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
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, […]
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, […]
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, […]
Assistant Steward William Currie was 31 years old when S.S. Caribou was sunk in 1942. In this undated photo, he is standing beside his elderly mother. You can […]
