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Lay-Up Li st i n g - cont'd. D u l u t h : MESABI MINER, EDGAR B. SPEER, PAUL R. TREGURTHA. 16. (Incomplete) J. L. (List S u p e r i o r : AR T HU R M. ANDERSON, ARMCO, EDNA G. (tug), ELTON HOYT 2nd, MAUTHE, WA LT E R J. M c C A R T H Y JR., GEORGE A. STINSON, LEE A. TREGURTHA. I n c o m p l e t e .) * * * We wish to extend our thanks to the fol lo wi ng mem be rs and friends of the Toronto Ma ri ne H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y who have assisted us with this effort by supplying the n e c e s s a r y a d d i t i o n a l information: Roger Chapman, Glen Gardiner, Andy LaBorde, George Lee, Alan Mann, Leslie Reading, Greg Rudnick, Albert Schelling and La rr y Tonnos. Even with these a d d i t i o n a l listings, there may still be some errors or omissions, so if you have spotted any th in g wr ong with any of our reports, please advise so that we may set the h is to ri ca l record straight in our next issue, even though by then the 1994 n a v i g a t i o n sea son will a l re ad y have begun. * * * * * N E W M O U N T / M E A F O R D R E V ISITED It was our pleasure to present, as Ship of the Month No. 208, in the issue of December 1993, the Fa rr ar T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Com pan y Ltd. steam canal ler M E A FORD (I), which started life as (a) N E W M OU NT (06). She was built by the C. S. Swan & Hunter S h i py ar d at Wa ll se nd -o n- Ty ne , England, as its Hull 292, a n e a r - s i s t e r s h i p to the 1 9 03 -b ui lt FAI RM OU NT and W E S TM OU NT of the Montreal T r a n s p o r t a t i o n C o m p a n y Ltd. To i ll us tr at e our feature, we pr e s en te d two views of MEAFORD, together with compa ri so n ph ot og ra ph s of F A I R M O U N T and WESTMOUNT. What we were una ble to show you at that time, however, was a photo of NEWMOUNT. In fact, we were unaware that any such p h o t o g r a p h existed. Sh or tl y after our feature appeared, however, we re ce iv ed a package from longtime T . M . H . S. me mb er Ralph K. Roberts, of Saginaw, Michigan, and much to our surprise, the env el op e cont ai ned a stern- vie w photo of NEWMOUNT. The photo confirms that N e w c a s t l e was the steam er' s re gi s t r y port. To make the view even more in teresting, the stern of the ill -f at ed steamer WE X F O R D is visible at the far right side. We could not resist sharing this e x t r e m e l y rare p ho to gr ap h with our members and so it is featured on the photo pa ge wh ich ac co mp ani es this issue. We hope that our readers will e nj oy seeing it, and we thank Ralph Roberts for his g e ne ro si ty in sharing this gem with all of us. Readers may also recall the c o n fu sio n over where ME A F O R D may have sunk an enemy submarine on June 12, 1917. "Canadian Rail way and Marine World" in October of 1917 rep or te d that M E A F O R D us ed gunfire to sink an enemy sub off the coast of Sicily on June 12, 1917, w hi le in f o r m a t i o n uncove red by member John Wi lt e r d i n g i n d ic at ed that a l t ho ugh the only enemy vessel sunk that day was a small m i n e - l a y i n g subm ar in e sunk off Cornwal l's Lizard Point by depth charges from H . M . S. SEA KING, M E A F O R D a l l e g e d l y drove off an attack by a UBoat in the entrance to the En gl i s h Ch an n el on May 27, 1917. This conflict of in fo rm a t i o n has caused us c o n s i de ra bl e concern. Member Carl E h r k e , of Belleville, may have resolved this conundrum whe n he suggests that the "C anadian Ra il w a y and Marine World" reporter may have m i s in te rp re te d the site of the o cc ur re nc e as Sicily, wh e n the original report might have me n t i o n e d the Isles of Scilly, which lie to the southwest of Lizard Point. This seems to us to be the most logical answer we yet have heard. But as to what subma ri ne M E A F O R D "sank", and on what date, who knows? * * * * *