East Isle Shipyard ~ Shipbuilding History

East Isle Shipyard

Georgetown PEI

East Isle Shipyard was started in 1965, when Bathurst Marine moved its operations to PEI from Bathurst NB. It has had its ups and downs but, after 1991, with strong support from the provincial government and its parent company, Irving Shipbuilding, it developed a very strong position as a builder of tugs, with many export orders to its credit. During the Canadian Frigate (1992-1994) and MCDV (1996-1998) programs, the shipyard built hull modules for the Saint John and Halifax shipyards. Unfortunately, it hasn't built anything in recent years and has had to be demoted to the inactive category. Visit the company here. The yard is at 115 Water Street, in Georgetown Harbour.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Built	Notes
Built by Bathurst Marine in Bathurst NB
1	319919	Reine du Golfe	Fisherman's Loan Board of N.B.	trawler	149	1962	later Pierre Helene
2	319920	Polar Fish	SternTrawl Ltd	trawler	150	1962
3	319929	Grand Monarch	Bonavista Cold Storage Ltd	trawler	270	1963
4	319936	Blue Waters	M.E. Matthews	trawler	181	1963
5	319937	Green Waters	W. Savage	trawler	181	1963
6	319954	Donald Rheal	A. Guignard	trawler	183	1964
7	319606	Howe Bay	E. Boertien	trawler	185	1964
8	319607	Iceland II	J. Bjornsson	trawler	185	1964	lost 1967
9	322118	Gulf Gull	Gulf Garden Foods Ltd.	trawler	182	1964
10	322138	Gulf Gallant	Gulf Garden Foods Ltd.	trawler	183	1965	later Zeal
Hulls 11 and up built at Georgetown PEI
11	322139	Gulf Guard	Gulf Garden Foods Ltd.	trawler	183	1965	later Rio San Lorenzo, Sena II
12	326858	Gulf Grenadier	Industrial Enterprises Inc.	trawler	504	1966	later Viking Sky
15	328753	Gulf Gerd	Industrial Enterprises Inc.	trawler	520	1967
16	328769	Gulf Georgetown	Industrial Enterprises Inc.	trawler	518	1967
Built by Fisherman's Loan Board
17	328785	Hillsborough	Riverport Seafoods Ltd.	trawler	510	1968
18	328833	Bedeque	Riverport Seafoods Ltd.	trawler	511	1968
19	329629	Egmont	Riverport Seafoods Ltd.	trawler	511	1969	later Atlantic D 2001
20	329705	Lady Maria	Hypro Seafoods Ltd.	trawler	434	1970
21	331390	Lady Janice	Hypro Seafoods Ltd.	trawler	434	1970	later Winchester
Built by PEI Construction
22	345320	Unimarfish	United Maritime Fishermen	trawler	472	1972
23	329243	Grande Baie	Aluminum Co. of Canada	tugboat	194	1972
Built by Georgetown Shipyard
24		C.G. 107 (Burin)	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR lifeboat	22	1973	sold, under renovation
25		C.G. 108 (Twillingate)	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR lifeboat	22	1973	inactive
26		C.G. 109 (St. Anthony)	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR lifeboat	22	1973	later Westfort, museum in Meaford ON
27	819123	C.G. 114 (Burgeo)	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR lifeboat	22	1973	sold 2001, Pro-Dive
28		Listerville (YTS 592)	Royal Canadian Navy	tugboat	20	1975
29		Merrickville (YTS 593)	Royal Canadian Navy	tugboat	20	1975
30		Marysville (YTS 594)	Royal Canadian Navy	tugboat	20	1975
31	383324	Marinus	built on spec	trawler (hull only)	112	1974	sold 1976 to Dept. of Fisheries and completed 1977 by Breton Industries, Cape Chelsea Enterprise, Aqua Enterprise
32	391988	Setting Sea II	built on spec	trawler	82	1974	sold to McClafferty & Frost and completed 1978
33	347507	Shamook	Dept. of Fisheries	fisheries research	120	1975
34	369407	La Prairie	St. Lawrence Seaway Authority	tugboat	110	1975
35		Glenevis (ATA-642)	Royal Canadian Navy	tugboat	255D	1976
36		Glenbrook (ATA-643)	Royal Canadian Navy	tugboat	255D	1976
37		Glenside (ATA-644)	Royal Canadian Navy	tugboat	255D	1977
38		The Spray	Nova Scotia Dept, of Highways	ferry	220	1978	Grand Passage ferry service
39	export	Dry Dock No. II	United Republic of Cameroon	floating drydock	335	1979
40	329244	Alexis-Simard	Aluminum Co. of Canada	tugboat	286	1980
41		C.C.G.140 (Port Mouton)	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR lifeboat	22	Nov 1981	inactive
42	824479	C.C.G.141 (Cap-au-Meules)	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR lifeboat	22	Jan 1982	Inactive, 2005-04
43		William G. Ernest	Nova Scotia Dept. of Highways	passenger ferry	n.m.	Mar 1982	Unregistered vessel
