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Smith & Rhuland

Lunenburg NS

Most recent update: July 19, 2021.

This famous builder of schooners was started by Richard W. Smith and George A. Rhuland in 1900 and closed in 1967. After WWII, it shifted to building commercial vessels and later also to yachts: it closed in 1967. The shipyard, which is now a repair yard, was at 280 Montague Street. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
1 111642 Palatia Charles L. Silver schooner 105 1901 total loss in Fox River Sep-15
2 111646 Quissetta James A. Hirtle schooner 105 1901 to NF 1903, lost off Carbonear Dec-19
3 111712 Peerless Arthur H. Zwicker schooner 105 1901 stranded Feb-32
4 111714 Mauna Loa John Schmeisser schooner 122 1901
5 111727 Excelda Charles L. Silver schooner 125 1901 lost at Bear Cove Jul-37
6 Alemada 1902
7 111731 Vendetta Thomas Hamm schooner 102 1902 lost off Cape Porcupine 1936
8 111745 Alexa E. Fenwick Zwicker schooner 124 1902 total loss in NY Harbor Jan-04
9 112095 Manhattan Benjamin Cook schooner 125 1902 stranded at Glasgow Head Jan-06
10 112100 Meteor Theophilus Creaser schooner 125 1902
11 112105 Alma Nelson J-William Young schooner 125 1902 lost off Thwart Island Nov-24
12 Companion Jeffrey Publicover schooner 125 1903
13 Compenular 1903
14 112106 Oregon Arthur Creaser schooner 124 1903 missing in the Atlantic Jan-14
15 116491 Edith R. Balcom Sprott Balcom schooner 119 1903 wrecked in Argentina Mar-08
16 116492 Agnes G. Donahoe Sprott Balcom schooner 123 1903 wrecked on Digby Gut Sep-13
17 116496 Valoria Allan R Morash schooner 123 1903
18 116499 Arkansas John B Young schooner 122 1903 missing in the Atlantic Nov-11
19 116502 Oceanic Reuben Ritcey schooner 125 1904 stranded off Nova Scotia Dec-07
20 116506 E. M. Zellars Emanuel Zellars schooner 93 1904
21 116517 Acme William C Smith schooner 100 1904
22 116510 Uranus James Young schooner 100 1904 collision and sank off Sable Island Apr-12
23 116519 Margaret E. Schwartz John H Schwartz schooner 122 1905 lost off St. Mary's Feb-15
24 116530 Nahada Howard Wynacht schooner 104 1905
25 116533 Mabel H. David Heisler schooner 63 1905
26 116535 Montana J-A Silver schooner 95 1905 stranded on St P & M Mar-16
27 116540 Douglas Adams Henry W Adams schooner 109 1905 total loss Jan-18
28 121854 Mattawa Scott Corkum schooner 107 1906
29 Mary G. 1906
30 121861 Medina A. Amiel Corkum schooner 73 1906
31 121862 Marina William Schmeisser schooner 77 1906
32 121994 Ella Mason Isaac D Mason schooner 74 1906 later Doris J Samson
33 122001 Howard Young James Young schooner 75 1906 beached at Trinity East 1947
34 Lauren B. Snow 1906
35 122008 Nicola Eleazer Zinck schooner 128 1906 sold foreign 1913
36 Elsie M. schooner 107 1907 same as Hull 44
37 Ysabel May John A Bechtel schooner 95 98 1910 motor ship 1911, wrecked on Christmas Island 1918
38 122009 Earl Grey Freeman Corkum schooner 105 1907 wrecked in Notre Dame Bay Jun-27
39 123486 H. W. Stone Emmanuel Stone fishing schooner 61 1907 lost at Tinker Harbour Jul-08
40 123487 Maggie Stone Emmanuel Stone fishing schooner 61 1907
41 122314 Mildred William C Job schooner 198 1907 abandoned in the North Atlantic Nov-18
42 122313 H. R. Silver William C Smith schooner 239 1907
43 122315 Clintonia William C Smith schooner 125 1908 foundered Jan-23
