[6] Nova Scotia's 1,047 NHP quadruple expansion steam engine was fed by five 215 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a total heating surface of 16,095 square feet (1,495 m2).

[9] The CORB scheme was then discontinued because of the great loss of life when German submarine U-48 sank Ellerman Lines' City of Benares on 17 September.

[11] In the autumn of 1942 Nova Scotia left Port Tewfik in Egypt and sailed down the Red Sea to Massawa[12] in British-occupied Eritrea, where she put US troops ashore and embarked Italian prisoners of war.

[13] She also called at the British Colony of Aden[4] and then proceeded southwards unescorted, carrying over 750 Italian prisoners of war[12] and civilian internees and 3,000 bags of mail bound for Durban, South Africa.

[4] Nova Scotia had passed through the Mozambique Channel and was off the coast of Natal Province, South Africa, when at 7:15[4] on the morning of 28 November the German submarine U-177 hit her with three torpedoes.

[4] The BdU requested help from Portugal, which sent the frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque from Lourenço Marques[4] in neighbouring Mozambique.

[12] The frigate rescued 130 Italian internees, 42 guards, 17 crew members, three military and naval personnel, one DEMS gunner and one passenger.

[4] 858 people died: 650 Italian internees, 96 crew members, 88 South African guards, 10 DEMS gunners, eight military and naval personnel, five passengers, and Nova Scotia's master.