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Multibeam sonar image of Saganaga shipwreck

High-resolution multibeam sonar image of the Saganaga shipwreck. Shallower features shown in red and orange, deeper objects in blue and purple. The bow of the ship is on […]

Marita and Barry Collings donate U-boat Commander’s artifacts

Marita Collings (right) and Barry Collings (centre) donating Rolf Rüggeberg’s Navy medals, badges and photographs to the Bell Island Community Museum on July 6, 2010. Rüggeberg was commander […]

Rolf Rüggeberg’s German Navy medals and insignia

From left to right: brass Viking ship emblem of U-513, U-boat War Badge, bronze U-boat Combat Clasp, two Iron Cross (first class) medals All belonged to Rolf Rüggeberg […]

HMCS Drumheller

Flower-class corvette Drumheller was a Royal Canadian Navy warship used for anti-submarine patrols and convoy escort in World War II. It carried a crew of 85, and was […]

Back of Seaman’s Memorial, Lance Cove, Bell Island

The back of the stone monument in the Seaman’s Memorial provides the names of the sailors who died in the U-boat attacks and sinkings of SS Saganaga, SS […]

Badge of the British Merchant Navy

Badge of the British Merchant Navy. Worn by all sailors and veterans who served in the British Merchant Navy in wartime.

Badge of the Canadian Merchant Navy

Badge of the Canadian Merchant Navy. Worn by all sailors and veterans who served in the Canadian Merchant Navy in wartime.

Ensign of the Free French Naval Forces in World War II

Ensign of the Free French Navy in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle led the Free French Forces, which split from the French Government in Vichy, France […]

Logo of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom

SS Rose Castle loading iron ore at Scotia pier

SS Rose Castle loading iron ore from the Bell Island iron mines at the Scotia pier in 1942. Ore was carried in ore cars on rails from the […]

Cross-section of Bell Island iron mine shafts

This drawing shows how the shafts of the Bell Island iron mines extended more than five kilometres out under the Atlantic Ocean. Water pumps had to operate 24 […]

Home Page: Detail of Sinking of the Saganaga by Joe Dwyer

A section of the painting Sinking of the Saganaga by Joe Dwyer. The painting shows the explosion as a German torpedo strikes the side of the steamship Saganaga […]