British passenger ship ss Bloemfontein Castle 1949-1959 (Patris 1959-1979, Mediterranean Island 1979-1981, Mediterranean Star 1981-1988, Terra 1988-1989)

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Owned by the Union Castle Line between 1950-1959, Chandis Lines between 1959-1979 and the Karageorgis Lines between 1979-1987. Launched by Harland&Wollf, Belfast, Northern Ireland with yard number 1421 on 25 August 1949, completed on 6 April 1950, first voyage begun on 6 April 1950, renamed Patris and owned by Chandris Lines, Greece in 1959, Mediterranean Island in 1979, Mediterranean Star in 1981, Terra in 1988, in her last stage of her career used as a ferry and broken up in Pakistan in in 1989.