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