Breton Industrial & Marine

Point Tupper NS

Most recent update: July 16, 2021.

The Strait of Canso Marine Railway Co., just Canso Marine Railway Co., was a repair yard that was in operation at least as early as 1866. It was acquired by Murray Osborne in 1970 and renamed Breton Industrial & Marine Ltd. Osborne added a dry-dock and the fabrication capacity required to build ships and operated the yard until at least 1988. See the site from the air on Google here: it is now occupied by McNally International, the marine construction company that was purchased by Weeks Marine in 2011.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
Built by Canso Marine Railway Co.
313471 Patsy Leb. 1951 closed 1984
326738 Breton No. 1 1961 suspended 2008
Built by Breton Industrial & Marine
346536 Gulf Canso tank barge 264 91 1973 suspended 2009
368950 A. P. A. No. 18 Atlantic Pilotage Auth. pilot boat 51 62 1974
368954 A. P. A. No. 20 Atlantic Pilotage Auth. pilot boat 51 62 1974
368999 A. P. A. No. 1 Atlantic Pilotage Auth. pilot boat 51 62 1976
5 370575 Cape Harrison Canadian Coast Guard patrol boat 322 124 1976 later Louis M. Lauzier, 2014-03
6 371740 Louisbourg Canadian Coast Guard patrol boat 295 124 1977 later 2013-03
383324 Marinus fishing boat 122 62 1977 later Cape Chelsea Enterprise, Aqua Enterprise
391614 Rose Croix closed 1996
393018 Don Cadegan fishing boat 110 62 1979
393019 Helen M. Cadegan fishing boat 110 62 1980
14 Bahamas Ranger landing craft 271 1980 later Bahama Ranger, Princess Samiah (Panama)
395542 Point Henry Canadian Coast Guard patrol boat 77 66 1980 sold 2012
395543 Isle Rouge Canadian Coast Guard patrol boat 77 66 1980 later Never on Time
800702 Breton Drydock No. 1 Breton Industries drydock 1,559 218 1981
800747 Point Race Canadian Coast Guard patrol boat 77 66 1982 later 2011-04
800748 Cape Hurd Canadian Coast Guard patrol boat 77 66 1982 later 2014-01
19 Cavalier I landing craft 371 160 1983 later Hydra I 2003, Highland Breeze (Honduras)
803138 Tootsie closed 2010
21 806303 Partridge Island Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender 92 75 1985 later 2005-07, sold 2009 to McNally Ind.
22 806304 Ile des Barques Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender 92 75 1985 later 2008-02, sold 2009 as P'tit Saint-Pierre
23 806305 Ile Saint-Ours Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender 92 75 1986
24 806306 Caribou Isle Canadian Coast Guard buoy tender 92 75 1985
808706 Marjorie Ralph fishing boat 26 35 1987 later Christa Gail II
813617 Breton II fishing boat 31 42 1986 later Alert II
819050 T. K. L. No. I barge 97 68 1988

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