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On February 3, 1941, she set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia. On the 19th, she was sailing with convoy HX-107 when she fell astern in bad weather. At 10:22 p.m., 120 miles (193 km) north-west of Rockall, between Ireland and Iceland, she was hit on the port side by an unexploded torpedo from U-103. She continued on her way. At 11:21 p.m., she was hit by another torpedo. The ship exploded and disintegrated south-east of Iceland, in position 58°50'N/16°30'W. The crew of 36 had jumped ship in the first attack and 29 died on February 28. The date of Denton's death is based on that of the attack, which caused no casualties, but it is between February 19 and 28.
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Page 124 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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HALIFAX MEMORIAL Nova Scotia, Canada
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives.
This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs.
The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea.
The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
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 June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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