On 4 Nov 1941 the Panamanian-registered steam merchant ship, the S.S. 'Crusader' was to have sailed with Convoy SC-53 on a voyage from Baltimore USA, to Sydney, Nova Scotia, and on to Liverpool, England. Because of thick fog 'Crusader' was unable to join the convoy and so was reported to be missing. It carried a load of general cargo, including foodstuffs, cotton, iron and steel and was crewed by 34 seamen.
At 03.37 hours on 14 November, U-561 fired three torpedoes at the unescorted steamer, causing it to stop after two hits and then to quickly sink. Although no survivors or lifeboats were sighted by the German submarine, it was later reported that one member of S. S. Crusader's crew, a Brazilian coal passer from Rio de Janeiro, was the lone survivor of Crusader; he was held POW at Milag Nord in Germany and was released in 1945.
NOTE: Fireman Carrière was accepted for commemoration as war dead on 25th February 2017, his name to be added to the Halifax Memorial.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'Crusader'(America)
Fireman Armand Carrière is commemorated on Page 272 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Inscription on the HALIFAX MEMORIAL….
1914 1939
1918 1945
IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY, ARMY
AND MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY SHALL ENDURE
At 03.37 hours on 14 November, U-561 fired three torpedoes at the unescorted steamer, causing it to stop after two hits and then to quickly sink. Although no survivors or lifeboats were sighted by the German submarine, it was later reported that one member of S. S. Crusader's crew, a Brazilian coal passer from Rio de Janeiro, was the lone survivor of Crusader; he was held POW at Milag Nord in Germany and was released in 1945.
NOTE: Fireman Carrière was accepted for commemoration as war dead on 25th February 2017, his name to be added to the Halifax Memorial.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'Crusader'(America)
Fireman Armand Carrière is commemorated on Page 272 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Inscription on the HALIFAX MEMORIAL….
1914 1939
1918 1945
IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY, ARMY
AND MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY SHALL ENDURE
On 4 Nov 1941 the Panamanian-registered steam merchant ship, the S.S. 'Crusader' was to have sailed with Convoy SC-53 on a voyage from Baltimore USA, to Sydney, Nova Scotia, and on to Liverpool, England. Because of thick fog 'Crusader' was unable to join the convoy and so was reported to be missing. It carried a load of general cargo, including foodstuffs, cotton, iron and steel and was crewed by 34 seamen.
At 03.37 hours on 14 November, U-561 fired three torpedoes at the unescorted steamer, causing it to stop after two hits and then to quickly sink. Although no survivors or lifeboats were sighted by the German submarine, it was later reported that one member of S. S. Crusader's crew, a Brazilian coal passer from Rio de Janeiro, was the lone survivor of Crusader; he was held POW at Milag Nord in Germany and was released in 1945.
NOTE: Fireman Carrière was accepted for commemoration as war dead on 25th February 2017, his name to be added to the Halifax Memorial.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'Crusader'(America)
Fireman Armand Carrière is commemorated on Page 272 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Inscription on the HALIFAX MEMORIAL….
1914 1939
1918 1945
IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY, ARMY
AND MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY SHALL ENDURE
At 03.37 hours on 14 November, U-561 fired three torpedoes at the unescorted steamer, causing it to stop after two hits and then to quickly sink. Although no survivors or lifeboats were sighted by the German submarine, it was later reported that one member of S. S. Crusader's crew, a Brazilian coal passer from Rio de Janeiro, was the lone survivor of Crusader; he was held POW at Milag Nord in Germany and was released in 1945.
NOTE: Fireman Carrière was accepted for commemoration as war dead on 25th February 2017, his name to be added to the Halifax Memorial.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'Crusader'(America)
Fireman Armand Carrière is commemorated on Page 272 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Inscription on the HALIFAX MEMORIAL….
1914 1939
1918 1945
IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY, ARMY
AND MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY SHALL ENDURE
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