| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Silver King |
| Port of registry | Wedgeport, Nova Scotia |
| Fate | Collision with Ocean Rockswift on August 22, 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 55 ft (17 m) [1] |
| Sail plan | Seiner |
The FV Silver King was a Canadian herring seiner based out of Wedgeport, Nova Scotia.
On August 22, 1967, the 233-ton tugboat Ocean Rockswift was heading back to its home port of Saint John, New Brunswick. Silver King was out at sea on a herring fishing trip. [2] Around midnight, the tugboat struck Silver King about nine miles off the coast of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. [3] Silver King immediately flipped on its side and took on water. [2] Crew members from the seiner Dunville boarded the submerged vessel and cut a hole in the bow to rescue the lone survivor. [4] [3] Less than 24 hours later, two scuba divers, Andy Wallace and Jack Hatfield, entered the submerged vessel through the hole and recovered six bodies. [5] [2]
Six crew members died in the incident, all were from Wedgeport. [5] The lone survivor was 27 year-old Robert Bruce "Bobby" McDowell of Hackensack, New Jersey who was vacationing in Wedgeport with his family. [3] [5] His uncle, Captain Roderick Boudreau died in the accident. [3] [6] [7]
| Name | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Roderick Boudreau | [5] | |
| Edgar Boudreau | [5] | |
| Vernon Boudreau | [5] | |
| Stanis Bourque | [5] | |
| Camille LeBlanc | [5] | |
| Raymond LeBlanc | [5] |
An inquiry was held before Justice L. Ritchie of the New Brunswick Supreme Court. [8]
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