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Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MAGDAPUR (1945-1970 General cargo liner of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool) Own Page

T & J Brocklebank cargo ship MAGDAPUR strikes bank of Hooghly River at Garden Reach, Calcutta
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage8,466

The T & J Brocklebank cargo ship MAGDAPUR which was on passage from Chalna (Bangladesh) to Corpus Christi (Texas, USA) – probably with a cargo of jute – left Calcutta on 18 March and, in the early hours of 19 March, struck the Hooghly Bank off Garden Reach and possibly damaged her rudder.

   MAGDAPUR returned to Calcutta and a diver was engaged to inspect the rudder.