Blue Star Line
SS Arandora Star
British ship sunk by U-boat in 1940
History
SS Arandora Star, originally SS Arandora, was a British passenger ship of the Blue Star Line. She was built in 1927 as an ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship, converted in 1929 into a cruise ship and requisitioned as a troopship in the Second World War. At the end of June 1940 she was assigned the task of deporting interned Anglo-Italian and Anglo-German civilians as well as a small number of legitimate prisoners of war to Canada. On 2 July 1940 she was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland with a large loss of life, 805 people.
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Ship Facts & Specifications
Tonnage
12,847 GRT
Length
512.2 ft
Beam
68.3 ft
Speed
16 knots
Passengers
as built: 164 − 1st Class
Builder
Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead
Yard number
921
Launched
4 January 1927
In service
1927
Out of service
1940
Owner
Blue Star Line
Port of registry
London
Propulsion
four steam turbines, single reduction geared onto two propeller shafts
Fate
Sunk 2 July 1940
Also Known As
- Arandora Arandora Star
