Sinking of a sub, "maybe"

Submarines could be a hard target to confirm sinking. They could try to trick the navy into thinking it had sunk it by releasing debris and oil from its torpedo tubes. Mr Carroll describes a night that the ship he was on with the HMCS Sackville, a corvette, were credited with a "maybe" in the sinking of an enemy sub.

Francis Carroll

Mr. Carroll was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1916. He was one of 12 children, six girls and five boys. In 1927 he moved to Rockingham. Mr. Carroll's father was a bookkeeper in Halifax. For a few years during the depression of the 1930s Mr. Carroll served in the CNS, Canadian National Steamship service. He spent two to four years aboard CNS Boat Two, the Prince Henry, before joining the Navy in 1939. Mr. Carroll served aboard the HMCS Acadia, a ship that is now docked in Halifax harbour and serves as part of a naval museum. Mr. Carroll's services took him on the Triangle run, a route that included Boston to Halifax to Newfoundland. In 1941 Mr. Carroll married and had two children. After the war he worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs at Camp Hill Hospital in the re-establishing of credit to Veterans. In 1950-51 he managed to get a job at the dock yards in Halifax as a timekeeper where he worked for 29½ years before retiring.

Medium:

Video

Owner:

Veterans Affairs Canada

Duration:

01:59

Person Interviewed:

Francis Carroll

War, Conflict or Mission:

Second World War

Location/Theatre:

Canada

Battle/Campaign:

Battle of the Atlantic

Branch:

Navy

Units/Ship:

Acadia

Occupation:

Steward

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