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Post by Administrator on Oct 14, 2020 19:07:09 GMT
Canadian War MuseumThe struggle on the Atlantic between Allied navies and German submarines brought the naval war into Canada, turning the river and Gulf of St. Lawrence into a battleground. On October 14, 1942, the ferry SS Caribou and 137 passengers and crew, among them women and children, were lost when the German submarine U-69 torpedoed the ship. Caribou was a passenger ferry operating between Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland, and Sydney, Nova Scotia. Torpedoed in the Cabot Strait between the two ports, Caribou sank in four minutes. This print commemorates Caribou and the 31 members of its 46-person crew lost in the sinking. This led to popular outrage in Newfoundland and Canada over the targeting of a passenger ferry. ![](//storage.proboards.com/2430120/thumbnailer/SpRCdslaKBIPQqcfCSdc.png) Memorial Poster.
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Post by Administrator on Oct 15, 2020 1:18:39 GMT
The Loss of SS Caribou October 14, 1942: A bit more via the Wartime Heritage Association:LINK
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