Visual Art Archives | When World War II Came to Bell Island, Newfoundland

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.

Logo of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom

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 […]

Sinking of the Saganaga by Joe Dwyer

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

British Merchant Navy propaganda poster

Poster showing a British supply convoy in rough seas. Several merchant ships are escorted by a Royal Navy warship and two aircraft overhead. The slogan on the poster […]

Painting: ASDIC Hut, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Drumheller

This painting depicts three sailors in the ASDIC (sonar) hut aboard a Royal Canadian Navy corvette. Two of the sailors are wearing headphones and listening for submerged enemy […]

British Merchant Navy recruiting poster

This recruiting poster shows a British Merchant Navy officer in uniform holding binoculars and a coxswain at the wheel of their cargo ship. The poster’s slogan reads: “The […]

German Navy (Kreigsmarine) recruiting poster

Poster shows a German Navy officer in dress uniform with a U-boat and German naval ensign in the background. Kreigsmarine is German for German Navy (in World War […]

Emblem of U-boat U-518

The emblem shows the head of a tiger biting a merchant ship

Interior layout of a German Type IXC U-boat

Type IXC U-boats carried a crew of 48 and were armed with 22 torpedoes and a 105mm deck gun. Their top speed on the surface was 18 knots […]