Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Ocean Crusader

British steam merchant


This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British steam merchant Ocean Crusader.

Aboard Ocean Crusader when hit on 26 Nov 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishArmstrong, Thomas Pounder, Merchant Navy23Able SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishArnold, Douglas Albert George, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Ocean Crusader +
BritishBainbridge, Edward Eli, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Ocean Crusader +
BritishBell, Thomas, Merchant Navy28FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishBraxton, Cyril Edwin, Merchant Navy17Ordinary SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishBrown, John Frederick, Merchant Navy30GreaserOcean Crusader +
BritishClark, George, Merchant Navy52DonkeymanOcean Crusader +
BritishCook, Harry Wilson, Merchant Navy53Chief Engineer OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishCook, Thomas, Merchant Navy22Third OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishCounsell, Cecil Raymond, Merchant Navy42Second Engineer OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishDadds, James Alexander, Merchant Navy26Third Engineer OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishDaley, Alfred James, Merchant Navy24GreaserOcean Crusader +
BritishDavies, Frederick Llewellyn, Merchant Navy19Ordinary SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishDevey, Kenneth Henry, RN21Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Ocean Crusader +
BritishEdwards, Benjamin, Merchant Navy20FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishFarrugia, Vincent, Merchant Navy28FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishGlass, Hugh, Merchant Navy23GreaserOcean Crusader +
BritishHobbs, Wilfred Harry, Merchant Navy33FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishHunter, Archibald, Merchant Navy18Mess Room StewardOcean Crusader +
BritishJohn, Albert Henry, Merchant Navy28Able SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishJones, William, Merchant Navy28FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishLaking, Norman Kenneth, Merchant Navy26Second StewardOcean Crusader +
BritishMalley, James, Merchant Navy28Fourth Engineer OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishMartin, Roderick, Merchant Navy37Able SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishMatthew, Stanley Rogers, Merchant Navy17Third Radio OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishMcAree, Norman Thomas, Merchant Navy21Ordinary SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishMcCormack, John, Merchant Navy34Chief StewardOcean Crusader +
BritishMcLean, David, Merchant Navy35FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishMcPhee, Alfred, Merchant Navy23Chief CookOcean Crusader +
BritishMinton, William John, Merchant Navy27Second OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishMoseley, Charles, Merchant Navy28FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishNorris, William, British Army24Gunner (DEMS gunner)Ocean Crusader +
IrishO'Brien, John, Merchant Navy30Able SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishO'Dea, Michael, Merchant Navy30FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishPacker, Reginald, Merchant Navy32FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishParry, Ellis Wynne, Merchant Navy36MasterOcean Crusader +
BritishPreece, Thomas John, Merchant Navy34CarpenterOcean Crusader +
BritishPritchard, Ronald Herbert, RN18Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Ocean Crusader +
IrishSheehan, Richard, Merchant Navy53Able SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishSmith, Henry Foggie, Merchant Navy40First Radio OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishThomas, Harold, Merchant Navy43Chief OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishThomson, John Brown, Merchant Navy24Second Radio OfficerOcean Crusader +
BritishTovey, Sidney George, Merchant Navy26FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishVaughan, William Charles, Merchant Navy29FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishWalker, Thomas, Merchant Navy23Able SeamanOcean Crusader +
BritishWard, Roy, Merchant Navy16Mess Room StewardOcean Crusader +
BritishWeaver, George Arthur, Merchant Navy31FiremanOcean Crusader +
BritishWilliamson, Alexander, Merchant Navy30Boatswain (Bosun)Ocean Crusader +
BritishWilliamson, Ernest, Merchant Navy27Assistant CookOcean Crusader +
BritishYates, Henry Charles, Merchant Navy44Able SeamanOcean Crusader +

50 persons found.

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