Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
S.S. EMPIRE CARIBOU (London)
WW2
WW2
On the 10th May 1941 when on route from London - Loch Ewe - Boston, Massachusetts carrying a cargo of 2,020 tons of chalk and in Convoy OB-318 she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-556 and sunk about 465 miles southwest of Reykjanes.