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dbpedia:SS_Arandora_Star

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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 the Second World War. 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.

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Arandora Star (1929–40) Arandora (1927–29)

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"The Wedding Cake" or the "Chocolate Box" due to her paint scheme.

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dbpedia:Cammell_Laird dbpedia:Birkenhead

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dbpedia:Ocean_liner dbpedia:Cruise_ship dbpedia:Troopship dbpedia:Reefer_ship

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10.3632

dbpedia-owl:length

156.119

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dbpedia:Blue_Star_Line

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dbpedia:Horsepower

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20.8178

dbpedia-owl:shipLaunch

1927-01-04Z

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Torpedoed and sunk 2 July 1940

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29.632