SS Huntingdon was a refrigerated steam cargo liner that was built in Germany in 1920 as Münsterland.

The United Kingdom took her as war reparations and sold her to the Federal Steam Navigation Company, who renamed her Huntingdon.

Münsterland was given the UK official number 145104 and code letters KGWL and registered in London.

[9] By 1930 Huntingdon's tonnages had been slightly revised to 10,951 GRT and 6,929 NRT, and her navigation equipment included wireless direction finding.

The turbines increased Huntingdon's fuel efficiency, and raised her total power to 1,270 NHP.

By 1940 her navigation equipment included an echo sounding device and her tonnages were revised to 10,946 GRT and 6,806 NRT.

[13] At 0235 hrs on 24 February the Italian submarine Michele Bianchi hit Huntingdon with one torpedo, which blew a large hole in the port side of her number one hold.