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		As HMS Barham covers a supply mission, she is hit to the NW of Alexandria 1941 - HMCS St Clair (ex USS Williams) and HMS Mashona attacked by 5 German bombers, west of Galway Bay, Ireland.
		1945 - HMCS Lockeport departed Canada for UK 1945 - Destroyer USS Sarsfield launched 1945 - HMCS Nene arrived Sheerness in preparation for return to RN 1945 - Departed UK, with ON-305, last westbound convoy WW.II.
		HMCS Jonquiere and HMCS St Stephen 1945 - Departed St. John's with convoy HX-358, for UK.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/may/27May.txt (4446 words)

	U-boat Operations
		U-boats returned to Canadian waters in 1942 during the Battle of the ATLANTIC, with improved technology and a dual strategic plan: attack single ships in order to prevent the formation of convoys and to pin down armed forces that might otherwise be deployed in European waters.
		Built in 1942, HMCS Halifax was typical of the cheap, seaworthy corvettes built to counteract the German U-boat menace (courtesy Library and Archives Canada/PA-145502).
		The sinking of the Sydney to Channel-Port Aux Basques ferry, SS Caribou, 14 Oct 1942 with the loss of 137 lives was considered the worst inshore disaster of the battle.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC829430 (434 words)

	Canada's Navy: HMCS MONTREAL - About the Ship
		Fifty members of HMCS Montréal travelled from Den Helder, Netherlands to France to visit the battlefields of Vimy Ridge and Beaumont-Hamel on April 3.
		From Vimy it is a one-hour drive to the town of Albert in the Somme region to visit the battlefield of Beaumont-Hamel.
		Unfortunately, training and experience mean little when faced with a storm of machine-gun fire and German defeces are dug deeply into the ground far from the effects of the artillery’s shrapnel.
	www.navy.forces.gc.ca /montreal/news/ship_news_e.asp?category=11&id=405 (840 words)

	Peter Black's column for 11/05/99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The greatest loss of life in any one attack was the sinking of the ferry Caribou as it made its way from Sydney on Cape Breton Island to Port aux Basque in Newfoundland.
		The Caribou was torpedoed in the early morning of Oct. 14, 1942, sending 136 people to a sea grave.
		Among the dead was the only Canadian Navy nurse to die in an enemy attack in the war; her friend and fellow nurse who tried to save her was awarded a high honor for gallantry.
	archive.pressrepublican.com /Archive/1999/11_1999/11051999pb.htm (669 words)

	Unterseeboot 69 (1940) at AllExperts
		Early in the moring, the Caribou was spotted, primarily because she produced a lot of smoke, and thus was silouetted against the phosphorescent sea.
		This controversy, which raged in Canada in the weeks which followed her destruction, was further complicated by the presence of at least 57 military personnel from Britain, Canada and the United States on board, thus actually legitimising her as a military target.
		Controversy also surrounded the actions of HMCS GrandmÃ©re, a minesweeper that was escorting the ferry (thus heightening her military appearance).
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/un/unterseeboot_69_(1940).htm (948 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - Submarines attack in the St. Lawrence
		On October 13th, 1942, it surfaced under a moonless sky, and attacked the ferry, S.S. Caribou, unseen from her escort, HMCS Grandmère.
		Escort commanders are instructed to remain in close contact with their convoy to ensure protection at all times; rescuing imperiled ships or hunting down enemy submarines must never deprive the convoy of a needed escort.
		The stern of HMCS Saguenay was blown off by the explosion of its depth charges after being rammed by a freighter on 15 November 1942.
	www.junobeach.org /e/2/can-eve-mob-gol-ep.htm (2088 words)

	St Johns Cathedral Battle of the Atlantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The parade moves east along 24th Street from HMCS UNICORN, led by a colour party and the band of RCSCC JERVIS BAY.
		In 2002 the preacher at the service was the Reverend Gary Sinclair, chaplain at the Dundurn army base who had served in Vietnam with the American forces.
		HMC ships and Canadian manned warships that were lost or constructive total losses due to all causes 1939-45 were:
	www.sasktelwebsite.net /stjohns/atlantic.html (803 words)

