MV Blue Puttees passenger/vehicle ferry operated by Marine Atlantic between the islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton in eastern Canada. She is named after the nickname of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
During The Great War the battalion-sized regiment was the only North American unit to fight in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
The regiment was virtually wiped out at Beaumont Hamel on July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Since then July 1 has been marked as Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Of the 780 men who went forward only about 110 survived unscathed, of whom only 68 were available for roll call the following day.
Very early this morning I was looking at the cost of the ferry trip from Portland, ME to Newfoundland......on our bucket list of travels with my GD one of these summers......keyword....*summer*. Heh.