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On 2 July 1940, the Arandora Star left the port of Liverpool, England, with 1,673 people on board, including 1,299 internees and prisoners of war. At 7:58 am, she was torpedoed by U-47 about 125 miles (201 km) north-west of Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland, and sank with the loss of the captain, 12 officers, 42 crew members, 37 guards, 470 Italians and 243 Germans, position 56°30'N/10°38'W. The remaining 119 crew members, 163 guards, 585 Italians and Germans were rescued by the Canadian destroyer HMCS St-Laurent (H83) and landed at Greenock, Scotland.
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Page 233 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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