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On 16 October 1941, the Bold Venture made the route Baltimore, Pennsylvania, USA, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Liverpool, England, with convoy SC-48. At 0.07 am, she was torpedoed by U-432 in the North Atlantic and quickly sank in position 56°10'N/24°30'W. Of a crew of 34 sailors, 17 lost their lives. The survivors were picked up by the Canadian corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin (K175) and landed in Reykjavik, Iceland, on the 24th.
Digital gallery of Cabin Boy William Arthur Castle
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Cabin Boy William Arthur Castle
Digital gallery of
Cabin Boy William Arthur Castle
Digital gallery of
Cabin Boy William Arthur Castle
Digital gallery of
Cabin Boy William Arthur Castle
Digital gallery of
Cabin Boy William Arthur Castle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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