Name Arandora Star
Type: Steam passenger ship
Tonnage 15,501 tons (one of the largest ships sunk).
Completed 1927 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead
Owner Blue Star Line Ltd, London
Homeport London
Date of attack 2 Jul, 1940
Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-47 ( Günther Prien)
Position 55.20N, 10.33W - Grid AM 5116
Complement 1673 (805 dead and 868 survivors).
Convoy
Route Liverpool (30 Jun) - St. Johns, Canada
Cargo 1299 internees and prisoners-of-war
History Completed in May 1927 as Arandora, 1929 renamed Arandora Star and converted to a cruising ship.
Notes on loss At 07.58 hours on 2 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Arandora Star (Master Edgar Wallace Moulton) was hit by one torpedo from U-47 about 125 miles west by north of Malin Head, Co. Donegal and foundered later in 56°30N/10°38W. The ship had 479 German internees, 734 Italian internees, 86 German prisoners-of-war and 200 military guards on board. The master, 12 officers, 42 crewmen, 37 guards, 470 Italians and 243 Germans were lost. 119 crew members, 163 guards and 586 Italians and Germans were picked up by HMCS St. Laurent (H 83) (Cdr H.G. De Wolf, RCN) and landed at Greenock.
The master Edgar Wallace Moulton was posthumously awarded the Lloyd´s Wat Medal for bravery at sea.
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