Daily Event for August 8


1922: The HMS Raleigh ran hard aground near Point Amour in Labrador. She had been running in the fog when the accident occurred. The wreck remained there until 1926 when she was finally blown up. However debris from the wreck remains to this day.

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Wreck of the HMS Raleigh