Ferry named in honour of Newfoundland soldiers

Misc CDN | 206812 hits | Mar 23 8:10 pm | Posted by: Hyack

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador — A special group of Newfoundland soldiers, who served during the First World War, were honoured in February when Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially unveiled the MV Blue Puttees super ferry.

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by martin14
Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:06 am
It's nice, but the people need to learn about the story behind it.

A puttee is the strip of cloth wrapped around the lower leg.

The Newfoundlanders had blue puttees due to a shortage of fabric.

The Regiment served in Gallipoli in 1915, but was wiped out on July 1st 1916,
at Beaumont-Hamel.

Oh and I've heard the ferry has some teething problems.

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