 | The Oxfordshire had an almost identical sister ship, the Nevasa built in 1956. |
| The conversion from Oxfordshire into Fairstar cost £2,300,000. The ship was known as the 'Conox' during the conversion (an abbreviation for 'CONversion of OXfordshire'). |
| Fairstar achieved a top speed of 20.93 knots during her trials. |
| When launched, the Fairstar had 50,500 sq feet of deck space. |
| The abbreviation "TSS" is short for "Twin Screw Steamer", meaning she had two propellers and is a steam ship. |
| The Fairstar had 14 public rooms including a 367 seat cinema-theatre. |
| Sitmar, who advertised Fairstar as the 'Fun Ship', was sued in 1985 by Carnival Cruise Lines who used that exact same wording for their ships. |
| Fairstar passed the Sydney Opera House more than 1100 times. |
| Fairstar visited Auckland 145 times between 17 Mar 1971 and 10 Feb 1996. |
| The ship steamed more than two million nautical miles, which is the equivalent of 251 times around the world, or four times to the moon and back. |
| The average cruise length was 18 nights in 1980; 12 nights in 1991 and 10 nights in 1996. |
| One of the most common itineraries Fairstar did (54 times) was: Sydney - Boulari-Havannah Passage - Vila - Mystery Island - Noumea - Sydney. |
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