One of the splendid fleet of commercial sail built for J.P. Corry & Co., of Belfast, during the twenty-four year period from 1862 to 1886. Designed as an iron-hulled full-rigger, Star of Persia  was registered at 1,289 tons gross (1,227 net) and measured 227 feet in length with a 35 foot beam. Intended for the Calcutta jute trade, it was said that she and her identical sister Star of Greece were the two fastest and finest ships on the run and under her first master.

 

After twenty-five years of reliable service to her original owners, she was sold to C.M. Matzen of Hamburg in 1893 and renamed Edith.

 

In 1903 sprank a leak on voyage from Puget Sound to South Australia and lost after grounding on Solomon Island - No lives lost.