Arundo
| Name | Arundo | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,163 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Mij. Zeevaart NV (Hudig & Veder), Rotterdam | ||
| Homeport | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Apr 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-136 (Heinrich Zimmermann) | ||
| Position | 40.10N, 73.44W - Grid CA 2878 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (6 dead and 37 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Table Bay - Durban - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | Government cargo, including nitrate, jeeps, trucks, 5000 crates of Canadian beer and two locomotives as deck cargo | ||
| History | Completed in February 1930 as British Petersfield for Woodfield Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Woods, Tylor & Brown), London. 1933 renamed Cromarty for B.J. Sutherland & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1936 sold to the Netherlands and renamed Arundo. The Arundo picked up 33 survivors from Empire Protector, which had been sunk by U-38 (Liebe) on 30 May, 1941. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.35 hours on 28 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Arundo (Master A.C. Troeleman) was hit by a G7a torpedo from U-136 15 miles south of the Ambrose Lightship. The torpedo struck on the starboard side underneath the bridge, blew off the hatch covers and caused the ship to sink capsizing within 5 minutes. The survivors were picked up by USS Lea (DD 118) about 17 miles east of Sea Girt, New Jersey and landed at Lewes, Delaware. | ||
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