Military service
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On 15 January 1945, the Narva was sailing from Naples, Italy, to Alexandria, Egypt, with military equipment when it exploded about 100 miles (160 km) north-west of the Libyan coast. Sixteen sailors lost their lives. The cause of the explosion was never determined. No German submarine has claimed responsibility for sinking it.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Thomas Edward Spencer Collier
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Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL
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Dedication
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Thomas Edward Spencer Collier
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Thomas Edward Spencer Collier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 115 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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