The Night 40 Men Vanished: How HMCS Raccoon Was Lost in Silence
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The Night 40 Men Vanished: How HMCS Raccoon Was Lost in Silence
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Fear that the familiar St. Lawrence was a killing ground: two explosions at 00:12 on September 7, 1942 and forty men vanished into black water while nearby ships did not search for seven hours and fifteen minutes-what happened in that silent gap? Who decided not to act, and why did a converted luxury yacht end up as a frontline escort in a river where ASDIC failed?
In this episode, we follow the life of HMCS Raccoon from private yacht to naval escort and trace the circumstances of her loss off Cap-Chat, Quebec, including the seven-hour lapse when no rescue was mounted; what does that lapse reveal about wartime procedures and the river's hidden dangers?
Person: Charles A. Thorne
Date: September 7, 1942
Location: Off Cap-Chat, Quebec
Event: Two explosions and disappearance of HMCS Raccoon
Complement: 40 men
- Explosion time recorded at 00:12 (twelve minutes past midnight) on September 7, 1942.
- Raccoon began life as the yacht Halonia, launched May 2, 1931, at Bath Iron Works, yard number 146.
- Original size: 361 gross register tons, 148 feet length, 25 feet beam, 10 feet draught, speed 11 knots.
- Purchased for $207,100 by Montye McRae and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy March 1940; commissioned May 17, 1940.
- Post-conversion displacement rose to 377 long tons, armed with one QF 12-pounder and fitted with ASDIC and depth charges; complement set at 40 men.
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