by import2 | July 29, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
OTTERCLIFFE HALL cleared Lauzon, Quebec, July 29, 1969 on her maiden voyage as the last “straight deck” Great Lakes bulk freighter built with a pilothouse forward. While at the Manitowoc Ship Building Co. for general repairs and engine overhaul, the CITY...
by import2 | July 28, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 28, 1973, the ROGER M. KYES (Hull#200) was christened at Toledo, Ohio by American Ship Building Co. by Mrs. Roger Kyes for the American Steamship Co. Renamed b.) ADAM E. CORNELIUS in 1989. B.A. PEERLESS (Hull#148) was launched July 28, 1952, at Collingwood,...
by import2 | July 27, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 27 July 1884, ALBERTA (steel propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 264 foot, 2,282 gross tons, built in 1883, at Whiteinch, Scotland, by C. Connell & Co.) collided in fog six miles north north west of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior with the JOHN M....
by import2 | July 26, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 26, 2005, the salty ORLA ran aground at Kahnawake, Quebec, and the passing rum tanker JO SPIRIT made contact with her. Both vessels were damaged and repaired in Montreal. ALGOWEST sailed on her maiden voyage in 1982 from Thunder Bay, Ontario, to Quebec City...
by import2 | July 26, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1991 the 16-man crew of the ocean-going tug PACIFIC TIDE NO 3 were arrested at Montreal on charges of smuggling drugs. The tug had arrived from the Philippines to tow the damaged Spanish vessel MILANOS to Spain. Algoma Central Marine’s former ALGOCEN departed...
by import2 | July 24, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 24, 1980, 34 ships were delayed when the BALTIC SKOU, a 595 foot Danish-flag freighter built in 1977, ran aground after losing power three miles east of the Snell Lock, near Massena, New York. The ship, loaded with sunflower seeds, was headed for Montreal and...
