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Marine News - cont'd. One of the last lake fleets with any large amount of excess tonnage has been Canada Steamship Lines, but it now has rid itself of most of its unwanted vessels. Scrap bids were called for June 2nd, and subsequently four obsolete ships were sold to the Ziff (Corostel Trading) interests of Montreal for dismantling overseas. First to move was NIPIGON BAY, (a) IMPERIAL LEDUC (55), which had been built at Collingwood in 1951, was acquired by C. S. L. in 1955, was converted to a straight-decker at Port Arthur in 1958, and later had her deck raised five feet. She last ran in 1982 and since had been laid up at Montreal, at Kingston, and finally at Toronto. She cleared port on July 7, 1989, and was downbound at the Snell Lock on July 10 in tow of GLENBROOK, LAC COMO, GLENEVIS and STORMONT, bound for Sorel, where she arrived on the 12th and was moored in the Richelieu River. The next to get underway was GEORGIAN BAY, which had been built by Colling wood Shipyards in 1954 and was designed as a sister to IMPERIAL LEDUC, IM PERIAL REDWATER, IMPERIAL WOODBEND and B. A. PEERLESS. She was, however, completed as a bulk carrier, not a tanker, and thus was always an unusual ship. She had been idle at Thunder Bay since December 9, 1982, and she had deteriorated remarkably, with her cabins vandalized and much of her paint peeled off. She was towed from Thunder Bay on July 11 and was downbound at the Soo on July 13 in tow of AVENGER IV, with ANGLIAN LADY assisting as far as DeTour. She cleared the Welland Canal on July 17, having been delayed when the assisting tug GLENEVIS struck the arrestor cable at Lock 3 . GEOR GIAN BAY was taken by AVENGER IV to Hamilton, where she stopped over to have bunker fuel off-pumped. She was in the Seaway on July 24 with STORMONT, GLEN EVIS and GLENBROOK, bound for Sorel, where she arrived the same day. The third C. S. L. ship to begin the scrap tow was FORT CHAMBLY, (a) FORT CHAM BLY (7 6 ), (b) CHAMBLY ERA (78), a diesel-powered package freighter which was built at Collingwood in 1 9 6 1 . She had been idle at Ojibway since December 23, 1981, C. S. L. having abandoned its package freight services at the close of that season. On December 6 , 1 9 8 8 , FORT CHAMBLY was seriously damaged in a fire which was begun by intruders who had boarded the vessel, and any hope of preserving the ship or of selling her for further service was ended. FORT CHAMBLY departed Ojibway in tow of ARGUE MARTIN and LAC MANITOBA and, assis ted by GLENBROOK, they passed down the Welland Canal on July 16. She was down the Seaway on July 18-19 in tow of STORMONT and GLENBROOK, and arrived on the 1 9 th at Sorel, where she was moored beside NIPIGON BAY. The last C. S. L. scrapper to get underway was SIR JAMES DUNN, a straight-deck steamer built for the fleet at Port Arthur in 1952. She last operated in 1982 and laid up on December 22 at Midland. Over the years, she was stripped by vandals and, in November of 1 9 8 8 , she was towed to Toronto where she ser ved one winter as a soya bean storage hull for Victory Mills. She was towed from Toronto on August 3rd by GLENBROOK, LAC COMO, STORMONT and GLENEVIS, and they took her to Hamilton for bunker fuel removal. The tugs had her in the Seaway on August 10th, en route to Sorel. The departure of these four vessels leaves C. S. L. with only three long-idle hulls. The package freighter FORT ST. LOUIS has been idle at Hamilton since December 16, 1 9 8 1 , but there is hope that she may be refitted for the cement trade. The small cement-carrier METIS has been laid up since August 1, 1 9 8 3 , first at Kingston and, since late 1987, at Toronto, while the self-unloading steamer HOCHELAGA last ran on December 21, 1981, and also has been laid up at Kingston and then Toronto. It apparently is the hope that some other dis position may be found for METIS and HOCHELAGA, and they will remain under C. S. L. ownership for at least one more year. The former canaller K O B A , (a) IROQUOIS (6 7 ), (b) TROISDOC (III) (8 3 ), is r e ported to have foundered in the Gulf of Mexico on April 10, 1 9 8 9 , w h i l s t on a voyage from Tampico to Progreso, Mexico. The motorship had b e e n built in 1955 as Hull 151 of Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. for Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. She was acquired in 1967 by N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd., and was opera ted by Paterson until sold in 1 9 83 to her last owners, Transporta cion Ma r i tima Peninsular, of Progreso. No other details are presently available con cerning the circumstances of the loss of the former laker.