Bel-Aire Shipyard
North Vancouver BC
Most recent update: July 16, 2021.
Bel-Aire Shipyard was founded by George Fryatt in 1956. Initially, it was at the north end of Cardero Street, in Vancouver's Coal Harbour, on the site previously occupied by A. Linton & Co., next door to W. R. Menchion's shipyard. In 1963, Fryatt moved the company to a larger site, in North Vancouver, on the west side of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, where ABD Boats is today. See it from the air on Google here. Bel-Aire Shipyard closed in 1986 and ABD began operations in 1987, carrying on Bel-Aire's hull numbering sequence. In the table below, note that Bel-Aire started their hull numbering at 101 and numbered all contracts in a single sequence, including not only new construction projects but also repair and industrial work: as a result, there are many gaps in the table.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Built | Notes | |
Built in Coal Harbour | |||||||
101 | Frank MacNichol | 24' yacht | 1956 | ||||
12' rowboat | 40 boats | ||||||
16' speed boat | 8 boats | ||||||
Dept. of Transport | 24' lifeboat | 2 boats | |||||
Lyttle Bros. Ltd. | 24' yacht | ||||||
26' cruiser | |||||||
310377 | Whiplash | W. Neville | yacht | 14 | 1958 | ||
312041 | Pamper II | P. Wilson | yacht | 14 | 1959 | later Mariah Sea | |
312059 | Seal Rock | Dept. of Fisheries | patrol vessel | 24 | 1959 | later Seal Rock I, Seal Rock | |
312849 | Tsowam | National Harbours Board | patrol vessel | 9 | 1960 | ||
313668 | Comet III | Mercury Water Taxi Ltd | water taxi | 1 | 1960 | ||
313725 | Glenys Mary | John A. Stuart | yacht | 14 | 1960 | ||
125 | 313754 | Beaver Rock | Dept. of Fisheries | patrol vessel | 31 | 1961 | later 1997-14, Tlingit Princes (USA ON 1072383) |
126 | 313779 | Pillar Rock | Dept. of Fisheries | patrol vessel | 31 | 1961 | later Pillar Mist, Pillar Rock |
313240 | Miss Harriet | J. N. Tubb | trawler | 14 | 1962 | ||
319743 | Moodyville | Moodyville Mill Owners | Boomboat | 2 | 1963 | later Zory | |
319510 | Thrasher Rock | Dept. of Fisheries | patrol vessel | 17 | 1963 | ||
130 | 320205 | Lawrence L | Lyttle Bros. Ltd. | tugboat | 88 | 1963 | later North Arm Voyager |
320275 | Barbie L IV | L. & K. Lumber Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1963 | ||
320291 | Barbie L V | L. & K. Lumber Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1963 | ||
178829 | Ocean Comet | Georgia Shipping Ltd. | Repowering of tugboat | 60 | 1963 | Former US tug Jorgie, Mount Coment | |
134 | 327208 | Omega | Mercury Ventures Ltd. | ketch | 17 | 1965 | |
322368 | Cat Boomer | Finning Tractor Ltd | tugboat | 3 | 1964 | ||
322497 | Mercury VIII | Mercury Marine Services | water taxi | 5 | 1964 | ||
322951 | Island Boomer | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1964 | ||
326519 | Bronco | Earl's Cove Logging Co. | Boomboat | 3 | 1964 | ||
325552 | Sea Mark V | N. J. Jewitt | Boomboat | 3 | 1965 | ||
Built in North Vancouver | |||||||
323234 | Gale L | Lyttle Bros. ltd. | tugboat | 6 | 1964 | later Bold Bluff | |
322502 | Northcoaster | West Coast Towing | tugboat | 16 | 1964 | ||
