Patrick Morris
Train Ferry · Lost 1970 · The Gulf of St Lawrence
The CN train ferry Patrick Morris foundered in the Cabot Strait on April 20, 1970, while searching for a fishing boat; four of 51 crew died.
Become Captain of Record
The Vessel and Her Loss
Vessel
- 1951
- Canadian Vickers
- Montreal, Quebec
- Steel
- 460 ft
- Not established
- Not established
- Diesel
- Not established
Loss
- April 20, 1970
- Storm
- Cabot Strait, between North Sydney and Port aux Basques
- Atlantic Ocean
- North Sydney, Nova Scotia → Search for the seiner Enterprise
- Not established
- Not established
- 4
- Roland Penney
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- North Sydney, 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).
Maritime History of the Great Lakes — Brookes Scrapbooks, 1970 (Canadian Press report)
Contemporary 1970 report of the ferry sinking in Cabot Strait during the Enterprise rescue; crew of 51, no passengers.
Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador — MV Patrick Morris
51 aboard, 4 died.
