The Roy A. Jodrey

The wreck of Roy A. Jodrey is one of most recent among the sites regularly dived in the St Lawrence river. Built in 1965, the cargo liner sank with its cargo of iron pellets in November 1974. Seeing his ship in distress, the captain tried to ground it close to the station nearby Coast Guard station. If this operation made it possible for the crew to be evacuated safely, the Jodrey sank in more than 75 meters of water.

Jodrey now rests in the navigation channel of the St Lawrence with its shallowest portion under 45 meters of water, diagonally to a cliff along which one generally finds a stiff current. If the visibility can be as good as 30 meters and can allow good luminosity at depth, the two dives we carried out on that site this fall where bathed by twilight, even darkness and with less than 6 meters of visibility.

As long we where there to enjoy the benefits of the being outdoors, we decided to finish the adventure with a bit of snow!

[ame="http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=08qO1PGbSsw"]YouTube - Le Roy A. Jodrey[/ame]

Can you confirm that the Jodrey is the Sister ship to the Edmond Fitzgerald?

This is something I heard a few days ago, and haven't looked into myself yet.

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Originally Posted by Daddy-h2O

Can you confirm that the Jodrey is the Sister ship to the Edmond Fitzgerald?

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Originally Posted by Daddy-h2O

This is something I heard a few days ago, and haven't looked into myself yet.

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I would have been a surprise to me, as I have never heard that tale even though divers in our area often discuss of the Jodrey.

I found these references.

http://www.ssefo.com/features/interviews/rmanning.html

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Ironically there was a sister ship to EDMUND FITZGERALD built by Great Lakes Engineering Works. On April 20, 1960 EDMUND FITZGERALD's sister ship S.S. ARTHUR B HOMER was launched and was decommissioned a few years ago, but I do not know if she's mothballed or has been sent to ship breakers. ARTHUR B HOMER was the last ship built by this shipyard.

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I really believe that were it not for the haunting words of Gordon Lightfoot's ballad, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," S.S. EDMUND FITZGERALD would have just been another of the ship's taken by a mighty Great Lakes' November gale.

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http://www.lakehuronlore.com/Blue%20Water%20Passages.html

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The Roy A. Jodrey was built at Collingwood Shipyards in 1965, three years before the Algorail. Both ships were virtual twins in appearance, and varied only by inches in overall size. Except for those inches, both were 640 feet long, by 72 feet wide, with a depth of 40 feet.

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Very cool, Thank you.

You may find this video of the Algorail of interest.

YouTube - Algorail