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

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Of the thousands of schooners built in Newfoundland to prosecute the fishing industry and freighting, not one schooner remains on the island today to remind us of our shipbuilding heritage.

Some were hauled up and abandoned, some were sold outside Newfoundland. But unfortunately, many were lost at sea.

One such example is the J.T. Murley. Built in Murley's Cove (Mortier Bay) in the 1940s by T.F. Murley Ltd. She was being used as a freighter when she was wrecked on Diamond Shoals, St. Pierre, October 18th, 1958.