SS Caribou
SS Caribou was a Newfoundland Railway passenger ferry that ran between Port aux Basques, in the Dominion of Newfoundland, and North Sydney, Nova Scotia between 1928 and 1942. During the Battle of the St. Lawrence the ferry was attacked and sunk by the Nazi German submarine U-69 in October 1942, while traversing the Cabot Strait as part of her three weekly SPAB convoys. As a civilian vessel, she had women and children on board, and many of them were among the 137 who died. Her sinking, and large death toll, made it clear that the war had really arrived on Canada's and Newfoundland's home front, and is cited by many historians as the most significant sinking in Canadian-controlled waters during the Second World War.
SS Caribou
SS Caribou was a Newfoundland Railway passenger ferry that ran between Port aux Basques, in the Dominion of Newfoundland, and North Sydney, Nova Scotia between 1928 and 1942. During the Battle of the St. Lawrence the ferry was attacked and sunk by the Nazi German submarine U-69 in October 1942, while traversing the Cabot Strait as part of her three weekly SPAB convoys. As a civilian vessel, she had women and children on board, and many of them were among the 137 who died. Her sinking, and large death toll, made it clear that the war had really arrived on Canada's and Newfoundland's home front, and is cited by many historians as the most significant sinking in Canadian-controlled waters during the Second World War.
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Die Caribou war eine 1925 in D ...... ffsunglück in der Cabotstraße.
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SS Caribou was a Newfoundland ...... s during the Second World War.
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1942-10-14
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1925-06-09
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Sunk by GermanU-boatin theGulf of St. Lawrence, 14 October 1942
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Port aux Basques, Newfoundland to Nova Scotia
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Die Caribou war eine 1925 in D ...... ffsunglück in der Cabotstraße.
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SS Caribou was a Newfoundland ...... s during the Second World War.
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Caribou (Schiff)
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SS Caribou
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Caribou
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