Magellan
Ship Number
273
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
3 August 1893
Delivered
23 November 1893
Owner
Pacific Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
3590 grt
BP Length
360 feet
Breadth
43 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
12 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion engine
Official No.
102117
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
Magellan

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One funnel, two masts, she carried a crew of 40 and was a coal burner. There was accommodation for 12-2nd class passengers. She was primarily a cargo ship and sailed between the UK and West coast of South America via Cape Horn.
 
On 25th July 1918 she was torpedoed by u-boat UB 50 without warning by submarine and sunk 53 miles NE of Cape Serrat with the loss of one life.
 
[Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.8, Pacific Steam Nav. Co]