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Photo Title:	Crew members on the vessel "Mary Sabena"
Description:	Pictured on the far right is the vessel owner, Capt. Patrick Dober. Next to him is Capt. Edmund Fitzpatrick. Second from left is Isaac Peach with his dog.
Image No.:	PF-013.015
Image Location:	Box10/pf013_015.jpeg
Date of Creation:	[between 1931 and 1938]
Physical Description:	1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm
Biography/Admin History:	"Mary Sabena" - ex "G.A. Rhuland", schooner, official number 138397, 130 gross tons, built in 1917 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Registered in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1926. Owned by Patrick Dober of Marystown from 1931 to 1935. Foundered south of Newfoundland, 13 June 1938, during a voyage from Fortune Bay, Newfoundland to Canso, Nova Scotia, with a load of barrels of herring. In heavy weather her cargo shifted and she listed, taking in water.The ship foundered and all crew were rescued by the coaster "Alice Garland'. On board the "Mary Sabena" were Capt. Patrck Dober, Walter Dober (son), Peter Dober (son), Ed Fitzpatrick, Richard (Dick) Coady and Daniel Kelly.
Source Donor:	Heather Wareham
Collection Title:	Alberto Wareham Ltd., Spencer's Cove, Photograph Collection
Restrictions on Access:	Copyright expired.
Copyright:	p
Physical Condition:	Good
Notes:	See also copy print 13 x 18 cm of same PF-013.015b. Capt. Ed Fitzpatrick later captained the hospital ship "Lady Anderson".
Subjects:	Merchant seamen / Fitzpatrick, Edmund, Capt. / Dober, Patrick, Capt. / Mary Sabena (Schooner) / Peach, Isaac.