44 122318 Elsie M. Waters W Norman Reinhardt schooner 107 1908 stranded on Cape Breton I. Jun-14
45 126105 Vivian B. Walters W C Smith & Co schooner 96 1908 total loss Apr-10
46 126115 Watauga Edwin Backman schooner 126 1908
47 126119 Carrie L. Hirtle C-Aubrey Anderson schooner 121 1909
48 126120 Warren G. Winters Freeman Anderson schooner 117 1909 total loss Dec-19
49 126113 Muriel B. Walters Joshua E Backman schooner 125 1908 abandoned mid-ocean Oct-19
50 126392 Hawanee William C Smith schooner 124 1909 sunk off Cape Finisterre Oct-18
51 Wilfred M. The Wilfred M Co schooner 199n 1909
52 126581 Frank H. Adams Freeman Anderson schooner 122 1909 lost on coast of Newfoundland Oct-39
53 126585 Annie L. Spindler Eldridge Spindler schooner 124 1910
54 126586 Cecil L. Beck William C Smith schooner 120 1910 broken-up at Fogo Sep-47
55 126590 Uda A. Saunders Scott Corkum schooner 125 1910 sank Aug-18
56 126813 Itaska Reuben Ritcey schooner 128 1910 abandoned Aug-21
57 126818 William C. Smith William C Smith schooner 135 1910
58 126820 Marion Mosher Mahlon Rodenheizer schooner 121 1910 burned off St P & M Dec-48
59 130461 Harry W. Adams Harry W Adams schooner 127 1911 sank in the Bay of Biscay Dec-16
60 130463 Doris V. Myra Clarence Myra schooner 128 1911 sunk Apr-17
61 130562 Donald L. Silver William Arenburg schooner 121 1911 foundered Jan-24
62 130728 F. M. Toro Freeman Corkum schooner 128 1911 abandoned Mar-17
63 130733 Muriel E. Winters Freeman Anderson schooner 128 106 1911 later aux. schooner Munroe 1925
64 130814 Lucille B. Creaser Arthur Creaser schooner 128 1912 abandoned off Cape St Marys May-31
65 130816 Marion Adams Henry Adams schooner 128 1912
66 130828 Phyllis L. Westhaver Mahlon Rodenhiser schooner 128 1912 later Bertha E. Way
67 130829 Marion A. Silver Alvin Himmelman schooner 128 1912 lost Sep-17
68 130959 Leta J. Schwartz John Schwartz schooner 123 1912 later Vivian Ruth, lost Aug-27
69 131165 Araminta Theophilus Creaser schooner 123 1912 foundered Oct-25
70 131166 W. Cortada Edwin Backman schooner 148 1912 disappeared Jan-15
71 131176 Arcola Henry Adams schooner 126 106 1913 later aux. schooner
72 131177 Delawana Benjamin Cook schooner 124 1913 lost May-24
73 133809 Warren M. Colp Maynard Colp schooner 118 1913
74 Harold Colp 1913
75 133810 Granite William Richard schooner 119 1913 sold foreign 1926
76 133819 James Burton Cook William Smith schooner 132 1913 sunk near Malaga Mar-17
77 134043 Lauretta Frances Willet Spindler schooner 124 1913
78 134045 J. Henry Mackenzie William C Smith schooner 132 1914
79 134046 Allison H. Maxner Edward Maxner schooner 119 1914 wrecked off Black Rock Mar-18
80 134049 Golden West W Norman Reinhardt schooner 105 1914 sold foreign 1922
81 134054 Carl S. William Schmeisser schooner 105 1914 lost off Fogo Sep-36
82 134393 Mark A. Tobin Christian Iverson schooner 128 1914 wrecked on Sambro I. May-17
83 134399 Frances W. Smith Forman Mossman schooner 125 1914
84 134401 James Douglas Daniel Romkey schooner 125 105 1914 later aux. schooner
85 134404 Elsie M. Hart Scott Corkum schooner 124 1914 wrecked in Bonavista Bay Nov-35
86 134406 Dorothy Adams Henry W Adams schooner 119 1915
87 134409 Tipperary W Norman Reinhardt schooner 114 1915 wrecked in Trepassey Bay Mar-21
