Roy A. Jodrey
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Description
Cette épave se situe en eau profonde, sombre et comportant un fort courant. Elle est accessible uniquement aux plongeurs techniques bien entrainés et préparés. This wreck has claimed the lives of several divers who were not prepared for the challenge. This relatively modern steel freighter (over 700 ft. long) belonging to the Algoma Steel Ore Company was lost Nov. 20, 1972, after striking a shoal off Alexandria Bay, NY. This site is located on the south shoreline of Wellesley Island at the Coast Guard Station where she sits with her bow at 150 ft. and her stern in 242 ft. of water more depth beyond that.
Historique
On the night of Wednesday, November 20th, 1974, the Roy A Jodrey was midway through it’s 45th trip of the season. The Jodrey was upbound on the St Lawerence River near Alexandria Bay, New York. Two days before it had departed the dock of the Iron Ore Company of Canada in Sept Isles, Quebec with 20,050 tons of iron ore pellets. It’s destination was to have been the Great Lakes Steel plant in Detroit, Michigan with a planned arrival time of November 22nd. The night was cool and crisp with a heavy overcast. The air temperature was 35 degrees with an easterly wind of 10-15 mph, and a visibility of 3-5 miles. At approximately 10:40 PM, as the ship approached Pullman Shoal and it’s navigation light #194, the captain felt uneasy about the ship's position in the river and ordered hard left rudder. (In reality, the ship had drifted 100 feet out of the ship channel and was headed for a collision with Pullman Shoal). Before the ship could reply, the forward crew felt three quick bumps. Almost immediately, the ship settled 4 feet by the bow and acquired a 10 to 12 degree starboard list. The captain looked along the main deck and saw water spraying from the deck mounted forward ballast tank vent pipe to starboard. Proof that this tank had been breached. These occurrences happened so fast that the captain knew that his ship was in serious danger. He immediately awakened his crew and anyone within earshot as he blew the danger signal on the ships horn. With the few minutes he had to work with, the captain decided to beach his ship next to the U.S. Coast Station on Wellesley Island, and they assisted in eventually removing the crew. A report from the stern said that the unloading tunnel was filling fast with water also. The nine foot long unprotected portion of the unloading tunnel had also been ripped open. Over the next few hours it was noticeable that the ship was settling deeper in the water, which meant that the ballast pumps couldn’t keep up with the inflow. The engine room was seen to be flooding also.
At 2:55 AM on November 21, 1974, rising water in the engine room shorted out the ship's emergency generators. This in turn blacked out the ships lights and killed all power to the ballast pumps. At 3:02 AM the ship slipped from its foothold on the shore and sank to the river bottom. Upon impact, a 10-15 second long tremor was heard followed by a power blackout that affected the Coast Guard station itself. The ship had severed the underwater cable supplying power to parts of the Island. Within a minute, the stations emergency generator restored limited power until permanent repairs could be made.
In February 1975, Algoma announced that the ship would not be salvaged as it would prove to be too costly and dangerous. In June 1975, the insurance underwriters for the cargo sponsored their own survey to assess salvaging of the cargo. On June 14, 1975 one of the divers experienced equipment troubles and required help from his diving partner. The rescuing diver lost his grip of the troubled diver and was lost as he sank out of sight. The body was never found. Additional salvage efforts were discontinued and on October 7, 1975, the Roy A. Jodrey was stricken from the shipping registry. (This story is compliments of William Forsythe, who has been researching this wreck since the early 1980s in preparation for a book on the subject.)
Trajet
- À partir de Montréal: 238 km
- Quittez Montréal en empruntant l'autoroute 20, en direction de Kingston/Toronto. L'autoroute devient la 401 une fois la frontière du Québec franchi.
- Option 1: Par la rive canadienne:
- Prendre la sortie 675 menant à la route Thousand Islands Parkway.
- Tourner à droite sur Thousand Islands Parkway et faites environ 10 km jusqu'à Rockport.
- À Rockport, tourner à gauche sur Burtch Lane.
- Plusieurs marina offrent une descente de bateau. Consulter les liens externes pour en connaitre quelques unes.
- À cet endroit, vous serez situé juste à côté des douanes canadiennes, où vous devrez passer à votre retour en bateau.
- Option 2: Par la rive américaine
- À rédiger.
Localisation
Coordonnée GPS: N44° 19.856' W75° 56.053'
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La plongée
Photos
Avertissements
Fort courant
Profondeur bien au delà des limites de la plongée récréative.
Notes
Numéros utiles
Urgence médicale de plongée: 1-888-835-7121
Services de plongée à proximité
| Boutique | Adresse | Téléphone | Services |
| Dive Tech | 1624 Route 2, Mallorytown | (613) 923-1992 | Air, Nitrox, location, vente, réparation |
| Rockport Dive Centre | 31, Front Street, Rockport | (613) 659-3471 | air, location, charter, vente, réparation |
Liens externes
Météo prévue sur ce site de plongée
Température actuelle de l'eau du fleuve St-Laurent
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