Goodwin - Hamilton S. Adams Ltd. Rotterdam, Netherlands
Launched
Schiedam Netherlands 9 June 1925
In service
1928–1942
Out of service
14 October 1942
Fate
Sunk by German U-boat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 14 October 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage
2,200 long tons (2,200 t)
Length
265 ft (81 m)
Speed
14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Capacity
3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Crew
46
Notes
Information about ship specifications from Gibbons (2006)[1]
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 participated in thrice-weekly convoys between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. A German submarine attacked the convoy on 14 October 1942 and Caribou was sunk. 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. Her sinking is cited by many historians as the most significant sinking in Canadian-controlled waters during the Second World War.[2]
SSCaribou was a Newfoundland Railway passenger ferry that ran between Port aux Basques, in the Dominion of Newfoundland, and North Sydney, Nova Scotia...
sister who tried to save another person during the sinking of the ferry SSCaribou during World War II. Margaret Brooke was ordered in 2011, laid down in...
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to Auschwitz or Majdanek. 14 October — A German U-boat sinks the ferry SSCaribou, killing 137. 23 October—4 November – World War II – Second Battle of...
another vessel, the Malakoff, was brought into service. In 1925, the SSCaribou began its service on the Gulf run. The Newfoundland Royal Commission,...
during the night of 14 October 1942, the Newfoundland Railway ferry, SSCaribou was torpedoed by German U-boat U-69 and sunk in the Cabot Strait with...
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Newfoundland Railway. Upon being replaced on the Nova Scotia run by the new SSCaribou, Kyle was moved in 1926 to the route between Carbonear and Labrador ports...
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Memorial in Newfoundland, Civilian losses were due to the sinking of the SSCaribou in October 1942. ^AO New Zealand The Auckland War Museum puts the number...
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