	91 die in sinking of HMCS Shawinigan - "On This Day" - CBC Archives
		On the morning of Nov. 24, 1944 the crew of HMCS Shawinigan headed into Newfoundland's Cabot Strait to patrol the waters and protect passenger ferries from deadly U-boats.
		HMCS Raccoon and HMCS Charlottetown were also lost.
		In October 1942, a U-boat sunk the a ferry called the SS Caribou killing 137 passengers and crew.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-71-1953-12688-10/on_this_day/conflict_war/twt (649 words)

	NIGHT OF THE CARIBOU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		And on October 14, 1942, the passenger ferry Caribou was torpedoed on her regular overnight run from Sydney, NS, to Port-aux-Basques.
		He also recounts the story of her escort, the minesweeper HMCS Grandmè and the controversial actions she took in the hours following her terse wireless message to naval headquarters in Sydney : Caribou torpedoed, 3:40 a.m.
		First published in 1988, Night of the Caribou remains the definitive work on a sinking that brought the horrors of the war at sea home to Canadians and Newfoundlanders as no other had.
	www.espritdecorps.ca /new_page_133.htm (283 words)

	Naval Museum of Manitoba - HMCS Shawinigan Commemoration - 5 May 02
		On Sunday 5 May 2002, at HMCS CHIPPAWA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, the annual service that commemorates the Battle of the Atlantic was held in honour of HMCS SHAWINIGAN and the nine Manitobans that perished on a fateful Nov 1944 night.
		HMCS SHAWINIGAN was commissioned on September 19, 1941 at Quebec City.
		HMCS SHAWINIGAN was one of three Canadian warships that have been lost with all hands.
	www.naval-museum.mb.ca /battle_atlantic/shawinigan (1533 words)

	Cadets Canada - RCSU (Atlantic) \|Introduction
		HMCS AVALON hosted their First Graduation Parade on July 27th, 2006.
		Here at HMCS AVALON, the cadets receive points for barracks inspection, uniform inspection, parade marks, sports tabloid as well as a sports tabloid poster, divisional song, safety poster and safety in general, and the number of times each division receives best bunk and best room during morning rounds.
		Approximately one hundred and twenty cadets attend the camp during the duration of the summer.
	www.regions.cadets.forces.gc.ca /atl/avalon/articles2/1051_e.asp (769 words)

	The Heaviest Blow of All - Veterans Affairs Canada
		It was the Sydney to Port aux Basques ferry Caribou, which was sunk by U-69 in Cabot Strait during the early morning hours of October 14, 1942.
		As the U-boat’s torpedoes struck home, the ferry’s lone escort, HMCS Grandmère rushed in to ram the attacker, and then dropped a pattern of six depth charges when the submarine crash dived.
		More than any other event, the loss of the Caribou revealed to all Canadians our vulnerability to seaward attack and brought home the fact that the war was not just a European show.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/battlegulf/caribou (707 words)

	U-boat sinks SS Caribou off Newfoundland - "On This Day" - CBC Archives
		on Oct. 14, 1942, the S.S. Caribou was about 65 kilometres from its destination of Port aux Basques when it was sighted and torpedoed in the starboard beam by the German submarine U-69.
		• The sinking of the Caribou was a final event in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which saw 23 ships downed and at least 340 people killed at the hands of German U-boats (short for "Unterseeboot".) These submarines penetrated the St. Lawrence River and got within 300 kilometres of Quebec City.
		It revealed to Newfoundlanders and Canadians alike that the war was not a distant European event, but an immediate threat to their own shores.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-71-1879-12451-11/on_this_day/conflict_war/twt (607 words)

	Former HAIDA Crewmembers
		I commissioned the HMCS Haida in NewCasle on Tyne England (ca 1943) Was one of the radio operators and came back with the Haida to Halifax Nova Scotia.
		During that period, I served in Haida in 1950 and was drafted to HMCS Nootka, Aug 29, 1950.
		I was a former wooden Hooky aboard HMCS Haida from 1956 to 1959 and was a TAS rate (sonar).
	www.hmcshaida.ca /formcrew.html (7654 words)

