Andalucia Star
| Name | Andalucia Star | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 14.943 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | Blue Star Line Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Oct, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Harald Gelhaus) | ||
| Position | 06.38N, 15.46W - Grid ET 5562 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 255 (4 dead and 251 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires (25 Sep) - Freetown - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 5374 tons of frozen meat and 32 tons of eggs | ||
| History | Launched as Andalusia, completed as Andalucia, May 1929 renamed Andalucia Star, 1935 lengthened | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.00 hours on 7 Oct, 1942, the unescorted Andalucia Star (Master James Bennett Hall) was torpedoed and sunk by U-107 about 180 miles southwest of Freetown. Three crew members and one passenger were lost. The master, 157 crew members, nine gunners, 79 passengers and five DBS were picked up by the British corvette HMS Petunia (K 79) (LtCdr J.M. Rayner) and landed at Freetown on 9 October. | ||
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