Wreck of the Green Rocks, The

DESCRIPTION: The Green Rocks is struck by the Thomas D. and sinks. The earlier history of Green Rocks and Captain Mills is summarized.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Guigné-ForgottenSongsOfTheNewfoundlandOutports)
KEYWORDS: sea ship crash wreck
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Jul 14, 1953 - The fishing vessel Green Rocks (Northern Shipwrecks Database has Greenock) collides with the American trawler Thomas D. in fog, off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. (per Guigné, Northern Shipwrecks Database).
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Guigné-ForgottenSongsOfTheNewfoundlandOutports, pp. 373-374, "The Wreck of the Green Rocks" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #25333
File: Guig373

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