SS Caribou | the album Caribou. It
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| Built: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Commissioned: | 1925 |
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| Home Port: | St. John’s, Newfoundland |
| Fate: | Sunk by German U-boat in the Cabot Strait, October 14, 1942 |
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| Speed: | 14.5 knots |
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| Named After: | Caribou |
SS Caribou was a passenger ferry used by the Newfoundland government’s ferry service between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and North Sydney, Nova Scotia. Caribou was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-69 and sunk in the Cabot Strait during the night of October 14, 1942. Caribou was carrying 45 crew and 206 civilian and military passengers. 137 lost their lives, many of them Newfoundlanders. {Of the deceased-2 were rescued but died of exposure+remains of 34 victiums were found}
Caribou was built in 1925 at Rotterdam, Netherlands for the Newfoundland Railway. Launched in 1925, she had a capacity of 3,000 horsepower and was able to reach a speed of 14.5 knots when fully loaded. She also had steam-heat and electric lights in all of her cabins, a luxury at the time. Due to her ice-breaking design, the Caribou also assisted during the seal hunt along the Newfoundland coast each spring.
See also
- Newfoundland Railway
- Marine Atlantic
- CN Marine
External links
- Railway-Coastal Museum
- Canadian Military Heritage
- Paper on topic
- The History of the Nursing Sisters of Canada
- The Last Voyage of the S.S. Caribou Includes a list of victims and survivors.
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