Arica
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| Name | Arica | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,431 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | T. & J. Harrison, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 10.58N, 60.52W - Grid ED 9952 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 67 (12 dead and 55 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TRIN-24 | ||
| Route | London - Trinidad (6 Nov) - Demerara | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of general cargo and mail | ||
| History | Built as Zenon, 1921 renamed French Arica for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Paris. In June 1940 taken over by Vichy France. On 1 Jun, 1941, the Arica was captured by the Dutch sloop Van Kinsbergen. She had left a French harbour in the Carribean for Dakar on 30 May under escort by the Vichy-French armed merchant cruiser Barfleur, which left her the next day after the ships reached the open Atlantic. The French crew tried to scuttle their ship, but without success. On 4 June, the ship was turned over to the British Authorities in Port of Spain, Trinidad and later transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.15 hours on 6 Nov, 1942, U-160 fired two torpedoes at the convoy TRIN-24 eight miles north of Galera Point, Trinidad and heard explosions after 1 minute 54 seconds and 7 minutes. Lassen claimed two ships sunk with 13000 tons. The first torpedo struck the Arica, which broke in two and sank. The second torpedo probably detonated at the end of its run. Eleven crew members and one gunner from the Arica (Master Beaconsfield Worthington) were lost. The master, 47 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the British armed trawler HMS Lady Elsa (FY 124) (Lt S.G. Phillips DSC) and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad. | ||
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