Morton Engineering ~ Shipbuilding History

Morton Engineering

Quebec QC

This facility was located on the St. Charles River in Quebec City's Lower Town. Originally founded in 1858 and owned by Alex Mackay & Company, it was leased by Quebec Shipbuilding & Repairing Company during WWI and used to build two wooden freighters for the British Government. It was purchased in 1919 by W. J. Morton and incorporated in 1927 as Quebec Docking & Ship Repairing Company before changing its name to Morton Engineering & Drydock Company in 1928. In 1937 the Canadian Navy ordered a minesweeper from the company and it later built corvettes, frigates, cargo vessels and coasters. Wartime employment peaked at 2700 but the demands of war production exceeded the capability of the yard's management and the Canadian Government took over in July 1943 and operated it for the balance of the war. The yard was sold to Herve Baribeau in 1946, becoming St. Lawrence Metal and Marine Works Ltd. It built its last ship in 1949.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
Built by Quebec Shipbuilding & Repairing Company
1		War Sorel	Imperial Munitions Board	freighter	2,300	Sep 1918	sold 1920 as Verenia (Italy), Manlio 1922, scrapped 1923
2	143112	War Quebec	Imperial Munitions Board	freighter	2,300	June 1918	sold 1920 as Arturo (Italy), burned and scrapped 1921
Built by Morton Engineering & Drydock Company
1		Bermico	Brown Corporation	tugboat		June 1926
2	158074	Joan	Col. Price/H. A. Wilson	yacht	5	1928	closed
3			G. L. Airedale	yacht		1928
4		P. B. No. 7	Price Navigation	barge	197	1930	deleted 1979
5		P. B. No. 8	Price Navigation	barge	195	1930	deleted 1979
6	158985	RCMP Laurier	R. C. M. P.	patrol craft	201	1936	to Dept. of Fisheries 1946, sold 1983 as Laurier II
7	158986	RCMP Macdonald	R. C. M. P.	patrol craft	201	1936	to Dept. of Fisheries 1946. sold 1983 as Jenny Marcel
8		Gaspe (J-94)	Royal Canadian Navy	minesweeper	444	21 Oct 1938	sold 1946 as tug Sung Li, deleted 1993
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10	PV-4	Matapedia (K-112)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	940	9 May 1941	scrapped 1950
11	PV-5	Arvida (K-113)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	940	22 May 1941	sold 1950 as La Ceiba (Spain)
12	PV-6	Summerside (K-141)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	940	11 Sep 1941	scrapped 1946
13	PV-7	Louisburg (K-143)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	940	29 Sep 1941	torpedoed and lost 1943
14	273	Quebec (K-242)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	940	24 May 1942	sold 1945 as Ville de Quebec, Dispina 1946, Dorothea Paxos 1947, Tanya 1948, Medex 1949
15			Royal Navy	minesweeper			transferred to G. T. Davie
16			Royal Navy	minesweeper			transferred to G. T. Davie
17			Royal Navy	minesweeper			transferred to G. T. Davie
20	312	HMS Musk (K-287)/USS Might (PG-94)	US Navy	corvette	940	22 Dec 1942	sold 1946 as Olympic Explorer, Otori Maru No. 3, Kyo Maru No. 12
21	311	HMS Milfoil (K-288)/USS Intensity (PG-93)	US Navy	corvette	940	31 Mar 1943	sold 1946 as Olympic Promoter, Otori Maru No. 5
22	310	HMS Mandrake (K-289)/USS Haste (PG-92)	US Navy	corvette	940	6 Apr 1943	sold 1949 as Porto Azzurro, scrapped 1973
23	313	HMS Nepeta (K-290)/USS Pert (PG-95)	US Navy	corvette	940	20 Jul 1943	sold 1946 as Olympic Leader, Otori Maru No. 1, Kyo Maru No. 15
24	314	HMS Privet (K-291)/USS Prudent (PG-96)	US Navy	corvette	940	16 Aug 1943	sold 1949 as Elbano, Staffetta 1951, struck 1972
25	344	Verdun/Verdun of Canada (K-03)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	11 Sep 1943	sold 1944 as Dunver, scuttled as a breakwater Oyster Bay 1948
26	345	Cape Breton (K-350)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	25 Oct 1943	scuttled as a breakwater Kelsey Bay 1948
27	346	Outremont (K-332)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	27 Nov 1943	scrapped 1966
28	347	Valleyfield (K-329)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	7 Dec 1943	torpedoed and lost 1944
29	348	Thetford Mines (K-459)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	24 May 1944	sold 1946
