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U-boat attacks at Bell Island, 1942

A vein of waste rock in the former iron ore mine on Bell Island, photographed in 2013.
A vein of waste rock in the former iron ore mine on Bell Island, photographed in 2013. Bell Island iron ore mine · The Tedster · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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In 1942, German submarines U-513 and U-518 made two deadly torpedo attacks on Bell Island, Newfoundland, a vital iron-ore mining and shipping centre. The attacks damaged the Scotia pier, sank four ships and killed Allied sailors, bringing the war home to Newfoundlanders.

Scope & context

The 1942 attacks, not the Battle of the Atlantic as a whole (see CA-K102).

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