Aracataca
| Name | Aracataca | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.378 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | Elders & Fyffes Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Nov, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-101 (Ernst Mengersen) | ||
| Position | 57.08N, 20.50W - Grid AL 0245 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 70 (36 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Antonio, Jamaica - Halifax (21 Nov) - Avonmouth | ||
| Cargo | 1600 tons of bananas | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.41 hours on 30 Nov, 1940, the unescorted Aracataca (Master Samuel Brown) was torpedoed and sunk by U-101 west-northwest of Rockall. 36 crew members were lost. The master, 16 crew members and one passenger were picked up by the British merchant Potaro and landed at Buenos Aires on 23 December. 14 crew members, one gunner and one passenger were picked up by the British merchant Djurdjura were landed at St.Johns. | ||
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