88 137873 Emily E. Selig Robert F Hollett schooner 105 1915 wrecked at Whiteway Nov-28
89 137881 Lucille M. Smith Abbot Beck schooner 131 1915
90 137882 Vivian P. Smith William C Smith schooner 130 1915
91 S. S. Tussel 1916
92 137887 C. M. Walters Wilson H Walters schooner 107 1916 sunk Aug-18
93 137890 Lucille M. Colp Maynard Colp schooner 122 1916
94 138251 Hillcrest Hillcrest Shipping schooner 365 1916 wrecked Mar-26
95 138257 Glacier Lameck Knock schooner 130 1916 sunk 1942
96 138259 Edith Newhall Eldridge Spindler schooner 130 112 1916 burned off Green Island Dec-37
97 138382 Gladys Mosher J-Mahlon Rohdenizer schooner 130 1917 sank Jun-45
98 138385 Alicante Milton Romkey schooner 130 1917 lost in Fortune Bay Sep-30
99 138397 G. A. Rhuland Clarence Myra schooner 130 1917
100 138546 Frances Louise Henry W Adams schooner 183 1917 sold foreign 1927
101 138551 Irene M. Corkum Leo Corkum schooner 130 1917
102 138559 Uda R. Corkum Freeman Corkum schooner 130 1917 missing Aug-27
103 138556 Bernice Zinck Henry W Adams schooner 130 1918 lost in Bonne Bay Jun-34
104 138557 General Haig Benjamin C Smith schooner 156 1918 lost at Curlew Sep-36
105 138821 Donald J. Cook William J Cook schooner 130 1918 lost Dec-21
106 138834 Shepherd King William C Smith schooner 155 1918 burned Oct-26
107 138839 Marion Elizabeth John Westhaver schooner 130 1918
108 141047 Democracy Scott Corkum schooner 130 1918
109 141079 Madelyn E. Hebb Russell Hebb aux schooner 154 112 1919
110 141051 George M. Cook Abram Cook aux schooner 195 131 1919 wrecked Jun-24
111 141054 Gilbert B. Walters Angus Walters schooner 176 1919 sunk 1943
112 141411 Mary H. Hirtle James Hirtle schooner 159 1919
113 141409 Freda M. Himmelman G Alvin Himmelman schooner 114n 1919 later aux. schooner
114 141415 Alcala Roland Knickle schooner 173 1919 later aux. schooner, lost near Flat I. Sep-36
115 141682 Kathleen Spindler Roy Spindler schooner 173 1920 abandoned Feb-22
116 141684 Frances L. Spindler Irvin Spindler schooner 173 1920 abandoned off Farmyard I. Sep-38
117 141700 Lois J. Thomas Thomas Himmieman schooner 169 1920
118 150402 Viccola schooner 175 1921 lost off Newfoundland Dec-21
119 150404 Bluenose Bluenose Schooner Ltd GB schooner 153 1921 wrecked off Haiti 1946, depicted on the Canadian dime
120 150408 Mahaska Benjamin C Smith schooner 144 1922 collision and sank Mar-29
121 150411 Margaret K. Smith Benjamin C Smith schooner 132 1922 missing in the Atlantic Aug-43
122 150412 Nina W. Corkum Eldridge Spindler schooner 140 1922
123 150414 Pauline C. Winters Freeman Anderson schooner 140 1923 sank in the Strait of Belle Isle 1963
124 150416 Lucy M. Corkum William A Corkum schooner 140 1923 lost in Fortune Bay May-30
125 150417 W. E. Knock Zwicker & Co schooner 95n 1923
126 I'm Alone I'm Alone Shipping freighter 205 125 1923 rum-runner, sunk by USCG Mar-29
127 150961 Beatrice Beck Abbot Beck schooner 96 1923 sunk off Atlantic Coast Oct-43
128 150962 Marie A. Spindler Willet Spindler schooner 143 1924
129 152475 Maxwell F. Corkum Leo Corkum schooner 145 1924
130 152479 Autauga Henry W Adams schooner 151 1924
131 152476 Douglas J. Mosher Benjamin C Smith schooner 150 1924 lost Jun-33
132 152478 Andrava Roland Knickle schooner 145 1925 lost in N. Sydney Oct-28
133 Alachua Henry W Adams schooner 95n 1925
134 152485 Delawana II William Cook schooner 146 1925
