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Kingston ON

Most recent update: July 14, 2021.

The dry-dock in Kingston was built by the federal government in 1890 and the yard was a repair facility until it was leased to Kingston Shipbuilding in 1910. Kingston Shipbuilding operated it until 1968. It is now part of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, which you can visit here. See the shipyard from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT Completed Notes
1 126930 Polana Dept. of Agriculture Quarantine Cutter 278 July 1911 to CCG-1927 as Jalobert, sold 1955 as Macassa, Queen City 1965, a house boat
2 Wabis Upper Ottawa Imp. Co. tugboat 72 1911 hull only, subcontract from Collingwood
3 Bellechasse Coast Guard icebreaker/tender 417 1912 scrapped 1954
4 Dollard Coast Guard buoy tender 761 1913 scrapped 1970
5 P.W.D. No. 17 Dept. of Public Works dump scow 398 1913 no trace after 1938
6 P.W.D. No. 18 Dept. of Public Works dump scow 398 1913 believed scrapped 1985
7 Thiepval Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 440d 24 Jul 1918 sub from Vickers, scrapped 1950
8 Loos Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 440d 1 Aug 1918 sub from Vickers, scrapped 1949
9 TR-19 Royal Navy minesweeper 360d Aug 1918 later Almeria 1920, Goolgwai 1926, to RAN-1939, returned 1945, wrecked 1955
10 TR-20 Royal Navy minesweeper 360d Aug 1918 later Seville 1920, Durraween 1926, to RAN-1940, returned 1946, scrapped 1952
11 TR-54 Royal Navy minesweeper 360d Sep 1918 later Table Bay 1925, Mary Mortimer 1937
12 TR-55 Royal Navy minesweeper 360d Nov 1918 later Marie Jacqueline 1920, Svalbard 2 1927, captured 1940, surrendered 1945, sold
13 TR-56 Royal Navy minesweeper 360d Nov 1918 later Romanita 1921
14 TR-57 Royal Navy minesweeper 360d May 1919 later Colonel Roosevelt 1920, Texas 1926, to RN 1941, lost in collision off Jamaica 1944
15 Canadian Beaver Canadian Govt. freighter 2,410 May 1920 later Shinai 1934, sunk 1941 North Borneo, raised and operated as Shinai Maru, sunk by US 1944
16 Canadian Coaster Canadian Govt. freighter 2,422 May 1921 later Kingsley 1929, Silvestre 1943, Santa Lucia 1950, scrapped 1966
158477 J. A. Cornett Canadian Dredging tugboat 60 1937
17 PV-36 Napanee (K-118) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940d May 1941 sold 1946, scrapped
18 PV-37 Prescott (K-161) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940d June 1941 sold 1946, scrapped 1951
19 PV-38 Sudbury (K-162) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940d Oct 1941 sold 1946, converted to tug, scrapped 1967
20 PV-274 Charlottetown (K-244) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 940d Dec 1941 torpedoed and lost 1942
21 CN 298 Ironbound (T-284) Royal Navy minesweeper 545d Oct 1942 sold 1946 as Turoy, Christina 1949, Korso 1954, sunk by mine off Portugal 1957
22 CN 299 Liscomb (T-285) Royal Navy minesweeper 545d Sep 1942 sold 1946 as Aalesund, Lars Nyvoll 1967, Jan Mayen 1978
23 PV-307 Brisk (PG-89) / Flax (K.284) US Navy/Royal Navy corvette 980d Dec 1942 sold 1947 as Flax, Ariana 1951, Arvida Bay 1955, Zaida 1963
24 PV-308 Caprice (PG-90) / Honesty (K.285) US Navy/Royal Navy corvette 980d Sep 1942 scrapped 1961
25 PV-315 Splendor (PG-97) / Rosebay (K-286) US Navy/Royal Navy corvette 980d Feb 1943 sold 1947 as Benmark, Frida 1950, scrapped 1954
26 PV-399 Frontenac (K-335) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 980d Oct 1943 sold for merchant service
27 PV-443 Trentonian (K-368) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 980d Dec 1943 torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 1945
28 PV-517 Peterborough (K-342) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 980d Jan 1944 sold 1947 as Gerardo Jansen, struck 1972
29 PV-518 Belleville (K-332) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 980d Oct 1943 to Dominican Republic as Juan Bautista Cambiaso 1947, scrapped 1972
30 PV-519 Smith Falls (K-345) Royal Canadian Navy corvette 980d Nov 1943 sold 1950 as Olympic Lightning, Otori Maru No. 16 1956, Kyo Maru No. 23, scrapped 1976
33 Rockglen British MoWT tugboat 233 May 1945 later Freedom 1948
34 Rockforest British MoWT tugboat 233 July 1945 later Aramco 202 1946, Abqaiq 1 1948
35 Rockpigeon British MoWT tugboat 233 Aug 1945 later Flaunt 1947, St.Merryn 1959, scrapped 1984
36 Rockdoe British MoWT tugboat 233 Sep 1945 later Hoedic 1947, Atlantico 1967, scrapped 1977
37 Rockswift British MoWT tugboat 233 Nov 1945 later Ocean Rockswift 1946, sold 1995
38 Rockelm British MoWT tugboat 233 Oct 1946 later Kalid 1952
39 Rockswift British MoWT tugboat 233 Oct 1946 later Pemex XI
42 N.H.B.M. Hopper No. 1 National Harbour Board dump scow 135 Nov 1948
43 N.H.B.M. Hopper No. 2 National Harbour Board dump scow 135 Nov 1948