325271 | Barbie L VIII | L. & K. Lumber Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1965 | ||
148 | 325582 | Viking Monarch | Viking Tugboat Co. Ltd | tugboat | 68 | 1965 | |
329572 | W.W. XV | Weldood of Canada Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1965 | ||
150 | 323282 | Tasu No. 2 | Wesfrob Mines Ltd. | barge | 223 | 1965 | |
152A | 323846 | Island Tug 150 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 2,188 | 1965 | later Seaspan 610 |
152B | 323856 | Island Tug 151 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 2,188 | 1965 | later Seaspan 611 |
L.C. 12 | B.C. Hydro | scow | 1965 | ||||
L.C. 13 | B.C. Hydro | scow | 1965 | ||||
326583 | Barbara L. III | L. & K. Lumber Ltd. | tugboat | 8 | 1966 | ||
156 | 323871 | Island Tug 91 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 719 | 1966 | |
157 | 327064 | Island Tug 92 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 719 | 1966 | later Seaspan 381, Vicwest II |
158 | 327071 | Island Tug 93 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 719 | 1966 | later Seaspan 382 |
159 | 327083 | Island Tug 119 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 830 | 1966 | later Seaspan 439 |
160 | 327087 | Island Tug 120 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 823 | 1966 | later Seaspan 440 |
161 | 327090 | Island Tug 121 | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | barge | 824 | 1966 | later Seaspan 441 |
327089 | Island Boomer III | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1966 | ||
327264 | Annex | Reeves MacDonald Mines | landing craft | 12 | 1966 | ||
327932 | Cutter Rock | Dept of Fisheries | Wood patrol boat | 36 | 1967 | ||
167 | 328912 | Evco No. 3 | Evans Coleman & Evans | barge | 1,037 | 1967 | |
168 | 328290 | Island Tug 124 | Island Tug & Barge Co | barge | 819 | 1967 | later Seaspan 444, W.M.S. 2 |
169 | 328300 | Island Tug 125 | Island Tug & Barge Co | barge | 819 | 1967 | later Seaspan 445 |
170 | 328306 | Island Tug 126 | Island Tug & Barge Co | barge | 819 | 1967 | later Seaspan 446 |
171 | 328311 | Island Tug 127 | Island Tu!-- g & Barge Co | barge | 819 | 1967 | later Seaspan 447 |
177 | 328936 | Bute No. 5 | Saul Miller | barge | 757 | 1967 | |
178A | 329422 | Bentley Rock | Doug Bentley | troller | 14 | 1968 | later Mar-Toy |
178B | 328985 | Pat T. II | John N. Tubb | troller | 14 | 1968 | later Windchime |
179 | 329453 | Barbie L IX | L. & K. Lumber Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1968 | |
180 | 328976 | V.T. No. 180 | Vancouver Tug Boat Co | barge | 868 | 1968 | later Seaspan 452, Beside The Point |
181 | 329410 | V.T. No. 181 | Vancouver Tug Boat Co | barge | 868 | 1968 | later Seaspan 453, FRPD No. 7 |
182 | 329486 | V.T. No. 182 | Vancouver Tug Boat Co | barge | 868 | 1968 | later Seaspan 454 |
183 | 329464 | Portage | BC-Hydro & Power Auth. | barge | 115 | 1968 | |
184 | 330380 | Bel-Aire No. 1 | Bel-Aire Shipyards Ltd. | barge | 118 | 1968 | later S.N. No. 1 |
185 | 329605 | Evco No. 15 | Lehigh Hanson Materials | barge | 1,539 | 1969 | |
186 | 331847 | Island Valiant | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | tugboat | 110 | 1969 | later Seaspan Valiant |