135 Indelacio 1925
136 152490 Agnes J. Myra Clarence Myra schooner 144 1925
137 Marshall Frank Frank Rissir schooner 144 1926 wrecked off Cape Breton Feb-49
138 152953 Jean and Shirley Benjamin C Smith schooner 148 123 1926 later motor
139 152955 Progressive II Lameck Knock schooner 146 1926
140 162966 Robert J. Knickle Clarence Knickle schooner 145 118 1926 later motor, Canada Goose No. 1 , closed 2008
141 Elizabeth Warde Frieman W Corkum schooner 145 1926
142 154763 Marguerite B. Tanner Wallace E Knock schooner 145 123 1927 later motor, sank off St P & M Sep-56
143 154762 Sigrid Amanda Harold N Jorgenson schooner 145 1927 collision off Halifax and lost Jan-31
144 154401 Eva U. Colp Maynard Colp freighter 148 110 1927
145 154407 Alisada R J Anderson Harrington schooner 177 114 1927 burned off Long Cay Nov-36
146 Jean M. Madelin R Scott Corkum schooner 145 141 1928
147 Geraldine S. Smith Vessel Co Ltd trawler 139 108 1928
148 Harriett and Vivian Wallace E Knock freighter 153 120 1928
149 Ronald George Wallace E Knock freighter 154 120 1928
150 Bessemer Thomas Himmelman schooner 158 120 1929
151 Kromhout Stuart B Hirtle freighter 112 107 1929
152 Isabel F. Spindler Willet Spindler schooner 145 1929
153 Isabelle Corkum Eric Corkum freighter 151 118 1929
154 Leah Beryl Lawrence Zinck schooner 145 1929
155 Shirley B. Corkum Christian Iversen schooner 145 1929 motor ship 1930
156 156722 Helen Forsey William Forsey schooner 167 1929 sunk 1942
157 Howard Donald Wallace E Knock freighter 158 121 1930
158 156726 Mabel Dorothy Foster K Lohnes schooner 154 1930 lost off Newfoundland Nov-55
159 Mavis Barbara Charles H Ritcey freighter 162 124 1930
160 Pasadena II Kenneth Wentzell schooner 144 1930
161 R. B. Bennett Melbourne M Gardner freighter 144 116 1930
162 Bruce & Winona Henry W Adams freighter 158 125 1930
163 Irene Mary Leo Corkum aux schooner 162 125 1930
164 Schwatke MV Shipping Co Ltd aux schooner 91 81 1931
165 Mudathalapadu Atlantic Shipping Co aux schooner 67 78 1931
166 Corticelli Blue Line Traders freighter 115 100 1931
167 Alex Johnson Minister of Marine motor vessel 79 86 1931
168 Amacitia Barbados Shipping Co freighter 152 115 1932
169 Atacama Lavinius A Wentzell freighter 149 115 1932
170 Marjorie & Dorothy C-Fenwick Zwicker aux schooner 164 125 1934
171 E. F. Zwicker E Fenwick Zwicker fishing schooner 167 128 1934 later training ship Captain James Cook
172 Muriel Isabel Melbourne M Gardner aux schooner 8 93 1935
173 Sir Ernest Petter Sir Ernest Petter Vessel Co freighter 140 118 1935 later Fairmorse
174 Ethel M. Petite Jeremiah Petite aux schooner 177 139 1935
175 Arthur J. Lynn Leon J Iverson aux schooner 168 117 1936 later training ship Richard Henry Dana
176 M. & L. Coaster II Charles H Ernst aux schooner 104 96 1937
177 Ross Norman Ross Norman Shipping Co freighter 197 132 1937
178 Harry W. Adams Henry W Adams aux schooner 177 129 1937 sank in the Cape Fear River 1984
179 Princess Arlene Nova Scotia Shippers freighter 318 129 1938 exploded and burned 1945
180 Lilla B. Boutilier Lilla B Ltd aux schooner 185 129 1938
181 170275 Theresa E. Connor Nellie C Ltd aux GB schooner 185 130 1938 to Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic 1967
182 Brenda Marguerite freighter 149 127 1939 foundered in St. Marys Bay 1965
