Ocean Viceroy
British Steam merchant
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| Name | Ocean Viceroy | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Ocean (British Liberty)) | ||
| Tonnage | 7,174 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Permanente Metals Corp, Richmond CA | ||
| Owner | P. Henderson & Co, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-662 (Heinz-Eberhard Müller) | ||
| Position | 46° 44'N, 16° 38'W - Grid BE 5635 | ||
| Complement | 57 (5 dead and 52 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-126 | ||
| Route | Pepel - Sunderland | ||
| Cargo | Iron ore | ||
| History | Completed in July 1942 for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) In 1948 the Ocean Viceroy was sold to Clan Line Ltd and renamed Clan Kenneth. 1958 sold to Greece and renamed Omonia II for Cia Concordia de Nav SA, Piraeus. | ||
| Notes on event | At 22.50 hours on 29 March 1943, U-662 fired a spread of four FAT torpedoes and one G7e torpedo at convoy SL-126 about 425 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre. Two hits on a first ship were heard, one hit on a second and the last torpedo was considered to be a hit on a third ship. The U-boat had sunk Empire Whale and Umaria and damaged Ocean Viceroy, but the order in which the ships were hit is unclear. | ||
| On board | We have details of 11 people who were on board. | ||
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