187 | 331108 | Evco No. 90 | Lehigh Hanson Materials | barge | 1,710 | 1969 | |
188 | 331288 | Evco No. 91 | Lehigh Hanson Materials | barge | 2,184 | 1969 | |
189 | 331865 | Evco No. 92 | Lehigh Hanson Materials | barge | 1,711 | 1969 | |
190 | 330852 | Arctic Circle No. 1 | Kaps Transport Ltd. | tugboat | 168 | 1969 | |
191 | 331229 | Island Victor | Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. | tugboat | 110 | 1970 | later Seaspan Victor |
192 | 331205 | Peace carrier | Peace Navigation | 215 | 1969 | ||
194 | 331945 | B.A.M. No. 1 | Bel-Aire Mackenzie Ltd. | barge | 215 | 1970 | |
195 | 331947 | Bel-Aire Lift | Bel-Aire Mackenzie Ltd. | drydock | 222 | 1970 | later Seaspan Drydock No. 1 |
196 | 331946 | Bel-Aire Beaver | Bel-Aire Mackenzie Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1970 | |
197 | 331770 | Peace Logger | Terminal Forest Products | barge | 98 | 1970 | |
330380 | S.N. No. 1 | Egmont Towing & Salvage | barge | 1970 | lengthening of Bel-Aire No. 1 (hull 184) | ||
201? | 331768 | Peace Boomer No. 8 | Peace Navigation | Boomboat | 5 | 1970 | |
201B | 331769 | Peace Boomer No. 9 | Peace Navigation | Boomboat | 5 | 1970 | |
204 | 344689 | G. of G. 501 | Gulf of Georgia Towing Co. | barge | 1,624 | 1970 | later NA 195, Hodder 195 |
344735 | Vic Ingraham | Northern Transportation | tugboat | 711 | 1970 | Deckhouse only | |
206A | 331130 | Federal Arctic No. 1 | Federal Com & Nav Co | landing craft | 14 | 1970 | |
206B | 331131 | Federal Arctic No. 2 | Federal Com & Nav Co | landing craft | 14 | 1970 | |
208A | 345227 | Fir | Bel-Aire Shipyards Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1971 | later Barbie L XII |
208B | 345228 | Pine | Bel-Aire Shipyards Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1971 | |
208C | 345229 | Cedar | Bel-Aire Shipyards Ltd. | Boomboat | 3 | 1971 | |
209B | 330397 | Hudson Handler | Int'l Hydrodynamics | submersible tender | 343 | 1970 | assembled in Churchill MB |
211 | 345247 | Bel-Aire No. 3 | Bel-Aire Shipyards Ltd. | barge | 213 | 1971 | later L & K V, H.I.R.E. I |
212 | 391815 | Angelglow | Arnold Lehn | Wood Ketch | 11 | 1979 | not completed until 1979 |
217 | Tlingit | Richard Stewart | launch | 11 | 1971 | sold (USA ON 1028312), laid up 2009 in Riverside CA | |
218 | 345601 | N.W.D. 203 | North Western Dredging | barge | 396 | 1971 | later Miller 203 |
222A | 346416 | Janie B | Federal Com & Nav Co | OSV | 885 | 1972 | later George E. Darby, 601, Rambo, Ocean Project, Unibamba (Peru) |
222B | 346417 | Cathy B | Nordic Offshore Services | OSV | 885 | 1972 | later SeaFed Margaree, 956, Chunghwa III, Rotam I (Honduras) |
230a | 347879 | Hudson Service | offshore Marine Int'l. | AHTS | 877 | 1973 | later Jackman, 602, Pamar Salvor, Martha Eugenia (U.S.A.) |
230b | 347880 | Baffin Service | offshore Marine Int'l. | AHTS | 877 | 1973 | later Grenfell, 601, Geosearch, Pearl Horizon, Odyssea Voyager (U.S.A.), burned and CTL-2006 |
232 | Captain Teach | Richard Stewart | yacht | 1974 | |||
233 | 348505 | Pandora II | Christensen Canadian Ent | Diving Support | 1,378 | 1974 | later Jean Francois de la Perouse, Ocean Voyager (U.K.), foundered 2002 |
