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She was on the St. John's, Newfoundland - Halifax, Nova Scotia, route when on 4 January, 1945, at 5 PM, 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.
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Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL
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Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star, February 10, 1945, page 15. -
Newspaper Clipping
Page 2 of the Story of convoy attack in the Toronto Star, February 10, 1945, page 15.
Digital gallery of
Chief Officer John Thomas Carroll
Digital gallery of
Chief Officer John Thomas Carroll
Digital gallery of
Chief Officer John Thomas Carroll
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 108 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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