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J. W. Wiscombe Ltd. owned a fleet of vessels that were built in Marystown, and used to transport salt fish and other goods overseas. Two of their vessels were the Gladys Wiscombe and Ruby Wiscombe.

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Inside J.W. Wiscombe's store in the early 1940s.
1942
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


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Inside J.W. Wiscombe's store in the early 1940s.

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The Ruby Wiscombe, before being rebuilt.
1935
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


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The Ruby Wiscombe, before being rebuilt.

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The Ruby Wiscombe, being rebuilt at Wiscombe's Point in Creston South.
1950
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


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The Ruby Wiscombe, being rebuilt at Wiscombe's Point in Creston South in the late 1940s.

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The Ruby Wiscombe, after being rebuilt.
1950
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


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The Ruby Wiscombe, after being rebuilt.

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The Mary Elnora, Rita Florence, Blanch G, and Hilda G Reeves.
1945
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


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More vessels owned by Wiscombe's: the Mary Elnora, Rita Florence, Blanch G, and Hilda G Reeves.

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The J.T. Murley
1955
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


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The J.T. Murley was built at Murley's Cove, Mortier Bay, in the 1940s, for T.F. Murley Ltd. The vessel carried freight around Newfoundland and from Nova Scotia.

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The J.T. Murley shipwreck.
18 October 1958
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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