SS Arandora Star
SS Arandora Star 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 troop ship in World War II. At the end of June 1940 she was assigned the task of transporting German and Italian internees and prisoners of war to Canada. On 2 July 1940 she was sunk in controversial circumstances by a German U-boat with a large loss of life, 865.
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SS Arandora Star
SS Arandora Star 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 troop ship in World War II. At the end of June 1940 she was assigned the task of transporting German and Italian internees and prisoners of war to Canada. On 2 July 1940 she was sunk in controversial circumstances by a German U-boat with a large loss of life, 865.
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L'Arandora Star fu una nave da ...... te la seconda guerra mondiale.
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SS Arandora Star was a British ...... ith a large loss of life, 865.
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SS Arandora Star – brytyjski s ...... rejsu z Liverpoolu do Kanady.
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1927-01-04
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Torpedoed and sunk 2 July 1940
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* as built: 164 - 1st Class
* as a cruise liner: 354 - 1st Class
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four steam turbines, single reduction geared onto two propeller shafts
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*1929 as cruise liner by Fairf ...... modation extended to poop deck
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*London — South America
*As a ...... the West Indies among others.
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L'Arandora Star fu una nave da ...... te la seconda guerra mondiale.
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SS Arandora Star was a British ...... ith a large loss of life, 865.
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SS Arandora Star – brytyjski s ...... rejsu z Liverpoolu do Kanady.
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Arandora Star
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SS Arandora Star
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SS Arandora Star
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Arandora (1927–29)
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Arandora Star (1929–40)
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"The Wedding Cake" or the "Chocolate Box" due to her paint scheme.
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