The British passenger ship SS Arandora Star of the Blue Star Line SS Arandora Star was a British passenger ship of the Blue Star Line Built in as an ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship she was converted in into a cruise ship During World War II she was requisitioned as a troop ship At the end of June she was assigned the task of transporting German and Italian internees and prisoners of war to Canada On nd July she was sunk in controversial circumstances by a German Uboat with large loss of life From a private album of a passenger who undertook a cruise on the SS Arandora Star which began th April