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On 17 January 1942, Octavian was en route from Galveston, Texas, to St John's, New Brunswick, when she was torpedoed at 11:21 am by U-203 and sunk off Cape Race, Newfoundland, position 45°00'N/60°00'W. All 17 crew members perished. The ship was reported missing when she was due to arrive on the 18th.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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