User:MinorProphet/MV Delius
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MV Delius was a refrigerated cargo liner of 6065 tons gross, built in 1937 for the Lamport and Holt shipping line for their South American service. Delius was the first of seven "D"-class ships completed between 1937 and 1945.
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Delius was named after the Bradford-born Frederick Delius; a number of ships in the Lamport & Holt fleet were named after people from the north of England, while others were named after composers (including Mozart, Rossini, Balfe and Verdi).
The Delius was requisitioned during World War II and saw service in Operation Ariel, the Norwegian campaign and convoy duty around the world. She was damaged twice by air attack: first during the Norway campaign when she received a direct hit; and second in late 1943 in the Atlantic by a glide bomb resulting in the deaths of the captain, the second officer, the bosun, the chief steward, and three crew. After the war, Delius continued on Lamport & Holt's South American service. In 1954 she was transferred to the Vestey Group's Blue Star Line and renamed Portland Star - reverting to Delius in 1958 - and scrapped in February 1961.