One Archives | The Tragic Sinking of S.S. “Caribou”

Written statement of Ernest Kettle on recovery of bodies

This statement is by Ernest Kettle, who was a fisherman from Grand Bay, Newfoundland. He gave it on November 7, 1942 to the Magisterial Enquiry on the recovery […]

Arthur Barrett talks about the loss of his brother on S.S. “Caribou”

Transcript of video: [Sign at the entrance to club: Officers Club, Crow’s Nest (members only)] [Stairway up to club entrance] [Title text: An excerpt from “Fifty Nine Steps to […]

Harriet Burnard and baby daughter were victims

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 J. Lundrigan

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 […]

Premonition of Trouble – William J. Lundrigan interview

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 […]

Gravestone of Second Engineer Thomas Moyst

The gravestone of Second Engineer Thomas Moyst is located in the St. John’s Anglican Cemetery in St. John’s, NL. The inscription on the gravestone reads: Erected by Amelia […]

Gravestone of Captain Benjamin Taverner

The gravestone of Captain Benjamin Taverner is located in St. James’ Anglican Cemetery in Channel-Port aux Basques, NL. The inscription on the gravestone reads: In loving memory of […]

Interview with Paul Taverner

Paul Taverner audio interview transcript: “Paul Taverner, I was born in Port aux Basques April 24th, 1947. And I’m the grandson of the late Benjamin Taverner that went […]

U-69 Commander Ulrich Gräf

Oberleutnant zur See Ulrich Gräf was the commander of U-69 when it attacked and sank S.S. Caribou. He joined the German Navy in 1935. He was serving as […]

Statement given by S.S. “Caribou” Assistant Steward William Currie

William Currie was an Assistant Steward on S.S. Caribou when it sank in 1942. Here is a transcript of a portion of the statement he gave to Newfoundland […]

Able Seaman John Dominie

John Dominie was a 35-year-old member of the crew of S.S. Caribou in 1942. At the time she was torpedoed, Seaman Dominie was manning the wheel in the […]

Sub-Lieutenant Agnes Wilkie

Sub-Lieutenant Agnes Wilkie was a Nursing Sister in the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II. She worked as the assistant matron of the Navy Hospital at H.M.C.S. […]