Morton Engineering
Quebec QC
Most recent update: July 14, 2021.
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.
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| 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 |