by import2 | April 24, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1948 A collision between the HARRY L. FINDLAY and the Canadian tanker JOHN IRWIN occurred in the St. Clair River, near Recors Point on this date. The stem bar was twisted and plates set back on the American bulk carrier and these were repaired at Lorain. It later...
by import2 | April 23, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
Canada Steamship Lines’ FORT YORK was commissioned April 23, 1958. 23 April 1907 – The SEARCHLIGHT (wooden propeller fish tug, 40 foot, built in 1899, at Saginaw, Michigan) capsized and sank while returning to Harbor Beach, Michigan, with a load of fish. The vessel...
by import2 | April 22, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
22 April 1873 – ST. JOSEPH (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 150 feet, 473 gross tons, built in 18,67 at Buffalo, New York) was sold by the Goodrich Transportation Company to Charles Chamberlain and others of Detroit, Michigan, for $30,000. On 22...
by import2 | April 21, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
Interstate Steamship’s a.) WILLIS L. KING (Hull#79) by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, departed on her maiden voyage with a load of coal from Toledo, Ohio on April 21, 1911, bound for Superior, Wisconsin. Renamed b) C. L. AUSTIN in 1952 and was scrapped at...
by import2 | April 20, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The Bailiff Smith boarded the little tug IDA SEARNS at Port Rowan, Ontario with orders to seize the vessel. However, the skipper, Captain Tregent, weighed anchor and gave the bailiff the opportunity of a free ride to Detroit. Bailiff Smith had been on such an...
by import | April 19, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
7 Miles Down from the Iroquois Lock By Ron Beaupre Will enjoy my winter break but looking forward to next season too. All the best to my friends who follow this daily posting of vessel passages as the ships go by my home. 4 January 2024 07:55 EVERLAST &NORMAN...
