The only two female service personnel to have died in their respective services during WWII did so when a U-bo

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The only two female service personnel to have died in their respective services during WWII did so when a U-boat sunk the SS Caribou. Where was the Caribou enroute to at the time?

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Hush - - - don't tell but the S S Caribou was a FERRY - - - yikes, a FERRY in the service of her Country - - - oh the shame no wonder this heroic story has not been seen on the big movie screen - - - gonna toss links and snippets at you....

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-71-1879-12451-11/on_this_day/conflict_war/twt
"""The S.S. Caribou was an 84-metre long steel ship that could carry 284 people or 1,100 tons of cargo. It was built at the A. Goodwin Hamilton Adamson shipyard in Rotterdam, Netherlands at a cost of half a million dollars. The ship launched on June 9, 1925 and arrived in St. John's on Oct. 22, where it made 3,600 crossing between North Sydney, N.S. and Port aux Basques, N.L. for the Newfoundland Railway.
• At about 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, 1942, the S.S. Caribou was about 65 kilometres from its destination of Port aux Basques when it was sighted and torpedoed in the starboard beam by the German submarine U-69. It sank in less than five minutes.
• The ship's sole escort, the minesweeper HMCS Grandmère, attempted to ram the submarine, then dropped six depth charges when the U-boat crash dived.
The S.S. Caribou was carrying 237 people – 46 crewmembers, 73 civilians and 118 Canadian, British and American military personnel. Of that number, 137 men, women and children were killed.

• Among the dead, were 31 of the crewmembers, including the ship's master Ben Taverner, and his sons Harold and Stanley (both first officers), and five other pairs of brothers.
In a rare occurrence, two female personnel were killed in the disaster: Bride Fitzpatrick of the Newfoundland Merchant Navy, and Canadian Nursing Sister Agnes Wilkie. Both were the only women in their respective services to be killed during the Second World War. Another Nursing Sister, Margaret Brooke, was named to the Order of the British Empire for her efforts to save Wilkie's life aboard a life raft.
• Among the civilian casualties were at least five mothers and ten children. """

NOTE /// There are several great Sea Chanteys / Songs about Port Aux Basques---

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Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland

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Port aux Basques Newfoundland

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Port aux Basques

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Port aux Basques - works for radio trivia

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Port aux Basques for CISNFM

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PORT AUX BASQUES 4 radio trivia