Sunday, July 13, 2014

SS Caribou

John Edward Belleveau, Iceboats to Superferries, An Illustrated History of Marine Atlantic Marine Atlantic 1992
Launched June 5 1925 in Rotterdam, the Caribou was the primary steamer between Newfoundland and Halifax till she was torpedoed by a U-boat on Oct 14 1942. 137 of her 253 passengers and crew perished. The crew was remembered in the poster below.

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