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Prince Rupert Dry Dock

Prince Rupert BC

Prince Rupert Dry Dock was primarily a maintenance and repair facility for its owner, initially the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, Canadian National Railway. The shipyard was completed in 1915 when a 20,000-ton floating dock was assembled at the site. The wooden pontoons were built by the general contractor and the steel wing walls were imported and erected at the site. The yard was equipped to build steel vessels but more frequently built wooden boats of various types for the local market. In World War One, it built two good-sized cargo ships and in World War Two, it built four minesweepers and 15 cargo ships. After the Second War the shipyard slowly faded away, the dry-dock finally being sold in 1955 and moved to Seattle. A total of 68 hulls have been identified as being built by them but the hull numbering sequence stopped at 60.

O/N Name Customer Type GT Built Notes
1 150573 Canadian Reaper/Canadian Scottish Canadian Government freighter 5,334 Aug 1921 completed by Wallace SB, Mount Parnassus 1937, Johann Schulte 1939, wrecked 1940
2 150578 Canadian Thrasher/Canadian Britisher Canadian Government freighter 5,370 Nov 1921 completed by Wallace SB, Ping An 1936, Heian Maru 1938, bombed and lost 1944
3 150675 Francois Lake ferry B.C. Dept. of Public Works ferry 56 Aug 1922 later Rolf Bruhn, closed 2000
4 B.C. Dept. of Public Works pontoon ferry 1922 for use at Terrace BC
5 152568 Rividis Dept. of Fisheries patrol boat 50 1924 later Ambassador III
6 152569 Vanidis Dept. of Fisheries patrol boat 50 1924 closed
7 152664 Lillian D B.C. Dept. of Forestry patrol boat 36 1925
8 153160 S.R.P. Co. No. 1 Skeena River Packing Co wood scow 18 1926 closed
9 153303 S.R.P. Co. No. 2 Skeena River Packing Co wood scow 18 1926 closed
10 153253 Pentowna Canadian National RW steel tugboat 145 1926
11 153305 Alpine Fir B.C. Dept. of Forestry patrol boat 16 Nov 1926
12 153158 Collinson Packers Steamship Co fishing boat 24 1926
14 154707 R M P I Rupert Marine Products scow 35 1926 closed
15 154708 R M P II Rupert Marine Products scow 35 1926 closed
16 154709 G.G.B. No. 1 Rupert Marine Products scow 44 July 1927
17 153310 Signal Jack Iverson fishing boat 52 Apr 1927
18 153405 Granby Granby Consolidated Mining tugboat 76 Apr 1927 closed Jun-08
19 154506 Bertha G Robert Gammon & Watts fishing boat 47 June 1927
20 154510 Emblem I P. Bruno fishing boat 31 July 1927
21 154512 Zapora Lars Voge fishing boat 44 1927
22 154711 Melville John Iverson fishing boat 39 Mar 1928 closed Dec-02
23 154712 Covenant Hans Underdahl fishing boat 39 Apr 1928
24 Pacific Stevedoring pile driver 1928
25 154978 Canadian National No. 107 Canadian National RW car float 1,037 Mar 1929 closed Apr-88
26 154720 C.R.C. John and Charlie Currie tugboat 18 Jan 1929 suspended
27 155156 Capella I Dan Larsen fishing boat 27 Apr 1929
28 155171 Chief Seegay Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Company fish packer 50 June 1929 deleted 1985
29 156445 Ispaco I Island Packing Company fish packer 48 June 1929 later San Juan II, suspended Mar-08
30 156446 Ispaco II Island Packing Company fish packer 48 June 1929 later Pula, suspended Apr-99
31 156887 Canadian National No. 5 Canadian National RW tugboat 68 July 1930 assembled at Kelowna BC
32 156973 Canadian National No. 108 Canadian National RW car float 427 July 1930 assembled at Kelowna BC
? 155180 V. T. No. 12 Vancouver tugboat scow 324 Oct 1929 closed
? 155181 V. T. No. 14 Vancouver tugboat scow 324 Oct 1929 closed
? 155182 V. T. No. 15 Vancouver tugboat scow 324 Nov 1929 closed
