Magdalena
| Name | Magdalena | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,118 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Smith, Hogg & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | West Hartlepool | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Sep 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Heinrich Bleichrodt) | ||
| Position | 57.20N, 20.16W - Grid AL 2881 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (31 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-3 (straggler) | ||
| Route | St. Johns - Sydney - Holyhead - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 4600 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Completed in June 1923 as Dutch Magdalena for NV A.C. Lensenīs Stoomvaart Mij, Terneuzen. 1932 transferred to British flag for Lensen Shipping Ltd (Cornelius A. Lensen), London. 1939 sold to Smith, Hogg & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.49 hours on 18 Sep, 1940, the Magdalena (Master Frederick Allen), a straggler from convoy SC-3, was hit by one torpedo from U-48 south of Iceland and sank within ten minutes. The master, 29 crew members and one gunner were lost. | ||
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