	Prince Robert: Atlantic
		In 1941, HMCS Skeena was escorting a convoy near the coast of Newfoundland when, running short of fuel, she was forced to break away and make for St.
		The corvette HMCS Charlottetown was commissioned in December 1941 and assigned to the Western Local Escort Force.
		And always there was the knife-edge suspense: at any moment, the sighted periscope, the wail of action stations, the white wake of a torpedo across the bow, the fireball and blast of an exploding tanker, the distant cries of survivors in an oil-slicked, burning sea.
	www.airmuseum.ca /rcn/prat01.html (7993 words)

	War at Sea: Canadian Presence in Newfoundland in World War II: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Americans allowed RCN and RN forces to use its floating dock at Argentia, but even though the repair/refit facilities there were only operating at 75 per cent workload, the Admiralty reserved them for the exclusive use of British escort groups.
		HMCS Avalon facilitated the “safe and timely arrival” of the Atlantic convoys from the darkest hours of the Battle of the Atlantic right up to the end of the war.
		Even though St. John’s was initially only conceived to be at best a temporary ocean escort base, HMCS Avalon ultimately developed into one of the most important Allied naval bases established in the North Atlantic during the Second World War.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /law/war_at_sea.html (1241 words)

	On the Rocks: Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia
		CARIBOU was torpedoed by U 69 on her regular run between Cape Breton and Newfoundland.
		Her escort, the minesweeper HMCS GRANDMERE had only short range ASDIC (sonar detection) and no radar.
		She did not detect the submarine but sighted it after the attack, giving chase with depth charges as the submarine dove.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mma/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=826 (176 words)

	U-boat sinks SS Caribou off Newfoundland - "On This Day" - CBC Archives
		on Oct. 14, 1942, the S.S. Caribou was about 65 kilometres from its destination of Port aux Basques when it was sighted and torpedoed in the starboard beam by the German submarine U-69.
		• The sinking of the Caribou was a final event in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which saw 23 ships downed and at least 340 people killed at the hands of German U-boats (short for "Unterseeboot".) These submarines penetrated the St. Lawrence River and got within 300 kilometres of Quebec City.
		It revealed to Newfoundlanders and Canadians alike that the war was not a distant European event, but an immediate threat to their own shores.
	archives.radio-canada.ca /IDC-1-71-1879-12451-11/that_was_then/conflict_war/twt (607 words)

	Sinking of the S.S. Caribou: War at Sea: Canadian Presence in Newfoundland in World War II: Newfoundland and Labrador ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Gulf of St. Lawrence was found to be the richest hunting ground and during what became known as the Battle of the St. Lawrence, U-boats attacked seven convoys, sank 20 merchantmen, a loaded troopship, and two Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) warships.
		The Sydney to Port aux Basques ferry SS Caribou left Sydney at approximately 9:30 p.m., on October 13, 1942.
		He misidentified the 2222-ton Rotterdam-built Caribou and the 670-ton Grandmere as a 6500-ton passenger freighter and a “two-stack destroyer.” At 3:40 a.m., according to Grandmere’s log, a lone torpedo hit the Caribou on her starboard side.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /law/caribou_sinking.html (1240 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - My War - Bob Bromley MN
		Gunlayer Jones subsequently died from this injury and was buried at sea from HMCS Ottawa prior to her being torpedoed.
		Unfortunately the HMCS Ottawa was later torpedoed and only five of our crew survived, those being the Third Mate, Chief Cook, Second Cook, Galley Boy and a Fireman.
		After a few weeks I learnt that the “Caribou” had been torpedoed with a large loss of life including many of the wives and children of R.A.F men who were on board and were going to Halifax to visit their husbands.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/stories/53/a1945253.shtml (1224 words)

	hmcs Churchill
		Poor radio conditions, attributed to sunspot activity, dogged HMCS Labrador during her 1956 mission in the waters of the Canadian Eastern Arctic.
		One shore station which stolidly settled down and dealt with this tangled traffic was HMCS Churchill, the naval radio station at Churchill, Manitoba.
		In July 1966, HMCS Churchill became CFS Churchill then closed its doors in 1968 and the property reverted to the control of Public Works Canada.
	www.jproc.ca /rrp/church.html (6104 words)

	Fatal Casualties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Since the tragic loss of the ferry Caribou, ferries on this route were always escorted.
		Exactly four minutes later, HMCS SHAWINIGAN disappeared in a plume of water and a shower of sparks.
		HMCS SHAWINIGAN was one of three Canadian warships that have been lost with all hands.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /fatalities/chhsfat.htm (1896 words)

