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
Transcript of audio clip: Male voice: Nursing Sister Margaret Brooke and her colleague Nursing Sister Agnes Wilkie were returning from leave when they boarded the S.S. Caribou on […]
Lieutenant James Cuthbert was the commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper H.M.C.S. Grandmere. Grandmere was the Navy escort for S.S. Caribou on October 14, 1942, when […]
Photo captioned “Nursing Sister Brooke, a dietician at the Royal Canadian Naval Hospital, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 17 July 1943“ Nursing Sister Margaret M. Brooke was born in Ardath, […]
This poster was produced by H. Thornhill in Corner Brook in 1944. It includes photos of S.S. Caribou and the 31 crew members killed in the sinking along […]
This advertisement slogan asks readers to “Remember the CARIBOU” and “Buy Victory Bonds!” It was published in the Sydney Post-Record newspaper just 2 weeks after the sinking of […]
One stern torpedo was fired by U-69 at 08:21 German Summer Time (or 03:51 Newfoundland Daylight Time) that sank S.S. Caribou. Since U-69 was running on the surface […]
This frame taken from the CBC TV News video of the 50th anniversary commemoration at the Caribou Memorial in Channel-Port aux Basques on October 14, 1992. The ceremony […]
This photo of Percy Moores was taken in World War II, when he was a sailor in the Royal Navy. Since Newfoundland was a British colony and not […]
Transcript of CBC TV News interview with S.S. Caribou survivor Percy Moores on the 70th anniversary of the sinking in 2012: [Female TV News anchor in a studio […]
Shipyard plans for the construction of the steamship Caribou by the New Waterways Shipbuilding Company in Schiedam, the Netherlands in 1925. The ship’s length was 84.3 metres (265 […]
S.S. Caribou was a steam merchant vessel of 2,222 gross registered tons. The ship was built by the New Waterways Shipbuilding Company in Schiedam, the Netherlands in 1925, […]
