Armed Yacht HMCS Raccoon Torpedoed 1942
Guarding Convoy QS-33 in the St. Lawrence River, escort vessell HMCS Raccoon was attacked and sunk by a lurking U-boat. Four merchant ships were also capsized. Aboard the HMCS Raccoon, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve sailors’ eyes scanned the surface waves for enemy vessels. The ASDIC provided underwater acoustics, pinging and listening for echoes of lurking […]
