The SS Kyle was launched on April 17, 1912 by Mrs R. G. Reid, Wife of President of the Reid Company of Newfoundland.
The Ship is a 220 foot sailing vessel that is aground in the harbour of the Town of Harbour Grace. She ran ashore in February 1967.
The SS Kyle was intended to transport supplies and provide transportation from Carbonear to Labrador, she was also used to transport infantry to Canada during World War II.
After her grounding on the shores of Riverhead, Harbour Grace, she has had several owners, from the Earle Brothers Freighting Company, Dominion Metals, and the Government of Newfoundland.
She was known by Newfoundlanders as the "Bulldog of the North".