Carbonear and Labrador ports. After 33 years of service on the Labrador run, Kyle was sold in 1959 to Arctic Shipping Ltd. of St. John's and renamed Arctic Eagle. Upon sale to Kyle Shipping Ltd. (an affiliate of the Earle Brothers Freighting Company) in 1961, she was renamed Kyle and used as a sealer. The last master of Kyle was Captain Eric "Guy" Earle. In 1965 the vessel received such extensive damage from heavy ice that she was considered uneconomic to repair. While out of service, she was driven aground at Harbour Grace during a storm on 4 February 1967. Kyle was sold to the Dominion Metals Salvage Company, which determined the vessel to be too expensive to salvage. In 1973 the hulk was purchased by the Government of Newfoundland for $4,000. The hulk was repainted in 1997, but this was only a cosmetic measure, and by 2014 serious structural deterioration left Kyle's future in serious doubt. See also Alphabet Fleet Newfoundland Railway Reid Newfoundland Company References Individual sailing vessels Steamships of Canada 1912 ships Ships built on the River Tyne Ships built by Swan Hunter