SS NEWFOUNDLAND

'SS ''Newfoundland''' was a sealing ship from whose crew complement 78 sealers lost their lives on the ice during extreme weather conditions in March 1914.
Both the captain of the Newfoundland and the captain of the nearby sealing vessel, the SS ''Stephano''— who happened to be the father of the captain of the ''Newfoundland''— thought that the men were safely aboard the other man's vessel.^[1]
This disaster occurred during the same storm in which the SS ''Southern Cross'' sank.
The ship continued in service for many years, was mobilized as part of the merchant navy and during peace time acted as a passenger liner, usually pointing her bow towards Boston or Liverpool.^[2],^[3]
This event was the subject of the book ''Death on the Ice'' by Cassie Brown, and a 1991 National Film Board of Canada documentary ''I Just Didn't Want to Die": The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster.'' [1]

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References

1. Death on the Ice, Memorial University Archives''
2. Passenger lists for various boats, including several voyages of the SS Newfoundland from 1923-1931, can be found at Newfoundland Ship Passenger Lists at ngb.chebucto.org/Passenger/index.shtml''
3. Passenger list for the SS Newfoundland, sailing from Liverpool, December 24, 1939, sailing from St. John's on January 5, 1940 and arriving Boston on January 8, 1940 can be found at this site''

Other External Links

★ Watch the NFB documentary online

★ A picture of her can be found at http://www.merchant-navy.net/Pictures/newfoundland.html.