Ocean Victory was a 7,174 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1942 for the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

The engine, built by General Machinery Corporation, Hamilton, Ohio,[2] could propel her at 11 knots (20 km/h).

Ocean Victory was allocated the Code Letters BDYG and the United Kingdom Official Number 165837.

[5] Convoy MKS 4 departed Bône, Algeria on 22 December 1942 and arrived at Liverpool on 6 January 1943.

Jan Steen had started her voyage at Alexandria, Egypt and was bound for the United Kingdom carrying general cargo and mail.

Jan Steen joined the convoy at Bizerta, Tunisia and left it at Algiers, Algeria.

[8] Convoy MKS 62 departed Port Said, Egypt on 16 September 1944 bound for the United Kingdom.

[9] On 1 January 1947, Jan Steen was involved in a collision with SS Caritas I in the River Scheldt near Vlissingen.