Margaret Jane
Stern Trawler · Lost 1980 · Nova Scotia & Sable Island
The Lunenburg scallop trawler Margaret Jane was cut down in fog by Cape Beaver near West Ironbound Island on July 31, 1980; four of 18 crew died.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built at Dayspring, Nova Scotia, in 1965 for Adams & Knickle, the Lunenburg scallop trawler Margaret Jane was heading home with an injured crewman on July 31, 1980. Near West Ironbound Island, in dense fog, the new trawler Cape Beaver, on a shakedown cruise with dignitaries and a CBC film crew aboard, sliced into her port side. She sank within two minutes. Four of her 18 crew died, among them 16-year-old Kelly Crouse; a judicial inquiry followed.
Vessel
- 1965
- Snyder's Shipyard
- Dayspring, Nova Scotia
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- Diesel
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Loss
- July 31, 1980
- Collision
- Near West Ironbound Island, about 6 km from Lunenburg
- Atlantic Ocean
- Scallop grounds → Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
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- 4
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
No pin: no surveyed wreck position in the sources used.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
Based on a published secondary account; original records were not independently inspected.
Article narrative of construction, voyage and loss (secondary summary of cited books and newspapers).
Lunenburg stern trawler built 1965; struck by Cape Beaver on 31 July 1980.
