SS Amiral Magon was a French ocean liner converted into a troopship in World War I, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 28 January 1917 with 203 casualties.
Amiral Magon was built as an ocean liner for service between France and French Indochina. The ship was operational between 1905 and 1914, when she was requisitioned by the French Army and converted into a hospital ship in 1914 and later into a troopship for use in World War I.
On 25 January 1917 she was sailing from Marseille for Thessaloniki with another troopship, SS Pampa, escorted by the French destroyer Arc, with some 935 soldiers and 80 crew on board. She was attacked and torpedoed at 11:10 by German U-boat U-39, commanded by Walther Forstmann. She sank within 10 minutes, 160 nautical miles (300 km; 180 mi) west of Antikythera, causing the death of 203 soldiers. There were also many horses on board. The survivors were rescued by Arc and by another French destroyer, Bombarde, which arrived at the site at 17:00.
Sourcesedit
40ème Régiment d'Infanterie: testimonies of soldiers on board 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
Technical data, discussions 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
Wreck site
Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Amiral Magon". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.
amiral, magon, 1904, amiral, magon, french, ocean, liner, converted, into, troopship, world, which, torpedoed, sunk, mediterranean, january, 1917, with, casualties, amiral, magonhistory, france, namess, amiral, magon, ownerchargeurs, réunis, havre, builderatel. SS Amiral Magon was a French ocean liner converted into a troopship in World War I which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 28 January 1917 with 203 casualties Amiral MagonHistory France NameSS Amiral Magon OwnerChargeurs Reunis Le Havre BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint Nazaire Completed1904 FateTorpedoed and sunk on 28 January 1917 General characteristics TypeOcean liner Tonnage5 566 GRT Length119 metres 390 ft 5 in Beam15 2 metres 49 ft 10 in Height8 metres 26 ft 3 in Installed power2 900 metric horsepower 2 133 kW Speed12 knots 22 km h 14 mph Capacitypassengers Amiral Magon was built as an ocean liner for service between France and French Indochina The ship was operational between 1905 and 1914 when she was requisitioned by the French Army and converted into a hospital ship in 1914 and later into a troopship for use in World War I On 25 January 1917 she was sailing from Marseille for Thessaloniki with another troopship SS Pampa escorted by the French destroyer Arc with some 935 soldiers and 80 crew on board She was attacked and torpedoed at 11 10 by German U boat U 39 commanded by Walther Forstmann She sank within 10 minutes 160 nautical miles 300 km 180 mi west of Antikythera causing the death of 203 soldiers There were also many horses on board The survivors were rescued by Arc and by another French destroyer Bombarde which arrived at the site at 17 00 Sources edit40eme Regiment d Infanterie testimonies of soldiers on board Archived 2015 04 02 at the Wayback Machine Technical data discussions Archived 2015 04 02 at the Wayback Machine Wreck site Helgason Gudmundur Ships hit during WWI Amiral Magon German and Austrian U boats of World War I Kaiserliche Marine Uboat net 35 29 24 N 20 01 12 E 35 4900 N 20 0200 E 35 4900 20 0200 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Amiral Magon 1904 amp oldid 1178532269, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
