Fabian
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| Name | Fabian | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.059 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Nov, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-65 (Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen) | ||
| Position | 02.49N, 15.29W - Grid ET 8944 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (6 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-234 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool (24 Oct) - Capetown - Port Said - Istanbul | ||
| Cargo | 4000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.29 hours on 16 Nov, 1940, the Fabian (Master Montague Hocking), dispersed from convoy OB-234, was torpedoed and sunk by U-65 about 350 miles south-southwest of Freetown. The master and 32 crew members were picked up by the British tanker British Statesman and landed at Freetown. Six crew members were lost. | ||
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