Ships hit by U-boats


Ship Types

Ocean (British Liberty) class merchant ships


The Ocean (British Liberty) class ship Ocean Vanguard. She was hit by U-515 on 13 Sep 1942.

Below are the merchant vessels of the Ocean (British Liberty) class:
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Loss dateName of shipTonsNat.U-boatCommander
8 Feb 1942Ocean Venture7,174 U-108Klaus Scholtz
3 May 1942Ocean Venus7,174 U-564Reinhard Suhren
3 Sep 1942Ocean Might7,173 U-109Heinrich Bleichrodt
13 Sep 1942 Ocean Vanguard7,174 U-515Werner Henke
22 Sep 1942Ocean Voice7,174 U-435Siegfried Strelow
29 Sep 1942Ocean Vagabond (d.)7,174 U-513Rolf Rüggeberg
7 Nov 1942Ocean Justice7,173 U-505Peter Zschech
26 Nov 1942Ocean Crusader7,178 U-262Rudolf Heinz Franke
11 Jan 1943Ocean Vagabond7,174 U-186Siegfried Hesemann
15 Jan 1943Ocean Courage7,173 U-182Asmus Nicolai Clausen
15 Mar 1943 Ocean Seaman (t.)7,178 U-380Josef Röther
29 Mar 1943Ocean Viceroy (d.)7,174 U-662Heinz-Eberhard Müller


Legend:
(t.) means the ship was declared a total loss.
(d.) means the ship was damaged in the action.

12 instances of Ocean (British Liberty) class ships hit by U-boats.

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