44 Resolute (AMc-154) Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 412d Sep 1954 scrapped 1966
45 D. C. Everest Marathon Corp. Pulpwood carrier 2,196 Mar 1953 later Condarrell 1981, D. C. Everest 1989, Condarrell 2000, scrapped
46 192695 St. Lawrence II brigantine Inc. Sailing Vessel 34 Dec 1953
47 198041 Windmill Point Toronto Port Auth. ferry 118 July 1954
48 192697 Amherst Islander Ont. Dept. of Hwys ferry 184 June 1955
49 Seeley's Bay ferry Leeds and Lansdowne ferry May 1955
50 D.O.T. 11 Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 June 1955
51 D.O.T. 12 Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 June 1955
52 not named Royal Canadian Navy landing craft Sep 1955 for HMCS Labrador
53 198038 S.L.S. 81 St. Laurence Seaway Sweep Scow 102 June 1955
54 YLV 600 Royal Canadian Navy flat deck scow 220 Nov 1955
55 YLV 601 Royal Canadian Navy flat deck scow 220 Nov 1955
56 Baffin One Canadian Hydro Svce. Landing barge 4 May 1956 for CSS Baffin
57 Baffin Two Canadian Hydro Svce. Landing barge 4 May 1956 for CSS Baffin
58 D.O.T. 49 Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 July 1956
59 D.O.T. 50 Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 July 1956
60 D.O.T. 51 Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 July 1956
61 Pitts Merrit C. A. Pitts Contractors dredge 883 June 1957 lost off Newfoundland 1977
62 819099 Fort Steele (MP 34) RCMP patrol cutter 215 Oct 1958 to RCNR 1973, sold 1996 as Marie T. Sprinter, Longway
63 Kenora II (MP 94) RCMP patrol cutter 118 May 1957
64 SLS 86 St. Laurence Seaway scow 422 Sep 1958
65 310636 SLS 87 St. Laurence Seaway scow 422 Sep 1958 later S/VM 87
66 T.H.C. No. 50 Toronto Harbour Comm. barge 385 Sep 1958
67 William B. Dilly McNamara Construction dredge 473 Dec 1957
68 McNco No. 30 McNamara Construction scow 321 Apr 1958
69 McNco No. 31 McNamara Construction scow 306 Apr 1958
70 D.O.T. Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 May 1958
71 D.O.T. Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 May 1958
72 D.O.T. Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 May 1958
73 Scirocco Gulf & Lakes Navigation yacht 57 June 1959 later Esmau 1969, Un Monde Different 1982, deleted 2008
74 313103 lightship No. 4 Dept. of Transport lightship 520 1959 later Mikula 1973, Kormoran 1995
75 RCL D-35 Russell Construction scow 235 June 1958 later J.P.P. No. 501, H.M.D.C. No.2, scrapped
76 RCL D-36 Russell Construction scow 307 June 1958 later J.P.P. No. 502, H.M.D.C. No.3, closed 2006
77 D.O.T. Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 June 1958
78 D.O.T. Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 June 1958
79 D.O.T. Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 June 1958
80 D.O.T. Dept. of Transport landing craft 27 June 1958
81 not named Grayco Canada pontoons June 1958
82 Marguerite St. Laurence Seaway Wooden boat July 1959 display boat for Upper Canada Village
83 McNco No. 1 McNamara Construction scow 223 May 1959
84 McNco No. 2 McNamara Construction scow 224 May 1959
85 McNco No. 3 McNamara Construction scow 225 June 1959
86 McNco No. 4 McNamara Construction scow 223 July 1959
87 Miss Cornwall Cornwall Boat Tours tour boat 44 July 1960 later L'Aventure II
88 313129 Pilot Boat No. 9 Dept. of Transport Pilot Launch 66 July 1961 later Claudin Riverin 1984, Navsea 2007
89 318546 Churchill 61 National Harbour Board dump scow 331 May 1961 later Pitts No. 18 1983, deleted 2004
90 Endiang John P. Labatt ketch 72 Nov 1962 deleted 1969
91 Pitts No. 1 C. A. Pitts Contracting dump scow 532 July 1962
92 Pitts No. 2 C. A. Pitts Contracting dump scow 532 July 1962
93 318542 Relay Coast Guard SAR cutter 143 Aug 1963 sold 1989, stripped and abandoned
94 318729 Shiawassie City of Toronto ferry 62 Sep 1962 later Torontonian 1982
95 YSD-1 Royal Canadian Navy Diving Float Jan 1963
96 YSD-2 Royal Canadian Navy Diving Float Jan 1963
97 Pathfinder Toronto Brigantine Inc. brigantine 35 May 1963
98 Hudson One Dept. of Mines landing craft Sep 1963 for CSS Hudson
99 not named Bayswater Shipping barge 808 1963 conversion
100 320028 Cargomaster Hamilton Harbour Comm. derrick scow 562 July 1964
101 HBC 1000 Hudson Bay Company barge 1,151 July 1964 lost in James Bay 2006
102 not named Dept. of Public Works floats Sep 1965
103 not named Dept. of Transport ferry barge 15 Oct 1965
104 Louis S. St. Laurent One Coast Guard Landing barge 35 Aug 1967 for USCGC Louis S. St. Laurent
105 Louis S. St. Laurent Two Coast Guard Landing barge 35 Aug 1967 for USCGC Louis S. St. Laurent
106 Alexbow Alexbow Ltd. Icebreaking barge 81 Mar 1967 lost in the Arctic 1969
107 328085 Jean Bourdon Coast Guard survey vessel 81 1968 later 801
108 Scow No. 108 Dept. of Transport flat deck scow 50 Nov 1967

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