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John Ralph was a Schooner captain from Grand Bank, Newfoundland And Labrador , Canada .


BIOGRAPHY


John Ralph married Sylvia Ann Cluett of Frenchman's Cove on XXX and they had six children:
  • Georgina (October 10, 1927) who married Ronald Eugene Mitchell

  • Rueben

  • Arthur

  • John David

  • Frankie Dodge

  • Mae



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Helen Forsey


At approximately 11:00 am on September 6, 1942, the unarmed 167-ton schooner Helen Forsey under Captain John Ralph was shelled by a German .


Mabel Dorothy


In November 1955, the 85-ton schooner Mabel Dorothy went missing. Part of her wreckage was later found, washed ashore on Fogo Island. An RCAF Search left no hope of survivors. Captain John Ralph and cook Tom Bolt who had survived the sinking of the Helen Forsey 13 years earlier were lost along with all others of the crew. Among them was Engineer Willoughby
Riggs.


REFERENCES

  • grandbankheritage.com

  • uboat.net