German U-boat attack on S.S. “Caribou” ferry

Transcript of video about the sinking of S.S. Caribou by U-69:

On October 14^th 1942, U-69 and

[a German submarine diving under the surface of the ocean]

its commander Ulrich Gräf

[portrait of a German Navy officer in uniform]

were hunting for Allied shipping in the Cabot Strait.

[a German Navy officer looking through a submarine periscope]

Just after midnight, they spotted a passenger ferry

[a submarine periscope breaking the surface of the ocean]

and its Navy escort heading for Newfoundland.

[underwater view of submarine; German Navy officer at periscope]

After a three-hour pursuit,

[view of a merchant steamship through a periscope]

U-69 maneuvered into attack position.

[submarine crew firing a torpedo]

It fired one torpedo from the stern tube,

[view of torpedo speeding through the water]

hitting the Caribou amidships on the starboard side.

[torpedo exploding in the side of a steamship; German sailor cheering]

The damage was so bad that the ferry sank in less than 6 minutes.

[crippled merchant ship sinking in the ocean with sailors jumping over the side]