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St. Bernard is shown at low tide near her homeport of Parrsboro
in this winter view sometime before the explosion.
| Name: St. Bernard | Official Number: 107570 | Signal Letters: |
| Tonnage: 123 Net |
Dimensions: 90.8' long, 26.7' breadth, 9.1' deep |
| Built: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada | Builder: P. McLaughlin | Year: 1901 |
| Registered Port: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada | Owners: Had just been sold to new owners in Demerara (Guyana) |
| Rig: Schooner |
| Crew: Capt. Joseph Evans, Guy Jewers, Cecil Mitchell |
| Career: Bound on a trip for Demerara, Guyana, St. Bernard had the misfortune to be tied up at Pier 6 on the morning of the Explosion, loading lumber. The Schooner's crew of three were last seen desperately attempting to untie their lines and get away from the wharf. The schooner was completely destroyed by the Explosion with fragments of her hull blown onto the shore near Pier 6. All of her crew perished. Aside from Mont Blanc, St. Bernard and another schooner, Lola R., were the only ships completely destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. |
| Sources: Canadian Department of Marine, List of Shipping, 1917; Sessional Papers, Dept. of Marine Annual Report, 1918, Record of Shipwrecks |
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