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

Lloyd Rees

Photograph of teenager Lloyd Rees standing on the Lance Cove wharf with his bicycle during World War II. You can read Lloyd Rees’ teenage memories of the Bell […]

Emma Rees

Photo of Emma Rees of Lance Cove, Bell Island. Survivors of the 1942 Bell Island sinkings were brought to several homes in Lance Cove, including the home of […]

Rick Stanley Interview on Remembrance Day 2019

Rick Stanley is the owner of Ocean Quest Adventures, which is a scuba diving operator in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. On November 11th each year (Remembrance […]

David Rees Interview and Virtual Tour, Lance Cove, Newfoundland

David Rees shares stories from his grandmother Emma Rees of how survivors from the two German U-boat attacks and sinkings in 1942 were cared for in Emma’s home […]

Scuba Divers Commemorate Remembrance Day on Shipwreck

A group of scuba divers place a cross with poppies on the P.L.M. 27 shipwreck for Remembrance Day 2017. Ocean Quest Adventures takes local scuba divers out to […]

75th Anniversary of U-boat Attacks and Sinkings at Bell Island

The 75th anniversary of the U-boat attacks and sinkings at Bell Island took place at Lance Cove, Newfoundland on September 16, 2017. This photo shows members of Branch […]

Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland & Labrador

The Honourable Frank Fagan (on right), Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland & Labrador, delivers a speech of remembrance at the commemoration ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the U-boat attacks […]

Diver swims through a torpedo hole in shipwreck

A female scuba diver swims through a torpedo hole in the hull of one of the Bell Island shipwrecks. The thick steel plates of the hull are bent […]

Video of Canadian Forces divers removing unexploded shells

Video of clearance divers from the Royal Canadian Navy’s Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) removing unexploded artillery shells (also called unexploded ordnance or UXO) from two of the Bell […]

Video of German U-boat attacks at Bell Island in 1942

Video shows German newsreel of U-boat crews attacking Allied merchant ships with torpedoes. Transcript of narration: On September 4th 1942, U-513 under the command of captain Rolf Ruggeberg […]

Diver Luc Michel recovers a sextant from Rose Castle shipwreck

In 2015, scuba diver Luc Michel (on left) recovered a navigational sextant from the Rose Castle shipwreck. On the right in the photo is Rick Stanley of Ocean […]

Navy divers handling unexploded artillery shell

Canadian Forces clearance divers from the Fleet Diving Unit – Atlantic lift an unexploded artillery shell recovered from the SS Rose Castle shipwreck. The divers are Leading Seaman […]