? 155183 V. T. No. 16 Vancouver tugboat scow 324 Nov 1929 closed
33 155186 Iceland I J.F. Eyolofsen fishing boat 13 Jan 1930 closed Feb-01
34 156812 White Hope Pete Thompson fishing boat 30 Apr 1930
35 156811 Chief Tapeet Canadian Fish fish packer 50 June 1930 deleted 2001
36 156975 Canadian National No. 109 Canadian National RW car float 1,149 Dec 1930
? 188344 Aledor/Argo II L. W. Kergin launch 9 Mar 1931 suspended Apr-08
37 156817 Essington Govt of Canada snag boat 310 May 1931 converted to Sea Cadet Boathouse 1958, then to a floating restaurant 1971
? 156820 Northern Cross Anglican Church mission boat 26 May 1931
38 171965 Canadian National No. 110 Canadian National RW car float 668 1939 assembled at Kelowna, Orchard City Companion
39 MS-13 Clayquot (J-174) Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 22 Aug 1941 torpedoed and lost 1944
40 MS-14 Quatsino (J-152) Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 3 Nov 1941 sold as Concord 1946, Chen Hsin 1946, scrapped 1950
41 CN 116 Kelowna (J-261) Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 5 Feb 1942 sold as Condor 1946, Hung Hsin 1946, scrapped 1950
42 CN 117 Courtenay (J-262) Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper 672 21 Mar 1942 scrapped 1946
43 168351 Fort Stikine Ministry of War Tpt freighter 7,132 31 Jul 1942 blew up in Bombay 1944
44 168374 Fort Rupert Ministry of War Tpt freighter 7,132 5 Oct 1942 scrapped 1958
45 Fort Mumford Ministry of War Tpt freighter 7,132 12 Dec 1942 torpedoed and lost 1943
46 168446 Fort Acton Ministry of War Tpt freighter 7,132 26 Feb 1943 later Bacinin 1948, scrapped 1968
47 169557 Fort Turtle Ministry of War Tpt freighter 7,133 21 May 1943 later Arundel Hill 1950, Cyprinia 1957, Ever Health 1964, scrapped 1969
48 174793 Nemiskam Park Govt of Canada freighter 7,132 30 Jul 1943 later Darton 1951, Federal Commerce 1957, Brasilia 1959, Montego Star 1960, Oceanic Express 1961, scrapped 1966
49 174813 Fort Aspin/Winnipegosis Park Govt of Canada freighter 7,160 26 Nov 1943 later Bayside 1947, Aghia Anastasia 1949, wrecked and sank 1950
50 169865 Fort Perrot Ministry of War Tpt freighter 7,171 25 Feb 1944 later Rockside 1947, Dorion 1952, Apollonia 1959, Antonios S. 1960, scrapped 1963
51 175383 Fort Conti/Earlscourt Park Govt of Canada freighter 7,161 30 Apr 1944 later Lake Chilliwack 1946, Mossel Bay 1950, Noutsi 1954, wrecked off Constanta 1965
52 169981 Fort Aspin Ministry of War Tpt freighter 7,161 27 Jan 1944 later Triport 1946, Heron 1950, Tinos 1960, Evergreen 1963, scrapped 1967
53 175603 Fort Beaver Lake/Westview Park Govt of Canada freighter 7,162 20 Oct 1944 later Seaboard Enterprise 1946, Doric 1957, Patagonia 1964, Mary F. 1965, scrapped 1969
54 176009 Fort Simcoe/Elgin Park Govt of Canada freighter 7,160 23 Feb 1945 later Royal Prince 1946, Atlantic Star 1949, Nadir 1961, scrapped 1972
55 176031 Gaspesian Park Govt of Canada freighter 7,100 22 Jul 1945 later Mont Gaspe 1946, Polyxeni 1954, wrecked Carapebus Shoal, scrapped 1965
174918 P.R.D.D.Co. No.1 Prince Rupert DD Co derrick scow 304 1943
CN 736 H.C. 217 Royal Canadian Navy ammunition lighter 51 1943 sold commercial N.S.P. No. 2, ON 178811
56 CN 1035 LST-3546 Royal Navy landing ship transferred to West Coast Shipbuilders
57 CN 1036 LST-3547 Royal Navy landing ship transferred to West Coast Shipbuilders
58 Ottawa Paget/Hai Shui China Merchants' S.N.Co freighter 1,351 Apr 1946 later An Ping 1951, scrapped 1969
59 Ottawa Palette/Hai Yun China Merchants' S.N.Co freighter 1,351 Apr 1946 later Min Chu Chi 1951, deleted 1992
60 176800 Svalbard No. 1 Harold Simonsen trawler 23 1947 later Pacific Searcher

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