The Tragic Sinking of S.S. "Caribou" The Tragic Sinking of S.S. “Caribou” South West Coast Historical Society & Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador
The death toll from the sinking of S.S. Caribou was greater than any other ship lost in Canadian and Newfoundland waters during World War II. There were 238 […]
Mrs. Harriet Burnard (nee Sheppard) was 23 years old when she boarded S.S. Caribou with her 8-month-old daughter Shirley. Both mother and baby drowned when the ferry sank […]
This photo shows the some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who survived the sinking of S.S. Caribou and were picked up by the Navy escort ship H.M.C.S. […]
This sketchmap shows the attack made by the German submarine U-69 on the ferry S.S. Caribou in the early morning of October 14, 1942. The U-boat attacked the […]
An English translation of the page of the logbook of German submarine U-69 for October 14, 1942 has the following entries: 05.34 German Summer time (01:01 Newfoundland time): […]
This shipwreck image was captured using multibeam sonar on the wreck of S.S. Saganaga off Bell Island, Newfoundland. This ship was also sunk by a German U-boat in […]
Photos shows 15-month-old Leonard Shiers, held by his rescuer Ralph Rogers, on the stern of H.M.C.S. Grandmere on October 14, 1942. Both Leonard and his mother, Gladys Shiers, […]
Photo shows some of the S.S. Caribou survivors and crewmen of H.M.C.S. Grandmere on the stern deck of the minesweeper after they were rescued from the Cabot Strait […]
This is the transcript of an interview that author Cassie Brown recorded with Corner Brook businessman William J. Lundrigan, who survived the sinking of S.S. Caribou: “I booked […]
The headline on the front page of the Corner Brook, Newfoundland newspaper, the Western Star, on October 23, 1942 reads: “137 Lose Lives in the Caribou Tragedy.” Story […]
The headline on the front page of the Sydney, Nova Scotia newspaper, the Sydney Post-Record, on October 17, 1942 reads: “137 Lose Lives in Caribou Tragedy: Newfoundland Ship […]
S.S. Caribou in undated photograph.
