Morrow Island

Morrow Island (50˚43'00" 126˚41'00" E end of Sunday Hbr, S of Eden I, Broughton Archipelago, NE end of Queen Charlotte Str). RCNVR lt David James Morrow, from Vancouver, was killed in action on Nov 24, 1944, aged 28, while serving aboard HMCS Shawinigan. This Flower-class corvette worked mainly as an escort on N Atlantic convoy runs, 1941–44. It was torpedoed by a U-boat while on anti-submarine patrol off S Nfld and sank with the loss of all 91 crew members. Morrow is commemorated on the...

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