Mina Swim
Schooner · Newfoundland · Lost 1917 · Newfoundland
A ten-dory banking schooner out of Burin vanished with all 23 hands in a February 1917 storm and was never found.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Mina Swim was a two-masted, ten-dory banking schooner built in Essex, Massachusetts in 1904 and purchased by the LeFeuvre Brothers of Burin in 1907. She fished the Grand Banks and the Labrador coast each season. In February 1917 she left Burin bound for the fishing grounds and was caught by a violent storm that night; she was never seen again. All 23 men aboard, mostly from communities on the Burin Peninsula, were lost.
Vessel
- 1904
- Not established
- Essex, Massachusetts
- Wood
- 82 ft
- Not established
- 60
- Sail
- LeFeuvre Brothers, Burin
Loss
- February 1, 1917
- Storm
- At sea, en route from Burin toward the fishing grounds
- Atlantic Ocean off the Burin Peninsula
- Burin, Newfoundland → Fishing banks (Quero)
- Not established
- 23
- 23
- John Jarvis
The Wreck Today
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Burin, Newfoundland
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)
The exact date of loss, precise location, and cause (storm versus wartime hazard) are not conclusively established in the sources reviewed.
Newfoundland's Grand Banks (Genealogical and Historical Data)
Build details, ownership, crew list, and loss narrative.
