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OCEAN WHALEBACK One of the first whaleback steam- ships was the CHARLES W.WETMORE conpleted at Sup- erior in 1891. During her first season she crossed the Atlantic to Liverpool, where her odd design = ery caused a sensa- . =e tion. However, SAGAMORE at Antwerp Photo from W.A,McDonald her seaworthi- ness was proved on the long voyage, and at least one British steamship line ventured to copy her lines. In 1893 W.Johnston & Co. placed an order with Wm.Doxford & Sons, of Sunderland, for a whaleback freighter to be called the SAGAMORE. Here we may recall that it was the Doxford yards which patented later the famous "Turret" type of which the whale- back was the forerunner. The SAGAMORE was 2,140 gross tons, 311 ft.in. length, with a beam of 38.2 ft. Her appearance was so unusual that her owners were unable to have the ship entered in the Lloyd's Regustry. So, while actually owned by Johnston, the vessel had to trade under the Belgian flag, with Antwerp as her home port. The SAGAMORE was used in the North Atlantic and Black Sea service, mostly in the grain trade. Her rounder hull and pig nose was a regular sight in many famous harbors, for besides Liverpool and Antwerp, she called at Swansea, Piraeus, Smyrna, Salonika, Constantinople, Varns, Galatz, and Braila. The vessel was sold to Italian buyers in 1911 and renamed SOLIDEO. Sold again in Italy in 1916, it was renamed ILVA. On May 4,1917, she was sunk by enemy action in the Gulf of Gascony. (Note: This article is summarized from a longer account in "Sea Breezes" given to your editor by Jack Miller.) RRR ROKK KK KR KOK KOK OK OR OK KOK OR RK ROK KOK OK KK KK KE KK KK LOSS of QUEBEC Below: The QUEBEC C.S.L.Photo It is with re- gret that we learn, as we go to press, of the destruction by fire of the St.Lawrence River liner QUEBEC, at Tad- oussac, 8-14-50. Built in 1928 at Lauzon-Levis, she was sister to TADOUSSAC, 360 ft long by 70 ft beam over sponsons. Small loss of live, fortunately.