Kitching Point

Kitching Point (51˚05'00" 127˚31'00" NE end of Slingsby Channel, NW side of Queen Charlotte Str, SE of Cape Caution). Ordinary Telegraphist Stuart Templeton Kitching, of Victoria, was killed in action on Apr 30, 1941, aged 20. He was serving aboard the RCN troopship Nerissa, which was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat off the coast of Ireland while transporting Canadian troops and civilians to England. More than 200 lives were lost in the tragedy. The 5,064-tonne Nerissa was a Red Cross Line...

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