This is the information page about the shipwreck Arandora star, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 20 N,10 33 W (55.233333333333, -10.566666666667)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: ARANDORA STAR

Length 156.1 meter, width: 20.7 meter, draught: 12.8, tonnage 15501 ton
Load: personnel,personnel

Cause: blue star liner. built 1927. was torpedoed & sunk u-47. vessel was en-route to canada with 1178 german & italian internees, 761 lives lost in total.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2400 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H056/40 16.11.40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 562000N, 104000W. (SO(I) ROSYTH). 9.1.78 SUNK APPROX 75 MILES W OF BLOODY FORELAND, IRELAND. (DODS). 4.8.87 POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U-BOAT PATROL REPORT APPEARS TO AGREE WITH ROSYTH POSN 562000N, 104000W. POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO REPORT OF SHIP ATTACKED IS 552000N, 103300W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SINKING POSN 552000N, 103300W PLOTS IN APPROX 2400 MTRS. (WW2SL & LLOYDS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 20 N,10 33 W

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