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FAR AWAY BUT CLOSE TO HOME - CIVILIANS STORIES |
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Convoy : A lot of ships all going along together.
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Chezzetcook
wrecks Cargo ships used to sail out in convoys. A ship on its own was sure to be sunk. The Germans had submarines under the water and they would torpedo ships and blow them up. The navy ships would go with the convoy trying to keep submarines away. They would sail at night. The ships would start off from Halifax to go to England or Russia, and some would make it. Others only lasted a day or so at sea. A day or two later some would be towed back by tug-boats. The naval ships would be hooked on to them. Sometimes only half of a ship would return, the bow having been blown off and sunk. Some of the ships only made it as far as Chezzetcook. There are still some wrecks of ships that sunk off Chezzetcook. I think there might be three or four of them.
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