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S/S OSTENDE

Lost during the Second World War

48crew
2lost
Tonnage
4,438 GRT
Date
21 January 1943
Four survivors of this ship - Van Houtte Basile, Forment Jules, Haveneers André and Bruyninckx Georges - died ten months later in the loss of the Carlier.

Crew list (48 names)

The voyage

Sunk
21 January 1943
RankNameNationalityFate
Master (Kapitein)Pierrard AlfredSurvived
1st Officer (1ste officier)Van Riet AdolpheSurvived
2nd Officer (2de officier)Blonde FrançoisSurvived
3rd Officer (3de officier)Terrie LéonSurvived
Radio Officer (Marconist)De Norman d'Audenhove GuySurvived
Carpenter (Timmerman)Luyten JozefSurvived
Boatswain (Bootsman)Augustus JanSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Gerachty AndrewUnited KingdomSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Harber ArthurUnited KingdomSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Helsen GustaafSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Holme JamesUnited KingdomSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Lavellee FabianUnited KingdomSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Muller PierreSurvived
Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos)James EdwardUnited KingdomWounded
Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos)Lee WilliamUnited KingdomSurvived
Chief Engineer (Hfd-werktuigk.)Van Heurck LouisSurvived
2nd Engineer Officer (2de mecanicien)Windey FransSurvived
3rd Engineer Officer (3de mecanicien)Van Houtte BasileSurvived
4th Engineer Officer (4de mecanicien)Petrusson LouisSurvived
Greaser (Smeerder)†Da Silva OmarBrazilLost
DonkeymanDos Santos JoaquimBrazilSurvived
DonkeymanWathy JeanSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Cunningham WilliamUnited KingdomSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Da Silva OctavioBrazilSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)De Jonghe AlfredSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Dos Santos ManoelBrazilSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)†Dos Santos ThiagoPortugalLost
Fireman (Stoker)Gomes RaymundoBrazilSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Lemoine AdolfSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Myles GeorgeUnited KingdomSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Pereira JoaoBrazilSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Clark WilliamUnited KingdomSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Freak AdamUnited KingdomSurvived
Fireman (Stoker)Palmer ChristopherUnited KingdomSurvived
StewardBruyninckx GeorgesSurvived
Messroom Steward (Messroom-steward)Londin CornelisSurvived
Assistant Steward (Assistant-steward)Forment JulesSurvived
Cook (Kok)Brasseur RaphaëlSurvived
2nd Cook and Baker (2de kok-bakker)Haveneers AndréSurvived
Cook (supernumerary) (Kok suppl.)Put MarcelSurvived
Cook's Mate (Koksmaat)Miller AlbertUnited KingdomSurvived
GunnerBury EmmanuelSurvived
GunnerDe Graeve LouisSurvived
GunnerDe Tiege AlfonsSurvived
GunnerRidley RaymondUnited KingdomSurvived
GunnerSchobbens PierreSurvived
GunnerSibley WilliamUnited KingdomSurvived
GunnerVermonden AlexanderSurvived

Convoys (20)

From the Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Convoys only, not independent voyages: a ship sailing alone does not appear. See the convoy page.

ConvoyDepartedRouteSunk
OB.2083 September 1940Liverpool - Dispersed
HX.8714 November 1940Halifax – Liverpool
OB.26628 December 1940Liverpool - Dispersed
OB.29023 February 1941Liverpool - Dispersed9 sunk
HX.12325 April 1941Halifax – Liverpool
SC.319 May 1941Halifax – Liverpool
OB.34817 July 1941Liverpool – Halifax
SC.435 September 1941Sydney CB – Liverpool
WN.18321 September 1941Oban – Methil
EC.8819 October 1941Southend – Clyde
EN.13 November 1941Methil – Oban
ON.347 November 1941Liverpool - Dispersed 46.18N 52.40W
SC.633 January 1942Sydney CB - Dispersed1 sunk
SC.8926 June 1942Sydney CB – Liverpool
ON.1208 August 1942Liverpool - Dispersed
SC.10326 September 1942NYC – Liverpool1 sunk
WN.35016 October 1942Oban – Methil
EN.16318 November 1942Methil – Loch Ewe
ON.14823 November 1942Liverpool – NYC
SC.11527 December 1942NYC – Liverpool2 sunk

Sources

Crew list from the printed source.