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The French liner Amiral Magon SS was carrying 900 French troops from Marseille (France) to Salonika (Greece) when, on January 28th, 1917, she was torpedoed by German submarine U-39 and sunk, 160 miles West of Antikythera Island (Greece). The liner remained afloat for only ten minutes and most of the persons on board were lost.
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References
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Passenger steamer Amiral Magon – Ships hit by U-boats – German and Austrian U-boats of World War One – Kaiserliche Marine – uboat.net [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/256.html (accessed 3.01.22).
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WRECKSITE – AMIRAL MAGON OCEAN LINER 1904-1917 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134707 (accessed 3.01.22).