44	803712	Marine Courier	C.N. Marine	passenger ferry	316	1984	later Esprit, Aqua Sante
45	806310	F .C. G. Smith	Dept. of Fisheries	research	430	1986
46	807680	Harp	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR cutter	173	1986
47	807679	Hood	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR cutter	173	1986	later Marine Eagle
48	812139	G.S.I. No.1	built on spec.	Al. FV, completed aspilot boat	32	Oct 1987	sold to Bowater Mersey Paper Co., Mersey Pride
49	808650	Atlantic Treasure	C.W. McLeod Fisheries Ltd.	trawler	185	Dec 1987
50	812096	Souris Lady	Usen Fisheries Ltd.	trawler	563	1989
51	812157	Fortune Lady	Usen Fisheries Ltd.	trawler	563	1989
52	813757	Cardigan Lady	Usen Fisheries Ltd.	trawler	563	1990
53		5 hulls	Canadian Coast Guard	7-meter FRCs		1989	for Type 500 SAR Cutters
55			Protan Scotian Marine	trawler		1989
57		2 hulls	Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc	7-meter FRCs		Jan 1990	for Type 500 SAR Cutters
58			Canadian Coast Guard	SP barge	6	Mar 1990
60a	815532	Spindrift	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR lifeboat	42	1992
Built by East Isle Shipyard
62	817863	Atlantic Spruce	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	383	Mar 1995	later Felix 1997
63	816104	Atlantic Fir	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	383	Aug 1995	later Alex 1997
64	816107	Atlantic Hemlock	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	388	Apr 1996
65	816118	Atlantic Spruce	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	392	Dec 1997
66	820618	Atlantic Fir	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	392	May 1998	later SD Jacoba
67	819069	Atlantic Willow	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	392	Oct 1998
68	821601	Atlantic Larch	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	392	May 1999
69	821602	Atlantic Ash	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	392	Sep 1999	later Caballo Palomino
70	820770	North Atlantic Petrel	Newfoundland Marine Energy	tugboat	395	Dec 1999
71	820786	North Atlantic Osprey	Newfoundland Marine Energy	tugboat	395	Apr 2000
73	821805	Round the Clock	Stolt Sea Farm Inc.	fishing boat	116	Nov 2000
74	Export	Colon	Panama Canal Authority	tugboat	382	Nov 2001	(Panama)
75	Export	Cocle	Panama Canal Authority	tugboat	382	Nov 2001	(Panama)
76	Export	Herrera	Panama Canal Authority	tugboat	382	Aug 2002	(Panama)
77	Export	Los Santos	Panama Canal Authority	tugboat	382	Nov 2002	(Panama)
78	824203	Atlantic Oak	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	402	June 2002	later Ocoa 2003
79	Export	Caucedo	Caucedo Marine Services	tugboat	402	May 2004	later Svitzer Montreal (ON 839981)
80	Export	Malena	Caucedo Marine Services	tugboat	402	June 2004	(Dom. Rep.)
81	826703	Atlantic Oak	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	402	Oct 2004
82	827350	Atlantic Fir	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	402	May 2005
83	827597	Atlantic Cedar	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	402	July 2005
84	Export	Stevns Icequeen	Stevns Sg A/S	tugboat	381	Sep 2006	later Poseidon
85	827589	Ocean K. Rusby	Groupe Ocean Inc.	tugboat	402	Oct 2005
86	833471	Stevns Iceflower	Stevns Sg A/S	tugboat	381	Jan 2006	later Fjord Saguenay
87	835280	Stevns Icecap	Stevns Sg A/S	tugboat	381	May 2006	later Fjord Eternite
88	830498	Ocean Raymond Lemay	Groupe Ocean Inc.	tugboat	402	May 2007
89	830499	Ocean Henry Bain	Groupe Ocean Inc.	tugboat	402	July 2007
90	832559	Atlantic Beaver	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	395	Sep 2008
91	832806	Spitfire III	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	395	Oct 2008
92	833235	Atlantic Bear	Atlantic Towing	tugboat	395	Nov 2008
93	833368	Ocean Bertrand Jeansonne	Groupe Ocean Inc.	tugboat	402	June 2009
94	839141	Stevns Icequeen	Nordane Shipping	tugboat	381	Sep 2009	later Svitzer Nerthus, Ocean Raynald T
95	839142	Stevns Iceflower	Nordane Shipping	tugboat	381	Dec 2009	later Svitzer Njal, Ocean Clovis T
96	Export	Stevns Breaker	Nordane Shipping	tugboat	381	Apr 2010
97	Export	Stevns Battler	Nordane Shipping	tugboat	381	Aug 2010
98	835021	Ocean Yvan Desgagnes	Groupe Ocean Inc.	tugboat	402	Oct 2010
99	835198	Ocean Ross Gaudreault	Groupe Ocean Inc.	tugboat	402	Mar 2011