MONROVIA

Other names : Built as EMPIRE FALSTAFF, renamed
COMMANDANT MANTELET(1945) renamed COMMANDANT
LeBIBOUL(1951), last name in 1954

Official no. : LI ELOF

Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freight "Liberty Ship"

Build info : 1943, (Scotland)

Specs : 430 ft., 6,700 t.

Date of loss : 1959, Jun 25

Place of loss : off Thunder Bay Island

Lake : Huron

Type of loss : collision

Loss of life : none

Carrying : steel

Detail : Bound Antwerp for Chicago, she collided with the lake
freighter ROYALTON in heavy fog and sank. Part of her cargo was
later salvaged. She was Liberian-flagged with a Greek crew, and
had no pilot aboard.

Wreck lies 13.6 mi, 106 deg from Thunder Bay I. light with 43 feet
of water over her.

Wreck Profile

Alpena, MI

Thunder Bay Divers