Courage at Sea

Courage at Sea: Newfoundland Sailors in the Great War is a collection of more than forty World War I stories involving the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve and the Newfoundland merchant seamen who delivered goods to Europe in aid of the Allied war effort. Many foreign-going vessels carrying Newfoundlanders were apprehended en route by German U-boats and shelled, torpedoed, or boarded and bombed. Some of the crews were let go, but others were less fortunate.



Some of the stories included are . . .



Newfoundland’s First Decoration: Leander Green’s Storm

Men of Burgeo Rendezvous with the Enemy

Torpedoed Three Times in Three Weeks

The Story of Michael Foley, Harbour Grace

Dictator’s Crew as Prisoners of War

A War off Saint Pierre: SS Erik

Great Honours to a Man from Pilley’s Island

The Halifax Explosion: A Reservist Writes Home



. . . plus many more.



Robert C. Parsons is a winner of the Polaris Award and the author of more than twenty-five books on the nautical history of Newfoundland and Labrador. His book Courting Disaster: True Crime and Mischief on Land and Sea was a Globe and Mail bestseller.