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
His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Grandmere was a Bangor-class minesweeper built by Canadian Vickers in Montreal in 1941 for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was armed with a 3-inch […]
This undated photo shows Captain Benjamin Taverner and a crewman on the bridge of S.S. Caribou. Captain Ben Taverner (1880-1942) was a mariner, born in Trinity, Trinity Bay, […]
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 image of S.S. Caribou was the cover of a map of the Newfoundland railway and steamship system in 1928. The brochure reads “S.S. Caribou, only 8 hours […]
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.
The graves of Corporal Herbert Elkin and Aircraftsman 2nd class Lawrence W. Truesdale, both of the Royal Canadian Air Force, are located in the Gander War Cemetery in […]
