Divers discover of sunken Canadian ship from WWII off Maine coast

The Boston Globe · Nick Stoico · 2026-11-06 11:00 UTC

The SS Cornwallis was hit with a torpedo from a German submarine on the morning of Dec. 3, 1944, killing 43 people on board. Five survived.

For years, Danny Allan and a team of divers had been searching for a Canadian merchant ship sunk by a German submarine off the Maine coast during World War II.

In July, as the crew conducted its fifth search for the SS Cornwallis, hope was dwindling. As they neared the end of another search lane, a dispirited Allan suggested it was time to move on.

But a fellow diver, Bob Foster, insisted they finish searching that section of the grid, a decision that led the crew to solving a mystery of more than 80 years.

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