	History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1940 - Dec 1949
		Caribou's top speed was 14.5 knots, and she was specially designed for maneuvering in heavy ice.
		The sinking of the SS Caribou, in the Cabot Strait, with the loss of 135 lives in October 1942...
		It was used for tests, and was sunk southwest of Newfoundland on 21 October 1947 by gunfire from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Nootka and New Liskeard.
	www.alts.net /ns1625/nshist19.html (10032 words)

	New Harper’s Mews » Blog Archive » Canadian Elections 4 — Defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the worst situation, HMCS Chicoutimi caught fire on her maiden voyage out of drydock.
		One sailor died of smoke inhalation; the remainder of the crew was rescued.
		Modern transportation makes the job somewhat easier; but when you own thousands of square kilometers where the only regular inhabitants are usually polar bears and caribou, you won’t always know when a submarine form one of your regional neighbors comes poking up through the ice pack.
	harperbruce.net /?p=116 (1430 words)

	History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1940 - Dec 1949
		Caribou's top speed was 14.5 knots, and she was specially designed for maneuvering in heavy ice.
		The sinking of the SS Caribou, in the Cabot Strait, with the loss of 135 lives in October 1942...
		It was used for tests, and was sunk southwest of Newfoundland on 21 October 1947 by gunfire from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Nootka and New Liskeard.
	alts.net /ns1625/nshist19.html (10032 words)

	RCSU(A) - HMCS Avalon - Welcome to HMCS Avalon
		Cadet Warren is on a three week sailing course here at HMCS AVALON and is hoping to gain her Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) level three during her time here.
		HMCS SUMMERSIDE and HMCS MONCTON entered St. John's Harbour with a warm welcome from the HMCS AVALON Band and opened their boats for tours.
		The cadets at HMCS AVALON are enjoying their extra free time as the await the arrival of their peers from the Maritimes.
	www.cadets.net /atl/avalon/articles2/DU_e.asp (3156 words)

	Musée naval de Québec
		Officially, there are no reports of enemy presence upstream from Rimouski, but on one particular night in the Fall of 1942, the lookout on Chaleur IV detected the rapid approach of a strange faint blue underwater light heading towards the Lafleur River.
		Nonetheless, while powerless during the first six months of operations, it is from this barracks, the only visible remains of the Battle of the St. Lawrence on Île d'Orléans, that the fate of twenty or so merchant ships and two warships is known.
		Despite the organization of escorted convoys, there were hundreds of victims, 130 on board the torpedoed ferry SS Caribou on October 14, 1942.
	www.mnq-nmq.org /english/vivez/impacts/chaleur4.htm (1753 words)

	2006 Review: News North / Yellowknifer
		This month the campaign to either build a new school for Yellowknife Catholic Schools or transfer one from Yellowknife Education District No.1 heated up with both boards growing increasingly frustrated with the territorial government failing to meet their needs.
		In light of rapidly declining caribou numbers, the territorial government decided to restrict this year's hunt.
		The HMCS Yellowknife's bell was pledged to City Hall, to be cared for while the ship underwent a total retrofit.
	www.nnsl.com /yir2006/06yirYKR.html (4125 words)

	Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's WW11 Nazi subs killed in Canada column
		There is no direct link between a peace-time incident aboard a submarine and marine warfare six decades ago, except the fact that Canada, through the purchase of the used British vessels, is in theory preparing itself for mortal combat under the seas.
		That year's spree ended with the sinking of the ferry boat SS Caribou on Oct. 14, 1942, killing 136 people, many of them civilian women and children, bound from Sydney, Nova Scotia, to Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland.
		The captain of the U-boat had stumbled upon the ship as he was preparing to return across the Atlantic for repairs.
	www.tomifobia.com /black/nazi_subs.shtml (782 words)

	Naval Museum of Manitoba - Canadian Naval History
		HMCS BRAS D'OR (2nd) - Bras D'or Hydrofoil
		HMCS FORT WILLIAM - BANGOR Class (41-42 Programme) Minesweeper
		HMCS LEVIS (2nd) - RIVER Class 43-44 Programme Frigate
	www.naval-museum.mb.ca /cgi-bin/db_search.cgi?setup_file=rcnships.set (1991 words)

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