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Name: MAGDALA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/12/1913
Completed: 04/1914
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 216
Dimensions: 3509grt, 2214nrt, 360.0 x 52.0 x 23.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 365nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1914 Oscar Wallenberg (Det Østasiatiske Kompagni), Copenhagen
1915 A/S D/S Orient, Copenhagen
1923 Rethymnis, Arvanitidi & Co, Syra; renamed CHELATROS
1924 Pnevmaticos, Rethymnis, Yannaghas & Co, Syra
1927 Kassos Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Pnevmaticos, Rethymnis, Yannaghas & Co), Syra
03/11/1941 Wrecked
Comments: 03/11/1941: Stranded on Brion Island, Magdalens, on a voyage from
Montreal and Sydney NS to Liverpool with a cargo of aluminium


Above photo as MAGDALA is copyright of the Bangsbo Museum

Above photo as MAGDALA is copyright of the Bangsbo Museum

Jarrow Express, Friday, 02/01/1914