Jalabala
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| Name | Jalabala | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.610 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Scindia Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Bombay | ||
| Homeport | Bombay | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Oct, 1943 | Nationality:  Indian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-532 (Ottoheinrich Junker) | ||
| Position | 11.40N, 75.19E - Grid MS - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 80 (5 dead and 75 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Colombo - Bombay - Karachi | ||
| Cargo | 2000 tons of copra and 1800 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.30 hours on 11 Oct, 1943, the unescorted Jalabala (Master James George Conner) was torpedoed and sunk by U-532 west of Cape Comorin, India. Five crew members were lost. The master, 71 crew members and three gunners landed at Calicut on 12 October and Mangalore on 15 October. | ||
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