MV Algonorth
MV Algonorth was a Seawaymax lake freighter built in 1970 and completed in 1971 by the Govan Division of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd. in Govan, Scotland as the bulk carrier Temple Bar. Her original owners were Lambert Bros. Shipping Ltd., of London, United Kingdom, sold the vessel in 1976 to Nipigon Transport Ltd., who had her hull lengthened and installed a new power plant for Great Lakes service. Re-entering service as Lake Nipigon, the ship was renamed Laketon in 1984 before returning to the name Lake Nipigon in 1986. In 1987, the lake freighter was sold to Algoma Central Railway which gave the ship its final named, Algonorth. In 2007, the ship collided with a dock in Toledo, Ohio. The ship was scrapped in 2012. Description As built, the vessel was constructed as a bulk carrier, measuring long overall and between perpendiculars with a beam of and a depth of . The ship was assessed at and . Temple Bar was initially powered by two Ruston V-12-cylinder diesel engines turning one propeller creating and giving the ship a maximum speed of . In 1974, the bulk carrier was re-engined with two Werkspoor 9TM410 9-cylinder engines creating . The ship's speed