Ocean Vagabond
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| Name | Ocean Vagabond | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Ocean (British Liberty)) | ||
| Tonnage | 7.174 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Permanente Metals Corp, Richmond CA | ||
| Owner | W.H. Seager & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Jan, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-186 (Siegfried Hesemann) | ||
| Position | 57.17N, 20.11W - Grid AL 2882 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (1 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-115 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Botwood - St.Johns - Hull | ||
| Cargo | wheat, lumber and 3165 tons of sulphite pulp | ||
| History | Completed in July 1942 for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) At 22.25 hours on 29 Sep, 1942, the Ocean Vagabond in convoy HX-209 was torpedoed and damaged by U-513 (Rüggeberg) in 47°31N/52°27W. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.33 hours on 11 Jan, 1943, the Ocean Vagabond (Master John William Smith), a straggler from convoy SC-115, was torpedoed by U-186 south of Iceland and sank at 03.07 hours, following two coups de grâce at 00.59 and 01.45 hours. One crew member was lost. The master, 41 crew members and four gunners were picked up by HMS Wanderer (D 74) (LtCdr D.H.P. Gardiner) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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