Title

Blue Star Line's cruise ship SS 'Arandora Star', Kongsfjorden, Spitzbegen, Norway, 1929. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Blue Star Line's cruise ship SS 'Arandora Star', Kongsfjorden, Spitzbegen, Norway, 1929. The 'Arandora Star' entered service with the Blue Star Line in 1927. Based at Southampton, she sailed to numerous destination on both sides of the Atlantic, with Norway a frequent destination. She was requisitioned after World War II broke out, and on 1 July 1940 sailed from Liverpool carrying Italian internees and prisoners of war to Newfoundland, as well as British soldiers to guard them. The following day, the 'Andora Star' was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-47 commanded by Commander Gunther Prien, with the loss of over 800 lives.
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Date

1929

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C57_214

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 16,9in x 11,5in / 5062 x 3450 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport transportation ocean sea holiday holidays coast bay industry country ice Scandinavia Scandinavian ship ships Norway Norwegian British geography iceberg Arctic cruise cruise ship war location disaster century Britain catastrophe concept twenties B&W Arctic Ocean MONOCHROME shipping Industry World War II World War two WWII water transport black & white black and white B W 1920s world war 2 20th century The Print Collector geographical feature passenger ship Second World War Spitzbergen TGN WW2 photograph shipping line 2nd World War Unknown Arandora Star Blue Star Line Kongsfjorden photograph