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
This map shows the location of foreign military bases built in Newfoundland during World War II. During the war, Newfoundland was a British colony and had not yet […]
This newspaper ad was in the Western Star a month after the sinking of S.S. Caribou. The ad indicated that Dr. M.F. Ronan of Nova Scotia was offering […]
This photo shows sailors boarding a wooden lifeboat on the side of a large Royal Navy warship in World War II. Nautical terms: Amidships – halfway along the […]
An unidentified blonde-haired baby boy was buried in Hardwood Hill cemetery in Sydney, Nova Scotia on October 17, 1942. The boy had survived the sinking of S.S. Caribou […]
Fifteen-month-old Leonard Shiers was the youngest survivor of the sinking of S.S. Caribou. In this photo, he is shown with a nurse at the City Hospital in Sydney, […]
Ceramic and silver salt and pepper shaker set from S.S. Caribou dining room. This salt and pepper set were removed from the ferry prior to its sinking. It […]
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 […]
William James Lundrigan was a prominent businessman in Corner Brook, Newfoundland during World War II. He was born in 1901 in Blaketown, Newfoundland. His account of surviving the […]
This undated photo shows seven ship’s officers in uniform aboard S.S. Caribou as well as three other men in civilian clothes.
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 […]
