Magpie HMS 1955
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:39 pm
HMS MAGPIE was a sloop of the modified 'Black Swan' class with a displacement of 1430 tons. Length 299ft. main armament 6- 4inch guns.
MAGPIE assisted, along with STARLING and WILDGOOSE in sinking the German submarine U-592 SW of Ireland 31st January 1944. Together with STARLING and KITE she sank U-238 in the same area 9th February 1944.
Magpie was scrapped in 1959.
George Pulham, Log Book August 1995.
Tristan da Cunha SG568
MAGPIE assisted, along with STARLING and WILDGOOSE in sinking the German submarine U-592 SW of Ireland 31st January 1944. Together with STARLING and KITE she sank U-238 in the same area 9th February 1944.
Magpie was scrapped in 1959.
George Pulham, Log Book August 1995.
Tristan da Cunha SG568