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Photo by the Author On April 24, 1975, N. M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd., newest freighter, the ONTADOC (ii) besan her maiden voyage. She is the first addition to this fleet since 1967. ONTADOC (0464840) was built by the Collingwood Shipyards. She measures 342 feet lonz, 49 feet at the beam and 29 feet in depth. Her Canadian tonnage figures are 4,488 gross and 3,168 net tons. Like many of the recently built Paterson freighters she has an all- cabins aft design and can operate in both lakes and deep sea trades. Her first cargo was steel loaded at the Sault for Duluth. She later carried grain to Goderich and Collingwood. Our photo shows her on her first trip down the Welland Canal on May 30. She was loaded with corn for Montreal. Skip Gillham ooo0o0o Our query about GYPSUM KING (DMH Oct.) brought auick answers from Al Ballert and Brad Mitchell. Built for Gypsum Transportation Ltd., of Hamilton, Bermuda, she measures 495' x 73'6" x 41'6" is steam turbine powered, will haul gypsum from Nova Scotia to the Delaware River and, apparently the Hudson. She joins GYPSUM QUEEN, PRINCE, #MPRESS, DUCH- ESS and COUNTESS. Company has operated since the 1930s.