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| Vessels in NS - NF & NF - Lab. FERRY SERVICE A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 1897 - 2001 |
| THE ALPHABET FLEET 1897 - 1924 VESSEL BUILT ACQUIRED OPERATOR FINAL DISPOSITION SS ARGYLE 1897 1897 REID Sold in 1941 Sank in 1946 SS BRUCE 1897 1897 REID Sank in 1911 SS GLENCOE 1899 1899 REID - NR - CNR Scrapped in 1959 SS CLYDE 1900 1900 REID - NR Sold 1948 Sank in 1951 SS DUNDEE 1900 1900 REID Sank in 1919 SS ETHIE 1900 1900 REID Sank in 1919 SS FIFE 1900 1900 REID Sank in 1908 SS HOME 1900 1900 REID - NR Sank in 1948 SS VIRGINIA LAKE 1888 1900 REID Sank in 1909 SS INVERMORE 1881 1900 REID Sank in 1914 SS BRUCE II 1912 1912 REID Sold in 1915 to Russia SS KYLE 1913 1913 REID - NR - CNR Sold in 1959 Grounded in 1962 SS LINTROSE 1913 1913 REID Sold in 1915 to Russia SS MEIGLE 1881 1914 REID - NR Sold in1936 SS SAGONA 1912 1914 REID - NR Sold in 1940 SS PORTIA 1904 1924 NR Sold in 1940 SS PROSPERO 1904 1924 NR Sold in 1937 NEWFOUNDLAND RAILWAY 1925 - 1949 SS CARIBOU 1925 1925 NR Torpedoed in 1942 SS MALAKOFF 1918 1925 NR Transferred to Natural Resources in 1935 SS NORTHERN RANGER 1940 1940 NR - CNR Retired in 1966 Sold for scrap SS BURGEO 1940 1940 NR - CNR " " 1969 " " " SS BACCALIEU 1940 1940 NR - CNR " " 1969 " " " SS MOYRA 1931 1942 NR Sank in 1943 SS RANDOM 1921 1942 NR - CNR Sold in 1961 SS NORCATON 1924 1943 NR Sold in 1946 MV HENRY W. STONE 1942 1944 NR - CNR Sank in 1959 The SPLINTER Fleet 1944 - 1949 MV CLARENVILLE 1944 1944 NR - CNR Sold to CNR in 1949 Sold in 1964 MV BURIN 1945 1945 NR - CNR " " " " " " " 1965 MV CODROY 1945 1945 NR - CNR " " " " " Sank in 1964 MV BONNE BAY 1945 1945 NR Returned to NF government in 1949 MV TREPASSEY 1945 1945 NR " " " " " " MV GLENWOOD 1945 1945 NR " " " " " " MV EXPLOTIS 1945 1945 NR " " " " " " MV PLACENTIA 1945 1945 NR " " " " " MV FERRYLAND 1945 1945 NR " " " " " " MV TWILLINGATE 1945 1945 NR " " " " " " SS BRIGUS 1943 1946 NR - CNR Sold in 1955 SS CABOT STRAIT 1947 1947 NR - CNR Retired in 1974 " for scrap SS SPRINGDALE 1948 1948 NR - CNR " " 1973 " " " SS BAR HAVEN 1948 1948 NR - CNR " " " " " " MV WILLIAM CARSON 1955 1955 CNR Sank in 1977 MV BONVISTA 1956 1956 " Sold in 1987 " " 1992 MV NONIA 1956 1956 CNR - MA Federal Government reasinged to Fisheries MV HOPEDALE 1960 1960 CNR Caught FIRE & SANK in 1984 MV PETIYE FORTE 1961 1961 CNR - MA Sold in 1997 MV TAVERNER 1961 1961 " " Sold in 1997 SS PATRICK MORRIS 1951 1965 CNR Sank in 1970 MV LEIF EIRIKSSON 1964 1966 " Sold in 1976, Sold for scrap in 2001 MV AMDROSE SHEA 1967 1967 " - MA Sold in 1989, Sold for scrap in 2000 MV FREDERICK CARTER 1968 1968 CNR Sold in 1985 MV CERDIC FERRY 1955 1970 CNR** 3 Month Charter MV STENA CARRIER 1970 1970 CNR* Charter ended in 1974 MV JOHN H. GRAY 1968 1968 CNR Scrapped in 2004 On loan from PEI service when ever needed MV L.M. MONTGOMERY 1965 1972 CNR " " " " " " " " MV MARINE CRUSIER 1959 1973 CNR Scrapped in 2005 Sold in 1984 MV STENA TRAILER 1972 1973 CNR* Charter ended in 1974 MV JARL TRANSPORTER 1973 1973 CNR* " " " 1974 MV SEATRADER 1973 1973 CNR* " " " 1976 MV SEA SAILER 1973 1974 CNR* " " " 1975 MV MARINE PACKER 1965 1974 CNR - MA* " " " 1994 MV PERCY M. CROSBIE 1959 1974 CNR* " " " 1977 MV MARINE SPRINTER 1974 1974 CNR - MA* " " " 1996 MV MARINE NAUTICA 1974 1974 CNR - MA* " " " 1987 MV MARINE ATLANTICA 1975 1975 " " * " " " 1986 MV MARINE RUNNER 1975 1975 " " * " " " 1996 MV SIR ROBERT BOND 1975 1975 " " * Turned over to NFLD in 1997 MV STENA NORDICA 1976 1976 CNR* Summertime charter for 6 years MV STENA JUTLANDICA 1973 1982 CNR - MA Went to NS - Ma in 1983 Given to NFL in 1998 Sold in 1999 MV MARINE COURIER 1984 1984 " " Sold in 1996 MV MARINE EVANGLINE 1974 1984 " " Chartered out in 1992 Sold in 1998 MV NORTHERN RANGER 1986 1986 " " Turned over to NFLD in 1997 MV ATLANTIC FREIGHTER 1977 1989 MA MV CARIBOU 1986 1986 MA MC J & C SMALLWOOD 1990 1990 MA MS MAX MOLS 1998 2000 MA *** 160 DayCharter At a cost of $17,000,000 MV LEIF ERICSON 1991 2000 MA Chartered back to Stena for 1 year. COST UNKOWN INDEX Companies - Reid - Reid Railway 1897 - 1924 NR - Newfoundland Railway 1924 - 1949 CNR - Canadian National Railway 1949 - 1986 CNM - Canadian National Marine 1986 ECMF - East Coast Marine Ferries 1986 MA - Marine Atlantic 1986 - *** - Some foreign crew ** - A Charter with foreign crew * - Bare bottom Charter Special Thanks to Gerald Dominey of North Sydney |
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