Arakaka
| Name | Arakaka | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,379 tons | ||
| Completed | 1933 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Booker Bros, McConnell & Co Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jun 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-77 (Heinrich Schonder) | ||
| Position | 47N, 40W - Grid BC 64 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (45 dead - no survivors) | ||
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| History | Since 1940 used as weather ship. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.36 hours on 22 Jun, 1941, the weather ship Arakara (Master William Walker) was torpedoed and sunk by U-77 east of St.Johns. The U-boat misidentified the ship as the Greek steam merchant Alexandra. The master, 32 crew members and 12 Admiralty personnel were lost. | ||
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