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Son of Phidime Bazinet and Marie Sophie Gratton of Cornwall, Ontario.
She was on the St. John's, Newfoundland - Halifax, Nova Scotia, route when on January 4, 1945, at 5:00 p.m., while sailing with convoy SH-194 from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to Halifax, she was hit by a torpedo launched from U-1232 4 miles (6.5 km) off Halifax, position 44°30'N/63°00'W. Her bow was blown off, but the ship remained afloat. Two sailors were killed. The wreck was towed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, and repaired.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Hercule Ulric Bazinet
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Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Hercule Ulric Bazinet
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 92 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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