MV Patrick Morris

MV Patrick Morris was a train ferry regulated by the Canadian National Railway (CN) that sank on her run from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland during a storm in the early morning of 20 April 1970 while responding to a mayday call from the Newfoundland-based herring seiner FV Enterprise.

[1] The ship's Captain Roland Penney was given permission to leave North Sydney ahead of schedule to assist the distressed wood-hulled fishing vessel .No passengers were aboard Patrick Morris when she set sail shortly before midnight for the rescue mission on 19 April.

The ship was affectionately known by the nickname Paddy Morris; she became CN's first train ferry to serve the North Sydney-Port aux Basques route.

Patrick Morris departed North Sydney, NS shortly before midnight on 19 April before her regularly scheduled departure time[2] and headed to the last reported position of Enterprise.

In the process of maneuvering to recover the body, Patrick Morris was overwhelmed when struck by a 30 ft (9.1 m) wave that smashed through rail car loading doors at the stern causing the ferry to take on water.