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TELESCOPE December 277 LAKE SHIPS WITH NEW BRITISH ACCENTS London or Hamilton mean not Ontario but England or Bermuda. Here we show "before" views of U. S. lake ships which migrated to British Commonwealth flags later. JA. A. AUGUSTUS (photo on page 275 ) (US 207074) (b) HOWARD HINDMAN (iii) (Br 302710) Built 1910 at Lorain by American Shipbuilding Co. (hull #374) Measurements 6966 gross tons, 4585 net tons, 504 x 54 x 30 Engine 3 cylinder trip1e-expansion, 23^"-38 63^4 " x 42" Sold in May, 1961, by Pioneer Steamship Company to Hindman Transportation Company Ltd. of Owen Sound Shown in 1961 under tow from Cuyahoga River to Lakefront Coal Dock, where Hindman put his crew aboard. B MATTHEW ANDREWS (ii) (upper photograph on page 276) (US 222641) (a) Fred G. Hartwell (ii) (c) GEORGE M. CARL (ii) (Br 304498) Built 1923 at Lorain by American Shipbuilding Co. (hull #781) Measurements 10418 gross tons, 7405 net, 602.8 x 64.2 x 28.5 Engine 3 cylinder trip1e-expansion, 25%"-41"-67 1/8" x 42" Sold in December, 1962, by Hanna Mining Company to Misener Enterprises, Ltd., of Port Colborne. Shown upbound at Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, in 1957. C DOW CHEMICAL (ii) (lower photograph on page 276) (US 209971) (a) Louis R. Davidson (b) Diamond Alkali (i) (d) FERNDALE ( i i ) (Br .....) Built 1912 at Ashtabula by Great Lakes Engineering Works (hull #95); converted to self-unloader in 1932. Measurements 6612 gross tons, 5335 net, 511.1 x 56.2 x 26.2 Engine 3 cylinder trip1e-expansion, 2337%63" x 42" Sold in December, 1963, by American Steamship Company to Lea-dale Shipping Ltd. (Reoch fleet), Montreal Shown upbound at Port Huron in 1960