Octavian
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| Name | Octavian | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,345 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Nylands Verksted, Oslo | ||
| Owner | Hilmar Reksten, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-203 (Rolf Mützelburg) | ||
| Position | 45N, 60W - Grid BB 6655 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 17 (17 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Galveston (9 Jan) - St. Johns | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.21 hours on 17 Jan, 1942, the unescorted Octavian (Master Jens L. Dahl) was hit by two torpedoes from U-203 and immediately sank off Cape Race, Newfoundland. The ship had been reported missing with a crew of 16 Norwegians and 1 British on board. | ||
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