" Arandora Star's final voyage, was the transport of Italian and German internees, who had been detained under Defence Regulation 18B, as well as German prisoners of war to Canada. In Liverpool on 27–30 June, she embarked with 734 interned Italian men, 479 interned German men, 86 German prisoners of war, and 200 military guards, in addition to her crew of 174 officers and men. Her Master was Captain Edgar Wallace Moulton. The ship was bound for St John's, Newfoundland, and her internees for Canadian internment camps.

Sources disagree as to whether the ship left Liverpool on 30 June, or at 4am on 2 July 1940. She sailed unescorted, and early on the morning of 2nd July she was about 75 miles west of Bloody Foreland, Ireland, when she was torpedoed. U-47, commanded by Günther Prien, struck Arandora Star with a single torpedo. Prien believed the torpedo to be faulty, but it detonated against Arandora Star's starboard side, flooding her aft engine room. All engine room personnel, including two engineer officers, were killed. Her turbines, main generators and emergency generators were all immediately put out of action and therefore knocked out all lights and communications aboard." ( Wikipedia. Retrieved 3/11/2022 )