Lady Colleen II | Californian Owner | yacht | 1974 | ||||
235 | 347536 | Kakisa | Northern Transportation | tugboat | 204 | 1973 | |
238A | 348506 | Strom Bay | Canadian Fishing Co | barge | 115 | 1974 | |
238B | 348507 | Oval Bay | Canadian Fishing Co | barge | 115 | 1974 | |
239A | Panama | Ambassador Service | offshore Marine Int'l. | AHTS | 497 | 1975 | later Selat Pride, Seabulk Persistence, Neptune Persistence, MISR Gulf XII (Egypt) |
239B | Panama | Sovereign Service | offshore Marine Int'l. | AHTS | 497 | 1975 | later June T, Marianas Voyager (Guam) |
240A | Panama | Statesman Service | offshore Marine Int'l. | AHTS | 497 | 1975 | later Viva (India), scrapped 2014 |
240B | Panama | Dominion Service | offshore Marine Int'l. | AHTS | 497 | 1975 | (U.S.A.) |
241A | 368699 | Homa Bay | Canadian Fishing Co | barge | 115 | 1974 | |
241B | 368700 | Naas Bay | Canadian Fishing Co | barge | 115 | 1974 | |
246 | 356755 | Seaspan Regent | Seaspan International | tugboat | 568 | 1976 | |
258 | 371232 | Dillingham No. 255 | Dillingham Corporation | barge | 72 | 1976 | later Delcat 255 |
262 | 371657 | BP 1026 | BC-Dept. of Highways | drydock | 396 | 1976 | |
264 | 371214 | Muchalat Chief | Tahsis Co. Ltd. | tugboat | 9 | 1976 | Outfitting only, Sunderland Chief |
323681 | Leroy & Barry | Pacifc Sunrise Fishing Co. | seiner | 126 | 1977 | conversion, Hope Bay, capsized 2004 and lost | |
268 | 383282 | Charles H. Cates VII | C. H. Cates & Sons Ltd. | tugboat | 68 | 1977 | |
269 | 383412 | Hamilton Baillie | Chemanius Towing | tugboat | 120 | 1977 | later Island Defender |
270 | 383486 | Intrepid No. 1 | T. Mosley | seiner | 96 | 1978 | |
271 | 368390 | Arctic Surveyor | Arctic Transportation | research | 736 | 1978 | later Blain McKeil, Geomariner 1, Geo Mariner |
272 | 391885 | Charles H. Cates V | C. H. Cates & Sons Ltd. | tugboat | 68 | 1979 | |
278A | Brazil | Satro 21 | SATRO | OSV | 796 | 1980 | scrapped 2011 |
278B | Brazil | Satro 23 | SATRO | OSV | 796 | 1980 | scrapped 2011 |
280 | 391840 | Pelagic No. 1 | Pelagic Transport Ltd | barge | 369 | 1978 | later RDV-Keetu, Penphrase |
281 | Mexico | Coinseco Alfa | Atunera Coinseca | trawler | 1,773 | 1982 | later Azteca 3 |
282 | Mexico | Coinseco Beta | Atunera Coinseca | trawler | 1,773 | 1982 | later Marisa Z., Azteca 7 |
283 | 393502 | Jeanna Marie | J. E. Farrington | trawler | 218 | 1979 | |
284 | 392924 | Canmar Supplier 8 | Dome Petroleum Ltd | landing craft | 1,256 | 1979 | later Couteau Supplier, Birchy 1, Cristina Express (Venezuela) |
286 | 371657 | B.P. 1026 | BC-Dept. of Highways | drydock | 913 | 1980 | conversion and lengthening |
288 | 800076 | P. B. 12 | Marine Petrobulk | tank barge | 759 | 1981 | |
188246 | Banksland Surveyor | Nortran Offshore Ltd | survey vessel | 640 | 1982 | conversion, Salmon Seeker | |
800993 | Canmar Tugger II | Dome Petroleum Ltd | tugboat | 651 | 1982 | conversion | |
300 | 800199 | Warrior | LaFarge Canada | barge | 2,683 | 1981 | |
301 | 802332 | Placentia Bay | Husky Oil Co. | AHTS | 2,769 | 1983 | later Maersk Placentia, Maersk Shipper, Maersk Placentia, Storm Express (Denmark) |
302 | 804457 | John P. Tully | Canadian Govt. | research | 2,198 | 1985 |