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damage. CUBA, which was on passage from Oswego to Quebec City with a cargo of coal, did not stop. The subsequent Board of Inquiry lamented the lack of qualified personnel, including CUBA's pilot. BRIGHTON was repaired in 1912. She ran aground in the Brockville Narrows on 19 May 1917 while being towed by the Montreal Transportation Co. tug EMERSON. BRIGHTON was lightered [see definitions] and pulled off the next day. She was sold to Canada Steamship Lines in 1920 for $39,500 and was operated by Reid Towing & Wrecking of Sarnia (by then associated with Canada Steamship Lines) in 1922. In 1929-49 her owner was listed as Sin-Mac who had her rebuilt as a derrick lighter. They were her last owners. Broken up, probably in 1949. Named after the Lake Ontario port of Brighton Ontario. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1913-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Barge Accounts 1900; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 22 June 1920; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 6 November 1899-1 November 1900, 1 Jan-1 November 1900, 24 Apr-22 June 1900, 25 April-26 July 1900, 27 July 1900-14 June 1901, 27 July 1900-26 June 1901, 11 Aug 1900-6 July 1901, 5 Oct-28 Dec 1900, 29 April 1901, 14 June-24 November 1901, 29 June-6 Dec 1901, 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 14 July-12 Aug 1902, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 28 Aug-7 Dec 1903, 7 May-15 Sept 1904, 17 Aug-24 November 1904, 29 April-23 June 1905, 15 June-26 Sept 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 17 Oct-4 November 1911, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 22 April-31 Oct 1914, 17 May-24 Oct 1917, 20 July-18 November 1917, 30 Aug-16 November 1917, 6 May-15 November 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919 and 1921; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1910 and 1948; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Gillham and Onchulenko Beaconsfield, Mohawk and Red Barges; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916 and 1939; Lewis and Neilson The River Palace; Lloyd's Register 1905, 1919, 1920, 1922 and 1930; Mercantile Navy List 1923 and 1928; Canadian Railway & Marine World March 1909 and June 1922; Detroit Marine Historian February 1952; Marine Review 24 March and 7 April 1898; Scanner March 2012; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. 18 BROOKDALE lake barge ex schooner (C 137968 ex U 91986) ex MORAVIA. 1918-20. 1,067 tons gross, 1,014 net (according to the Record of American Shipping 1898 edition, but the 1921 edition gave 1,165 gross and 1,064 net). 213.3' (Bascom and Gillham said 222', which might have been overall). Capacity 56,000 bushels. Built by F.W. Wheeler at West Bay City Michigan in 1888. Three masts. Crew (as schooner) of six. 1907 valued at $17,000 and rated A 1½. 1913 insurance rating 90 coarse freight only [see definitions]. Hawgood & Avery Transit were MORAVIA's original owners. Although built as a schooner, not a barge, after completion she served as a consort tow barge. In 1894 she was in collision with her tow vessel, the propeller SERVIA (U 105