Second World War
By 1939 Blue Star Line operated 39 ships. Many were requisitioned during the Second World War and the fleet suffered heavy losses, 29 ships being sunk. The Blue Star Line purchased the Lamport & Holt Line in 1944 and the Booth Line in 1946, and ships were often transferred back and forth between the subsidiary companies.
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