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Submarine attacks

During WW2 more than 3000 merchant vessels were attacked by German U-boats. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, unrestricted submarine warfare broke out in the Caribbean Sea and surrounding waters. Many Allied merchant ships fell victim to torpedoes and grenades of German submarines. On our islands a number of foreign seaman were buried who were victims of those attacks.

BURTON, James Todd

3rd Engineer, tanker Pedernales, Lago Shipping Co. (UK) Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK), …
FA KING

2nd Cook, tanker Rosalia, Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij (CSM) Unknown (China), appr. 1905 …
LITTLE, Horace Russell

Chief Cook, tanker McDowell, Marine Transport Lines Inc., New York (USA) Unknown …
MICHELSEN, Jens P.

Captain, tanker Leda, Standard Oil Co. (Panama) Aarhus (Denmark), 9 July 1889 …
MOMBELARDI, Lawrence

Machinist, tanker Cities Service Missouri, Baltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. (USA) …
YONG AH CHONG

Sailor, tanker Rosalia, Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij (CSM) Unknown (China), appr. 1890 Caribbean …

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José René Prince from Maracaibo
June 21, 2026 at 5:25 pm

My grand father was a Schutterij, Stamboeknummer 4052

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Michael Nuboer from Venice, Florida USA.
May 10, 2024 at 9:31 pm

Michel Wilhelm Nuboer (1916-1980) left Paramaribo in 1941/42 as an Assistant in the engine’s department of a freight ship bound to Curaçao during the Second World War. The ship may have likely been carrying aluminum aggregates for making fighter planes in the U.S. as cargo. Upon arrival, he probably was a gunner first, but then became a Medical Assistant stationed on Bonaire. During the 1960s - 1974+ he was a First Aid Medical Trainer in the Volunteer Corps Curaçao (VKC). On August 21st , 1969, Michel Wilhelm Nuboer received the Order of Orange-Nassau (no. 122) from Her Majesty the Queen.

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Anna Hartmayer from Alexandria VA
March 14, 2023 at 2:17 am

Hello I am doing some research on Coast Guard deaths and I am trying to find out more information on how James Patrick Hayes died. It appears he was attached to the Coast Guard Cutter 475 at the time of his death. Any information that you might have would be greatly appreciated. thank you Anna

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Sorayma Carty from Amsterdam
January 2, 2023 at 11:52 pm

Zeer verrast om te ontdekken dat mijn vader Pedro Henrietta (stamboeknummer 6268) als schutter tijdens de oorlog meevocht. Graag wil ik weten waar ik inhoudelijk informatie kan vinden. Ik ben dankbaar dat ik dit nog ontdekt heb. Het verklaart zoveel over zijn karakter en de lieve herrineringen dat ik van hem heb. Helaas was hij op 50 jarige leeftijd door een bedrijfsongeval komen te overlijden.

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Karl George Kunkle from Seattle
September 16, 2022 at 7:36 pm

I'm trying to contact Commander Ros Rozenburg about the impending memorial this November (Nov. 12, 2022) in Willemstad. Thanks, Karl G. Kunkle - [email protected]

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