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Sinking of the Saganaga by Joe Dwyer

painting of cargo ship with a torpedo exploding in its side

Painting: © 2003 Joe Dwyer

Photo: © 2019 Daniel Rees, with permission of the Bell Island Community Museum and the Dwyer family

Painting of the Sinking of the Saganaga by Joe Dwyer. The painting shows the explosion as a German torpedo strikes the side of the steamship Saganaga on September 5, 1942. A second ore ship, Lord Strathcona, is anchored in the background.

This painting is on display in the Bell Island Community Museum, donated by the Cambridge Newfoundland Club.