Ocean Courage
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| Name | Ocean Courage | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Ocean (British Liberty)) | ||
| Tonnage | 7.173 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp, Portland ME | ||
| Owner | Hain SS Co, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Jan, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-182 (Asmus Nicolai Clausen) | ||
| Position | 10.52N, 23.28W - Grid EJ 8994 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (46 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Pepel - Freetown - Trinidad - UK | ||
| Cargo | 9000 tons of iron ore and mail | ||
| History | Completed in June 1942 for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | On 15 Jan, 1943, the unescorted Ocean Courage (Master Thomas Harold Kemp) was torpedoed and sunk by U-182 about 200 miles south of the Cape Verde Islands. The master, 41 crew members, two gunners and two stowaways were lost. Six crew members and one gunner were picked up by the British merchant Silverwalnut and landed at Norfolk, Virginia. | ||
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