MV Patrick Morris

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

MV Patrick Morris was a train ferry regulated by the Canadian National Railway (CN) that sank on her run from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland during a storm in the early morning of 20 April 1970 while responding to a mayday call from the Newfoundland-based 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.

  1. ^ McNeil, Greg. "Remembering the sinking of the Patrick Morris". Retrieved 25 October 2020.