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Henshaw, Blain, 1946-
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Novadoc (Freighter)
Cargo ships -- Nova Scotia.
Shipwrecks -- Maine, Gulf of.
Shipwrecks -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Marine accidents -- Maine, Gulf of.
Drowning victims -- Maine, Gulf of.
Seafaring life -- Nova Scotia.
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Henshaw, Blain, 1946-
Novadoc (Freighter)
Cargo ships -- Nova Scotia.
Shipwrecks -- Maine, Gulf of.
Shipwrecks -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Marine accidents -- Maine, Gulf of.
Drowning victims -- Maine, Gulf of.
Seafaring life -- Nova Scotia.
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All hands lost : the
sinking
of the
Nova
Scotian
gypsum
freighter
Novadoc
/ Blain Henshaw.
by
Henshaw, Blain, 1946-
Pottersfield Press, 2016.
Call #:
910.452 H526a
Subjects
Novadoc
(
Freighter
)
Cargo ships --
Nova
Scotia.
Shipwrecks -- Maine, Gulf of.
Shipwrecks -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Marine accidents -- Maine, Gulf of.
Drowning victims -- Maine, Gulf of.
Seafaring life --
Nova
Scotia.
ISBN:
9781897426784 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Sinking
of the
Nova
Scotian
gypsum
freighter
Novadoc
Description:
157 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"The last voyage of the
gypsum
freighter
SS
Novadoc
as she sailed from the Annapolis Basin into a raging nor'east storm in the Bay of Fundy on March 3, 1947. Loaded with 4,000 tons of
Nova
Scotia
gypsum
, she foundered about 25 miles off of Portland, Maine, taking all 24 crew members, 13 of them
Nova
Scotians, to their deaths. The story is told through the eyes and memories of those who lost family members on the Novadoc--the brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and friends of the young
Nova
Scotia men, many of them war veterans, and the two women who perished in the tragedy. The book tells of the seafaring life of
Novadoc
's captain, Allan J. Vallis, OBE, an experienced merchant mariner and war veteran who unwittingly took the vessel into a hurricane-force storm. A critical look at the formal inquiry into the
sinking
and the report that deemed the loss "an act of God." The author questions discrepancies in compensation paid to the families of the 24 crew members who died with the ship. The history of Paterson Shipping, the Ontario company that owned
Novadoc
, and Senator Norman Paterson, the wealthy Winnipeg grain merchant who founded the company in 1926. A moving and factual account of a 1940s tragedy at sea, as well as a tribute to the memory of the men and women who died on the ill-fated
Novadoc
. Blain Henshaw is a journalist, broadcaster, auctioneer, songwriter, and performer. Born and raised in
Nova
Scotia, he has written for newspapers and magazines and was producer and writer of several television documentaries while employed with the Atlantic Television System. He now lives in Halifax and is a broadcaster at Seaside-FM community radio in Eastern Passage. All Hands Lost is his first book."--Provided by publisher.
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