: | Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | 93 |
| Dimensions: | 242grt, 73nrt, 150dwt, 92.5 x 26.4 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 6cyl (port), 4cyl (starboard), (8.75 x 11.5ins), 990bhp |
| Engines by: | Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd, Dursley |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Reg Number: | 301577 |
| History: | |
| 01/1960 | Universal Trawlers Ltd (BA Parkes), Aberdeen |
| 1969 | Offshore Marine Ltd, Lowestoft; renamed TERN SHORE |
| 1971 | Tecsaldo Sarda di Navigazione, Porto Torres; renamed TECSALDO VIR |
| 1972 | Alhena Spa, Porto Torres; renamed MONTE FORTE |
| 1984 | Offshore Services (STB Italia Srl), Genoa |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Designed so that she could be easily converted into a tug |
| The first stern trawler to be registered at Aberdeen | |
| 1960: Allocated fishing registration number A344 at Aberdeen | |
| 1964: Allocated fishing registration number LT479 at Lowestoft | |
| 1966: Converted to an offshore supply boat / tug | |
| 2018: Deleted from registers as "existence in doubt" |
Above: Illustrated London News, Saturday, 21/11/1959
Above photo as UNIVERSAL STAR is courtesy of Trawlerphotos
Above photo as UNIVERSAL STAR is courtesy of Trawlerphotos
Above photo as TERN SHORE is copyright of Les Bruinsma
Above photo as TERN SHORE is courtesy of Ko Rusman
Aberdeen Express, Thursday, 07/01/1960