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[[File:Bulk Carrier Algobay, in Toronto.jpg|thumb|Bulk Carrier ''Algobay'', in Toronto in 2005.]]
[[File:Bulk Carrier Algobay, in Toronto.jpg|thumb|Bulk Carrier ''Algobay'', in Toronto in 2005.]]


The '''''Algobay''''' is a [[lake freighter]] launched in 1978.<ref name=BoatnerdAlgobay>
The ''''' Radcliffe R. Latimer''''', formerly the '''''Algobay''''' is a [[lake freighter]] launched in 1978.<ref name=BoatnerdAlgobay/>
 
On June 25 1980 she collided headfirst with the ''[[Montrealais]]'', damaging the bows of both vessels.<ref name=BoatnerdMontrealais/><ref name=WindsorStar1980-06-25/><ref name=WeekendHerald1980-06-25/>
 
She underwent a refit in China, in 2007, that included new engines, and adding a self-unloading boom.<ref name=stcatharinesstandard2012-10-04/>
 
She ran aground in July 2010 in [[Chippewa Bay]] on the [[St Lawrence River]].<ref name=9WSYR2010-07-07/><ref name=BYMNews2010-07-05/>
 
On October 4, 2012, a ceremony was held in [[Port Colborne]] to rename the ''Algobay'' after Algoma's retiring chairman, [[Radcliffe R. Latimer]].<ref name=stcatharinesstandard2012-10-04/>
 
==References==
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{{cite news
| url        = http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2012/10/04/a-ship-of-distinction
| title      = A ship of distinction
| work        = [[St. Catharines Standard]]
| location    = [[Port Colborne]]
| author      = Dave Johnson
| date        = 2012-10-04
| access-date = 2017-10-01
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| url        = http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/algobay.htm
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On June 25 1980 she collided headfirst with the ''[[Montrealais]]'', damaging the bows of both vessels.<ref name=BoatnerdMontrealais>
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<ref name=WindsorStar1980-06-25>
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| url        = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QwVFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z7oMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,2982479&dq=algobay&hl=en
| url        = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QwVFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z7oMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,2982479&dq=algobay&hl=en
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| quote      = Petty Officer Allen a US Coast Guard spokesman in Detroit, said the collision occurred at 5:08 am in dense fog off St Clair.
| quote      = Petty Officer Allen a US Coast Guard spokesman in Detroit, said the collision occurred at 5:08 am in dense fog off St Clair.
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<ref name=WeekendHerald1980-06-25>
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| url        = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wXRkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dH4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3348,2559193&dq=algobay&hl=en
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She ran aground in July 2010 in [[Chippewa Bay]] on the [[St Lawrence River]].<ref>
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==References==
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Bulk Carrier Algobay, in Toronto in 2005.

The Radcliffe R. Latimer, formerly the Algobay is a lake freighter launched in 1978.[1]

On June 25 1980 she collided headfirst with the Montrealais, damaging the bows of both vessels.[2][3][4]

She underwent a refit in China, in 2007, that included new engines, and adding a self-unloading boom.[5]

She ran aground in July 2010 in Chippewa Bay on the St Lawrence River.[6][7]

On October 4, 2012, a ceremony was held in Port Colborne to rename the Algobay after Algoma's retiring chairman, Radcliffe R. Latimer.[5]

References

  1. George Wharton. Algobay: Algobay 1978 - 1994, Atlantic Trader 1994 - 1997, boatnerd. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. “The Algobay was involved in a head-on collision with the Upper Lakes steamer Montrealais on an extremely foggy St. Clair River just below Port Huron, MI on June 25, 1980 with resulting extensive bow damage to both vessels.”
  2. George Wharton. Montrealais, boatnerd. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
  3. Lakers collide in River, Windsor Star, 1980-06-25. Retrieved on 2012-01-05. “Petty Officer Allen a US Coast Guard spokesman in Detroit, said the collision occurred at 5:08 am in dense fog off St Clair.”
  4. Freighter collide in St. Clair River, Weekend Herald, 1980-06-25. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Dave Johnson. A ship of distinction, St. Catharines Standard, 2012-10-04.
  6. Canadian ship freed from St. Lawrence River shoal, 9WSYR, 2010-07-07. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. “The Algobay ran aground Sunday morning in Chippewa Bay in the St. Lawrence County town of Hammond, 100 miles northeast of Syracuse.”
  7. US Coast Guard responds to vessel aground on St. Lawrence Seaway, BYM News, 2010-07-05. Retrieved on 2012-01-05. “Algobay, carrying Canadian corn, is hard aground near Singer Castle, approximately 0.35 nautical miles west-northwest of Light 165. The grounding of the Algobay is under investigation and the cause will not be known until the investigation is complete.”