Robertson & Co.

Grand Haven MI

Most recent update: May 28, 2017.

Duncan Robertson, a Scotsman from Aberdeen, operated this shipyard, which was also known as Grand Haven Shipbuilding, from 1867 to 1894 and built at least sixty vessels.
It was located on the South Channel of the Grand River, on the triangular property where Wharf Marina and the Grand Haven Yacht Club are today. See the site from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
H. C. Hall
R. M. Maria C. T. Burnham steamer 35 1869
21936 Robert Howlett John Connelley schooner 166 1870 scuttled 1904 off Chicago IL
62522 Wolverine William Schlosser schooner 196 1871 abandoned 1909
33869 City of Grand Haven Orin W. Angwall schooner 230 1872 schooner 1884, abandoned 1937
City of Grand Rapids Cornelius Anderson schooner 1873 abandoned 1903
80334 Willie Loutit Charles Donahue schooner 182 1873 abandoned 1908
80393 William W. Dunham Lors D. Ludwig schooner 184 1873 stranded 1902
Dwight Cutler, Jr. a. Oterling tugboat 24 1874
E. C. Oggel A. Fisher tugboat 25 1874
J. W. Johnson Thomas W. Kirby tugboat 25 1874
19408 Ottawa William R. Loutit schooner 163 1874
20475 Pearl Adrian O'Beck & Co. schooner 24 1874
90763 Mary Ellen Cook John R. Cook schooner 174 1875
115494 Stewart Edward Thomas S. White steamer 18 1875
145105 Tempest Well & Eber steamer 283 1876 burned 1909 in Parry Sound ON
Agnes a. Hitchcock steamer 9 1877
6958 David Macy Cutler & Savidge schooner 192 1878 wrecked 1896 off Bar Point ON
95569 Hunter Savidge Cutler & Savidge schooner 152 1879 capsized 1899 off Harbor Beach MI
125743 City of Grand Rapids Hannah, Lay & Co. steamer 336 1879 to Canada 1907 (ON 116955), burned 1907 in Tobermory ON
125725 Claude Thomas S. White steamer 43 1879
150192 Peter Dalton E. P. Dowling steamer 47 1879
125829 Charlie J. Gnewuch A. O. Wheeler tugboat 32 1880 abandoned 1916
130185 N. McGraft Muskegon Booming tugboat 11 1880 abandoned 1906
115729 Stephen C. Hall Stephen C. Hall steamer 447 1880 to Canada 1912 (ON 130432), W. H. Ritchie 1921, burned 1921 in Port Arthur ON
105977 Albert Soper Greiling Brothers steamer 410 1881 to BWI 1920, sank 19?? in Governor's Harbor
George P. Savidge Joshua Smallman steamer 29 1881
126485 Charles A. Street William R. Loutit barge 268 1881
Robert G. Weddell White & Friant barge 1881 scrapped 1939
140572 Lizzie Walsh J. McClure ferry 37 1882 abandoned 1917
95694 Henry F. Brower W. E. Richards tugboat 30 1882 abandoned 1936
85711 George D. Sanford, Jr. J. W. Zimmerman yacht 52 1882 Tug 1908, Caroline 1915, abandoned 1921
126005 Charles E. Wyman Albert Bolster schooner 234 1882 foundered 1919 off Sable I.
80890 White and Friant Albert Bolster steamer 460 1882 schooner 1897, to Canada 1914 (ON 130223), abandoned 1938
3240 Bruce Ford River Lumber tugboat 50 1883 burned 1904 at Escanaba MI
100325 I. M. Watson steamer 95 1883 burned 1902 off Chicago IL
126156 Carrie A. Ryerson Henry Jacobs steamer 59 1883 burned 1921 at Willow Springs IL
Homer E. Reeves James A. Travis steamer 11 1883
140644 Lou A. Cummings George Robertson steamer 63 1883 City of Boyne 1911, America 1917, Bay Port 1930, abandoned 1945
145380 Thomas Friant Captain Einar Miller steamer 81 1884 burned 1908, rebuilt as fish tug, sank 1923 off Two Harbors MI
157127 Duncan Robertson George W. Miller tugboat 38 1884 Fayling 1925, abandoned 1943
140572 Lizzie Walsh Jay McCluer steamer 37 1884
130339 Nellie ferry 1885
150368 Peter Coates Coates & Arnold fish tugboat 32 1886 William G. Fox 1922, Sunshine 1930, abandoned 1931
106469 Alice M. Gill Kelley Island Lime steamer 264 1887 scrapped following fire 1935
145452 Thomas R. Scott Peninsula Tug & Towing steamer 268 1887 to Canada 1907 (ON 116847), foundered 1914 off Cabot Head
126485 Charles A. Street Joseph B. Lozen steamer 698 1888 wrecked and burned 1908 off Port Sanilac MI
92033 Mary H. Boyce Sherman H. Boyce steamer 700 1888 to Canada 1917 (ON 140994), destroyed by fire 1928, scrapped 1936
A. Meister Adrian O'Beck & Co. tugboat 35 1888
126540 Chas. H. Augur Fisher Bros. tugboat 37 1889
92075 Mary A. McGregor Potter-Teare Transit steamer 618 1889 wrecked 1920 on Magnetic Reef
116267 Sachem D. O. Lockhart steamer 740 1889 burned 1925 near Roberts Landing MI
100473 Ionia Loutit Bridge et al steamer 1,287 1890 to Canada 1912 as Fairfax (ON 111966), Maplegorge 1920, scuttled 1925 off Kingston ON
126641 Crescent J. U. Emery steamer 72 1890 abandoned 1924
120807 Frank Edward John Zietlow tugboat 35 1890 Robbins III 1913, scrapped 1930
136186 C.E.M.B.A. L. Coates tugboat 44 1890 abandoned 1935
106884 Alice Smith & Son tugboat 44 1891 H. J. Dornbos 1922, NLD 1940
120861 Frank P. Geiken John Geiken tugboat 36 1891 Crescent 1919, abandoned 1927
96098 Henry Troy Henry Troy tugboat 45 1891
92385 Major Dana Thompson, Smith tugboat 65 1891
155225 Oval Agitator W. V. Booth steamer 94 1892 Beaver 1902, abandoned 1932
126861 Columbia steamer 140 1892 to QMD 1918, abandoned 1923
126882 Columbia Thomas Rudeck excursion boat 120 1892 abandoned 1936
136320 E. G. Crosby Crosby Transportation tugboat 85 1892 scrapped 1914
120939 Fanny M. Rose steamer 34 1893 burned 1918 in Cleveland OH
136357 E. G. Maxwell tugboat 88 1893 abandoned 1933
145640 Theora John Parker fish tugboat 24 1893 abandoned 1933
96270 Helen Taylor William S. Taylor steamer 82 1894 foundered 1930 off Michigan City IN
92567 Margaret McCann tugboat 36 1894 abandoned 1935
150656 Pentland William H. Loutit steamer 827 1894 abandoned 1927

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