183 Student Prince II Nova Scotia Shippers Ltd freighter 387 1939 wrecked off Fire Island Mar-41
184 170664 Caroline Rose fishing schooner 173 1940 reefed in Georgian Bay Aug-90
185 Marilyn Clair aux schooner 1940
186 Alcala aux schooner 1941
187 Flora Alberta aux schooner 1941 collision and sank off Halifax Apr-43
188 Nellie Cluett aux schooner 1941
189 J-E Kenney Nova Scotia Shippers Ltd freighter 338 166 1941 later General Schmidlin 1944, Cedarwood (AGSC-539) 1946, Beaver 1968, scrapped 1969
190 Sherman Zwicker Zwicker & Company GB schooner 180 142 1942 To Grand Banks Schooner Museum 1969
191 Eskimo (M-456) Royal Canadian Air Force supply boat 379 155 1942 ex-Lawrence K. Sweeney, damaged and scrapped 1957
192 Beaver (M-522) Royal Canadian Air Force supply boat 170 1943 wrecked off Cape James Aug-46
193 CT 64 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1943
194 CT 65 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1943 to Italy as Tenax
195 orel 1943
196 CT 96 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1944 to Italy as Riccione
197 CT 97 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1944 to Italy 1945
198 Francis Geraldine fishing schooner 192 1944 sold 1970 for conversion to yacht but abandoned in Galveston Bay
199 CT 98 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1944 to Italy 1945 as Cesare
200 CT 99 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1944 in service in India 1945, sold 1948
201 CT 100 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1944 sold 1947 in Singapore
202 175117 Judith Irene Ritcey Bros. Fisheries schooner 199 1945
203 CT 261 tugboat 67 65 1945 later Brigadoon
204 176293 Walter G Sweeney Walter G. Sweeney Co freighter 321 1945 sank off Cape Breton Oct-61
205 CT 262 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1945 later Foundation Alice, Marny M, scrapped 1963
206 CT 263 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1945 later Brad
207 CT 264 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1946 later Port John
208 CT 265 Royal Canadian Navy tugboat 67 65 1946 later Margaret Mac, Dunville
209 Margaret Busby 1946
210 177425 Calabogie 1946 suspended 2008
211 Velvet Lady W. L. Sweeney freighter 369 1947 wrecked 1955
212 Marion Crouse trawler 181 1947
213 177680 Cape George II 1947 suspended 2008
214 Vagabond Prince freighter 392 1947 exploded and burned 1966
215 Lady Patricia freighter 349 1947 wrecked 1954
216 Lady Cecil freighter 400 1948 later Claudette V 1957, abandoned in St P & M 1959
217 Sally Irene 1947
218 Doris Susan 1948
219 Jean Frances 1949
220 192650 Cape Fourchu trawler 219 1950 later A 24 1974, suspended 2008
221 193879 Cape Scatari trawler 218 1951 suspended 2008
222 193841 Fort Louisbourg trawler 168 1951 suspended 2008
223 Manatee trawler 200 1952 later Lunenburg
224 Betty Harris 1951
225 194106 Lady of Fatima 1951 closed 1984
170920 Mapeda Sedan Trawler 12 1950 later The Reel Thing
189362 Souqar II suspended 2008
189487 Lynn & Shel closed 1998
192308 Brigadoon Maritime Dredging tugboat 48 1951
192437 Rozinante Rozinante-class yacht 33 28 1951 closed 1999
193845 Wayne Michael suspended 2008
194430 Ekolite closed 1990
194435 George & Pauline suspended 2008
197570 A. Sterling Macmillan NLD 1991
198861 Ralphie J suspended 2008
