Reginald Bolton

Rank:Fire/Trim
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:Merchant Navy
Name of Rgt or Ship:S.S. Ocean Courage (Liverpool)
Died:15/01/1943Age:42
Country of burial:Lost at Sea
Cemetery or Memorial:Tower Hill Merchant Navy Memorial
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Fireman & Trimmer.

The Ocean Courage was built in 1942, its gross register tonnage was 7,173,
it was a cargo ship on charter to the British Ministry of War Transport.

In the Atlantic, 200 miles south of the Cape Verde Islands, travelling
independantly from Pepel to the U.K. via Freetown and Trinidad, with a
cargo of 9,000 tons of iron ore and mail, she was torpedoed by U-182 and
sunk in position 10.52N  23.28W.   7 of her crew were rescued by the
British ship Silver Walnut and landed at Norfolk, Virginia, but 44 crew,
plus 2 stowaways were lost.
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