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Ship of the M o n t h - cont' d 10. In 1923, THOMAS J. D R U M M O N D was p u r c h a s e d by N. M. P a t e r s o n & C o m p a n y Ltd., of Fort William, Ontario, for use in the grain trade. Un der the new ownership, the steam er 's hull r e m ained black, but the up per hal f of her forecastle was pa inted white. Her cabins staye d white, and her stack became black with a large whi te letter 'P' on it. The p l a t i n g aro un d the after de c khouse was re moved (it must have been u n b e a r a b l y hot inside the b o x e d - i n cabin in summerti me ) and the house became whi te once again. Her mas ts were painted buff, the fore w ith a whi te top and the m a i n wit h a black upper section. The P a t erson shipping i n t erests were r e o r g a n i z e d in 1926, and the o w nership of THOMAS J. D R U MMOND was t r a n s f e r r e d to P a t erson S t eamships Ltd., Fort William. It was at this same time that her port of r e g i s t r y was ch anged to Fort William, and she was r e c h r i s t e n e d (b) CALGA D O C (I) in hon ou r of the C ity of Calgary, Alberta. It would seem pr obable that it was at this time that the n o w - f a m i l i a r P a t e r s o n " D i a m o n d - a n d - 'P '" logo was placed on the ste amer's bows bene a t h her name. These changes did not affect CA LGADOC much, as she c o ntinued in vari ou s lake trades as before, most of her cargo es being grain. It w ould seem that she o p e rated s u c c e s s f u l l y for Paterson, but it u n d o u b t e d l y was a fact that she o p e r a t e d most e c o n o m i c a l l y w hen w ater levels and other n a v i g a t i o n con ditions p e r m i t t e d her to load dow n to her m a x i m u m draft. About the only other change made to the steam er during her Pa terson years was that she did not retain her wh ite fo re castle. So metime after 1933, the rest of the f or ecastle bec am e black like the hull, while only the fore c a s t l e head rail r e t ained its white paint. Duri ng the Great Depression of the e arly 1930s, CA LGADOC saw only inte r m i t t e n t service, and spent c o n s i d e r a b l e time laid up in the ship channel at the east end of To ronto Harbo ur , besid e her n e a r - s i s t e r TH ORDOC (I), (a) J. A. McK EE (26). In fact, both steam er s had laid up atTo ronto in D e c ember of 1931 wit h stor ag e cargo es of coal. Business had begu n to pick up again by the second hal f of the decade, and the Pa terson fleet g r a d u a l l y r e a c t i v a t e d all of its s t e e l - h u l l e d canallers, most of w h i c h had been built at British yar ds during the m i d - t o - l a t e 1920s. CAL GADOC spent the winter of 1936 -1 93 7 at Fort W i l l i a m wi th a sto ra ge cargo of grain w hich was to be del i v e r e d down the lakes in the spring. When n a v i g a t i o n c ondi t i o n s perm it te d, she clea r e d Fort William , but she arr iv ed back at that port on A pril 20th, 1937, after d a m a g i n g some of her hull plates whil st b r e a k i n g ice on the first secti on of her d o w n b o u n d trip. Repa irs were put in hand and CA LGADOC then p r o ceeded on her way. It was in that same year of 1937 that P a t erson c h a r t e r e d CA LGADOC to the D o m i n i o n Steel and Coal C o m p a n y Ltd., of Sydney, Nova Scotia, for o p eration on the coal shuttle b e t w e e n Sydney and Wabana, N e w f oundland. Wi th her heavy hull plat i n g and deep draft, it u n d o u b t e d l y was thought that CA LGADOC wou ld be e m i n e n t l y suited for his impo rt an t trade. Unf ortu n a t e l y , however, the coal sh uttle was to prove to be the u n d o i n g of this h a n dsome steamer, and she never aga in w ould return to the Gr eat Lakes. On Saturday, October 3th, 1937, C A L GADOC clea re d Sy d n e y wi th yet anoth er cargo of coal c o nsigned to Wabana. She e n c o u n t e r e d ver y h eavy weat h e r d uring the trip, however, and it is b e l i e v e d that it was on Monday, N o v e m b e r 1st, that CALGA D O C fou n d e r e d off the Nova Scot ia coast, wit h the loss of all on board. For a c o n s i d e r a b l e period of time, it was not kno wn e x a c t l y where CALG AD OC met her end. However, du r i n g W orld War Two, d e t e c t i o n devic es lo cated a large object lying on the sea bo t t o m off the Nova Scoti a coast. Fe aring that the objec t might be a s u bmerged U-B oa t w a i t i n g to make a kill, the Royal Canadian Na vy us ed depth cha rg es in an ef fort tod e s t r o y the "intruder". Muc h to the surprise of everyone, however, the e x plosions