On October 20, 1940, HMCS Margaree departed Londonderry for Canada with a five-ship convoy, OL.8. Shortly after midnight, October 22nd, about 300 miles (483 km) west of Ireland, with poor visibility, a moonless sky, and rough seas, the Margaree cut across the course of the SS Port Fairy, a British flagged refrigerated ship. Port Fairy’s reinforced bow struck Margaree just forward of the bridge, slicing the destroyer in two. The Margaree’s forward section, which capsized and sank almost instantly, taking with it all officers and most of the crew who were asleep in the forward mess decks. Only the after portion of the ship remained afloat long enough for Port Fairy to rescue survivors. 143 of the crew were lost, 28 were rescued. 31 crew members with connection to Nova Scotia

Armstrong, Arthur Webster Arnott, Robert Sydney Aulenback, George Vallellie Baker, Owen Charles Bingham, Edward John Baston Cann, Malcolm Angus Coxon, Thomas Estabrooks, Vernon Williams Fenerty, Morris St. George Francis, James Augustine Frost, Lawrence Valentine Gray, Harold Frederick Harrington, Edgar Holland, James Robert Keeping, Robert Lindsay, James

MacDougall, Gordon Willard Mara, John Joseph Martin, Merle Garnet Martin, Sidney Francis Maynard, William Henry McLuskie, William Richard Moore, Ronald Joseph Munro, Gordon Withey Norris, Cyril Anthony Penney, Selby Jack Rowe, Frederick Edward Simpkin, Donald Harry Smith, Gordon Elsworth Smith, Robert Borden Wilson, George Reynolds

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