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Friday, March 10, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		NEWFOUNDLAND (1948-1962 passenger / cargo liner 440 feet long of Johnson Warren Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Johnson Warren Line’s NEWFOUNDLAND briefly aground at Argentia, Newfoundland
Ship's locationOff Argentia Harbour, Newfoundland, CanadaPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,437

   

Contributed by Charlie Fennelly, New Jersey, USA

Johnson Warren Line’s NEWFOUNDLAND briefly aground at Argentia, Newfoundland

   The 1948-built and 440-feet long passenger and cargo liner NEWFOUNDLAND of Johnson Warren Line of Liverpool ran aground on a reef outside Argentia Harbour in Newfoundland and remained stuck for six hours before floating off.

   The 7,437 ton Liverpool registered vessel, with 98 passengers aboard, was on passage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, and encountered severe gales and heavy ice along the coast which forced her to make for Argentia for shelter.   She anchored off Argentia, but the storm caused her to drag her anchor, and she went aground on a reef, damaging a few plates in her stern.