Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

USCGC CASTLE ROCK rescues 9 crewmen from cargo ship PATRICIA SWEENEY off Cape Sable

Misty Fennelly (whose father was a Pilot on

St Lawrence) writes :

   The 518 gross-ton cargo ship PATRICIA SWEENEY

left New York for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia around 8 March

and, about 2200 on 10 March, in stormy weather

south-west of Cape Sable, her cargo shifted and she

took on a heavy list.

   The situation became so dangerous that the

crew abandoned ship and took to the ship’s lifeboat

and 30 minutes later they saw PATRICIA SWEENEY

roll over and sink.

   The United States Coast Guard Cutter

USCGC CASTLE ROCK was on East Coast patrol

and was tasked to attend and, at 1854 on

12 March, picked up the nine survivors near Cape Sable,

    PATRICIA SWEENEY was built in 1946 and was owned

by W. Laurence Sweeney Fisheries of Yarmouth (Nova Scotia, Canada)