Shelburne Shipbuilders

Shelburne NS

Most recent update: July 19, 2021.

There have been many boatbuilders in Shelburne over the years, several of which had significant records of construction - I will get to them in time. Shelburne Shipbuilders, Ltd., was started in 1916 by Albert Bruce, but the driving force as both designer and builder, from Day 1 until his retirement in 1947, was James H. Harding. The company was acquired in the 1950s by the neighboring yard, Harley S. Cox & Sons, but continued to operate as Shelburne Shipbuilders until it closed in 1985. It was located at the foot of George Street and is now part of the Muir-Cox Shipyard Interpretive Centre. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type Tons LOA Built Notes
1 Keith Cann Hugh Cann & Co. ferry 299 130 1917 wrecked 1926, broken up 1957
Cecil Jr. Little Stephano Co. schooner 115 1918 wrecked 1926
Misty Star Harvey & Co. schooner 132 1918
Donald II W. & T. Hollett Ltd. schooner 109 1919
Paule Simone Govt. of France square rigger 113 1919 for service in St. Pierre et Miquelon, wrecked 1921
Helen Mathers Mathers & Sons schooner 141 1919 later Ellice B, South Head, wrecked 1926
Marguerite Ryan D. A. Ryan schooner 107 1920 sank 1923
Roy Bruce R. F. Hollett schooner 109 1920 collision and sank 1924
Thorndike J. Thornhill schooner 128 1920
Lucy Edwina Harvey & Co. schooner 120 1922
150803 Archie F. Mackenzie schooner 72 85 1923 later school ship Marie-Clarisse, at Musee Maritime de Charlevoix, in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive QC
Amanap W. S. Page schooner 88 1923
Malay R. W. Ferris yacht 45 1924
Northern Light yacht 45 1924
Aspy J. T. Burchell et al. ferry 264 117 1925
Haligonian H. W. Adams et al. schooner 128 1925 built to race against Bluenose
152577 Blue Dolphin S. H. Vale schooner 91 100 1926 to USN 1942 as IX-65, abandoned in Detroit c2001
Seven Bells Carleton Cook ketch 9 56 1926
Josephine K rum runner 100 100 1926
153341 Alpaca No. 1 rum runner 100 82 1927 registration suspended
Micmac R. H. Raymond yacht 66 1927
Dot & Hellie freighter 108 1928
James B rum runner 100 100 1928
Symor rum runner 100 100 1928
Isabel H rum runner 100 100 1928
Algie freighter 151 1929
Malbo rum runner 100 100 1929
Frederick rum runner 100 100 1929
Augusta & Raymond freighter 204 1930
Maskinoque rum runner 100 100 1930
Florann rum runner 100 100 1931
Edgar N. Rhodes Dept. of Highways ferry 56 1931
156926 Texada registration closed
Loyalist ferry 421 1933 made into a barge 1963
158159 Captor recreational 41 58 1935
Waterwitch yacht 50 1937
Little Haligonian yacht
CN 160 MMS-102 Royal Navy minesweeper 225 117 28 Jun 1942 to Italy 1946 as DR 209, sold 1956
CN 161 MMS-103 Royal Navy minesweeper 225 117 30 Sep 1942 sold 1946
CN 359 MMS-200 Royal Navy minesweeper 225 117 24 Mar 1943 sold 1946
CN 432 MMS-248 Royal Navy minesweeper 225 117 11 Sep 1943 mined and sunk in the Schelde 1945
CN 433 MMS-249 Royal Navy minesweeper 225 117 1 Jan 1944 sold 1946
CN 833 DT 5 Royal Canadian Navy diving tender 64 1944 retained post-war as YMT 6, fate unknown
CN 901 DT 6 Royal Canadian Navy diving tender 64 1944 retained post-war as YMT 8, fate unknown
170266 Linda Ann II registration closed
177394 Harengus fisheries research 107 1946 registration closed
177836 P. J. Cadagan trawler 106 1947 later Isabel Susanne, foundered 1970
179575 Donna S registration closed
190255 Limanda recreational 60 67 1949
192634 Lacuna registration closed
193872 Comella registration suspended
370980 Interceptor (MP 83) RCMP patrol boat 60 1955 sold as fishing vessel
Adversus (MP aa) RCMP patrol boat 65 1957 to RCN 1976 as PB-191, retired 1996
Detector (MP 86) RCMP patrol boat 65 1957 to RCN 1976 as PB-192, retired 1988
Captor (MP 50) RCMP patrol boat 65 1959 to RCN 1976 as PB-193, retired 1996
Acadian (MP 52) RCMP patrol boat 65 1959 to RCN 1976 as PB-194, retired 1996

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