MV Patrick Morris

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Patrick Morris en route to North Sydney, NS from Port-aux-Basques, NL in 1965

MV Patrick Morris was a

herring seiner FV Enterprise.[1]
The ship's Captain Roland Penney was given permission to leave North Sydney ahead of schedule to assist the distressed wood-hulled fishing vessel .No passengers were aboard Patrick Morris when she set sail shortly before midnight for the rescue mission on 19 April.

Construction

Built for the West India Fruit and Steamship Company by Canadian Vickers Ltd. of Montreal, Quebec in 1951, the 460-foot vessel was named New Grand Haven and operated as a railcar ferry between Palm Beach, Florida and Havana, Cuba until 1959 when Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba and business declined due to the United States Trade Embargo. In 1961, the company sold all six of its ferries.

The Government of Canada bought New Grand Haven, converted her to diesel, and renamed her Patrick Morris to honour Irishman Patrick Morris, a Newfoundland colonial politician. The ship was affectionately known by the nickname Paddy Morris; she became CN's first train ferry to serve the North Sydney-Port aux Basques route.

Loss

Patrick Morris departed North Sydney, NS shortly before midnight on 19 April before her regularly scheduled departure time

Cape Smokey
at a depth of 300 ft (91 m).

References

  1. ^ McNeil, Greg. "Remembering the sinking of the Patrick Morris". Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ Gillis, Rannie (13 July 2009). "The Patrick Morris sank while taking part in a dangerous rescue mission". Cape Breton Post. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

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