198869 Rocket II Henry Clarke trawler 45 1955
188363 Shirley & Arthur trawler 45 1956 later Geoffrey H
243 189027 Dartmouth II City of Dartmouth ferry 251 75 1956 retired 1979, Lobsters Ahoy, scrapped 1996
244 189028 Halifax II City of Dartmouth ferry 252 75 1956 retired 1979, Labrador II, scrapped 2004
Amity yacht 10 30 1957 later Spirit (USA 534081)
310200 Acadie II collision and sank in Mounts Bay 2003
310320 Reyana yacht 15 1957 closed 2013
Prima Vista Dept. of Transportation pilot boat 64d 66 1957 first steel ship, wrecked 1970 in Lake Melville
Nakomis Dept. of Transportation pilot boat 64d 66 1957
Pilot Boat No. 5 Port of Halifax pilot boat 1957
La Tour Port of Saint John pilot boat 1957
310776 Bata Breagh closed 2011
310785 Terry & Gail trawler 60 1959 later Ocean Tribune
311830 Irish Rover II closed 2011
312423 Nancy Bartlett trawler 65 1959 later Noble Mariner
312427 Elaine Judith closed 1985
312711 Vagrant II closed 2011
312721 Roamer VI closed 1986
312725 HMS Bounty MGM Films replica 266 180 1961 closed 1990, sank 2012 (USA 960956)
312746 Michael R Fishery Products Intl. trawler 185 1962 closed 1997
312748 Mary R Fishery Products Intl. trawler 182 1962 scuttled 1985, suspended 2013
313267 Whitecap II closed 2011
314075 Tamar H. H. Heaps sloop 33 1961 later Tamar II, Island Dancer
314108 Argus suspended 2002
314112 Glaine III recreational 12 34 1960 later Norien
314119 Bownaut II Kevin Mason sedan cruiser 34 1960 later Admiral's Ghost, closed 2011
Thunder yawl 45 1961
318243 Tia Maria recreational 11 1962
318909 Malagash trawler 153 1962 closed 1999
318912 Lady Grenfell freighter 370 1962 later Stephenville, Lady Philpott, closed 2008
Winsome Rozinante-class yacht 33 28 1962 later Honalee (USA)
318925 Alberta R. Fishery Products Intl. trawler 191 1963 scuttled 1987
320553 Truant sloop 10 36 1964
320570 Dunsyre recreational 13 1964 later Argus III
320756 Bluenose II Oland Family GB schooner 191 143 1963 replica of Hull 119, to Lunenburg Fisheries Museum
320783 Renee Louise trawler 210 1964 later Charlotte Louise, suspended 2008
320785 Lunenburger trawler 188 1965 later Flying Duchess, lost 1984
323082 Nauti Rowdy III Alec Guilford 1966 closed 2011
326032 Talisman V W. M. Hamilton yacht 4 20 1958
326100 Lauren D yacht 17 1967 later See-Ya III
326101 Charlotte and Ricky trawler 214 1965 closed 2006
326105 David Frederick trawler 215 1965 suspended 2007
326118 Elizabeth Anne trawler 198 1966 broken-up 1989
326135 Fishcu trawler 236 1967 later Eastern Fisher, scuttled 1992
326140 Barbara Louise trawler 188 1967 later Icelandic Harvester
328621 Thuella 1967 closed 2011
Evangeline Rozinante-class yacht 33 28 1967
Standoff (MP 40) Royal Canadian Mtd Police police boat 70 75 1967 to RCN 1980, retired 1987
Nicholson (MP 49) Royal Canadian Mtd Police police boat 70 75 1968 to RCN 1980, retired 1992
Phalarope ? Rozinante-class yacht 33 28 196?
345297 Baby Bluenose closed 2004
383207 Quest VI closed 1986
298 Arete Rozinante-class yacht 33 28 1970 (USA 527814)
HMS Rose HMS Rose Foundation schooner 398 116 1970 later HMS Surprise, to San Diego Maritime Museum
Damn Yankee recreational 19 41 1973 later Arethusa (USA 651759)
Primrose Rozinante-class yacht 33 28 1974 later Andiamo, Luna
814318 Gypsy Soul I closed 2011

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