30	349	Joliette (K-418)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	14 Jun 1944	to Chilean Navy 1946 as Iquique, scrapped 1968
31	350	Cap de la Madeleine (K-663)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	30 Sep 1944	scrapped 1966
32	400	Atholl (K-15)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	14 Oct 1943	scrapped 1952
33	401	Riviere du Loup (K-357)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	21 Nov 1943	to the Dominican Republic 1947 as Juan Bautista Maggiolo, struck 1972
34	402	Louisburg (K-143)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	13 Dec 1943	to the Dominican Republic 1947 as Juan Alejandro Acosta, wrecked 1979
35	403	Norsyd (K-520)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	22 Dec 1943	sold 1948 as Balboa, to Israeli Navy 1950 as Haganah, scrapped 1956
36	444	St. Lambert (K-343)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	27 May 1944	sold 1946 as Chrysi Hondroulis, Loula 1955, Stefanos III, lost offf Rhodes 1964
37	445	Hawkesbury (K-415)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	14 Jun 1944	sold 1946 as Campuchea, scrapped 1956
38	521	Asbestos (K-358)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	16 Jun 1944	sold 1947, wrecked off Cuba 1949
39	522	Beauharnois (K-540)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	25 Sep 1944	sold 1946 as Colon, to Israeli Navy 1950 as Wedgewood, scrapped 1956
40	523	Stellarton (K-457)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	29 Sep 1944	to Chile 1946 as Casma, scrapped 1969
41	524	Lachute (K-440)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	26 Oct 1944	to the Dominican Republic 1947 as Colon, wrecked 1979
42	525	Pointe Claire/Merrittonia (K-688)	Royal Canadian Navy	corvette	980	10 Nov 1944	wrecked off Nova Scotia 1945
43	491	St. Jerome/Kirkland Lake (K-337)	Royal Canadian Navy	frigate	1,445	21 Aug 1944	scrapped 1947
61	176016	Rockland Park	Park Steamship Co.	freighter	2,850	June 1945	sold 1946 as Lin Kuo, scrapped 1965
62	176018	Hamilton Park	Park Steamship Co.	freighter	2,905	July 1945	sold 1949 as D'Arcy McGee, Stad Dordrecht 1948, Sirena Secondo 1962, Sirena II 1962, Hemily 1970, scrapped 1972
63	176032	Westdale Park	Park Steamship Co.	freighter	2,967	Aug 1945	sold 1946 as Canadian Observer, scrapped 1965
64	176034	Maisonneuve Park	Park Steamship Co.	freighter	2,960	Sep 1945	sold 1946 as Canadian Highlander, scrapped 1965
65	182954	Ottawa Maybank/Marinier	British Min. of War Tpt.	freighter	517	28 Jun 1946	sold 1949 as ferry Musafir (Pakistan), wrecked off Chittagong 1967
66		Ottawa Maycliff/Marleen	British Min. of War Tpt.	freighter	517	10 Jun 1946	sold 1949 as Loch Frisia, George Skouras 1963, foundered off Italy 1979
Built by St. Lawrence Metal and Marine Works
67		Ottawa Mayglen/Mayglen	British Min. of War Tpt.	freighter	338	Oct 1946	collision and sank off Portimao Bar 1951
68	176578	Ottawa Maymere/Maymere	British Min. of War Tpt.	freighter	342	Oct 1946	abandoned in Yarmouth NS 1976, scrapped 1985
69	176580	Ottawa Maystar/Maystar	British Min. of War Tpt.	freighter	342	Oct 1946	sold 1954 as Pia-Geerto, May 1954, Westerhorn 1954, Triad 1957, Brion 1958, wrecked at Tegashka 1976
70	Hong Kong	Wan Chou/Kuei Men	Ming Sung Industrial Co	freighter	903	Sep 1948	sold as Hang Xiu Yi Hao, deleted 1999
71	Hong Kong	Hsu Chou/Chi Men	Ming Sung Industrial Co	freighter	904	Sep 1948	deleted 1969
72	Hong Kong	Lou Chou/Lung Men	Ming Sung Industrial Co	freighter	901	Oct 1948	deleted 1969
73	Hong Kong	Kuei Chou/Chien Men	Ming Sung Industrial Co	freighter	901	Sep 1948	deleted 1969
74	France	Cartaxo	SG-de Com., Ind. et Trans.	freighter	1,157	Dec 1948	sold 1972 as Falisa, Lautan Lima 1976, Pelego Duvo 1981, scrapped 1984
75	France	Colares	SG-de Com., Ind. et Trans.	freighter	1,158	Dec 1948	sold 1966 as Transfero, Porto Frio 1978, Porto Pylos 1980, Gulf Frio 1981, scrapped 1991
76	France	Coruche	SG-de Com., Ind. et Trans.	freighter	1,154	Dec 1948	burned and scrapped 1963
77	France	Covilha	SG-de Com., Ind. et Trans.	freighter	1,154	May 1949	scrapped 1973
78	179276	P. W. D. No. 69	Dept. of Public Works	dump scow	212	1949	later D. W. P. No. 69