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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

George Whalen

 

RCN / Fireman, Merchant Navy

 

Died: 03 Dec 1944 at sea

 

Merchant Navy

Book of Remembrance

 

WHALEN, George, Fireman, Merchant Marine, MPK - 03 Dec 1944, SS CORNWALLIS - age 21, son of Mary Whalen, of North Sydney, NS.

 

On 03 December 1944, when Cornwallis was on her return leg from Barbados, she was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Maine by U-1230. Only 5 of the 49 crew survived.

 

Ships served in:

S.S. CORNWALLIS

 

George Whalen (left)  and his best friend, William Quilty. Both served in the RCN and were serving in the SS Cornwallis when they were torpedoed by U-1230. (Source: CVWM)

 


 

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