SS Kyle
Coastal Steamer · Newfoundland · Lost 1967 · Newfoundland
A veteran Reid Newfoundland Company steamer and sealing ship driven ashore by icebergs at Harbour Grace in 1967, where she remains a shoreline landmark today.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1913 for the Reid Newfoundland Company's Alphabet Fleet, Kyle spent decades as a coastal passenger and freight steamer, including the first regular Labrador ferry service, before conversion to a sealing vessel in the 1960s. On February 4, 1967, ice forced her ashore at Riverhead in Harbour Grace, where she has remained ever since. No lives were lost in the grounding, and the ship is preserved today as a heritage attraction.
Vessel
- 1913
- Official number 133532
- Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson
- Wallsend, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
- Steel
- 220 ft
- 32 ft
- 1055
- Steam
- Reid Newfoundland Company; later Canadian National Railway; later Earle Brothers Ltd.
Loss
- February 4, 1967
- Grounding
- Riverhead, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
- Conception Bay
- Not established
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- 0
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The Wreck Today
- 0 ft
- Largely intact, resting on the shoreline above water.
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Position
- 47.670° N 53.254° W
- Surveyed position
- Riverhead, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
Coordinates as published by the Town of Harbour Grace tourism listing for the grounded vessel.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (88/100)
Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Construction details, ownership history, and grounding date.
Town of Harbour Grace
Location and coordinates of the grounded vessel.
