Champion Shipyards
Pass Christian MS
Champion Shipyard was started in 1980 by three Halter managers - Sid Mizell, Floyd Naquin and Bernie Heaps. Two years later, they sold it to Swiftships, who had misguidedly decided to buy up a bunch of small yards, just in time for the market collapse of the mid-1980s. As a result, the yard closed in 1984, leaving four boats incomplete.
O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
1 | 640585 | Cane River | Trico Marine | PSV | 294 | 164 | 1981 | later Bosworth Tide, scrapped 2006 |
2 | 642456 | Red River | Trico Marine | PSV | 294 | 164 | 1981 | later Parch Tide, scrapped 2006 |
3 | 643323 | PBR/348 | PBR Offshore | PSV | 294 | 164 | 1981 | later Mar 13, Gwen Tide (Canada) |
4 | 643324 | PBR/349 | PBR Offshore | PSV | 294 | 164 | 1981 | later Mar 14, fishing vessel Deep Sea Producer, sank 1988 in the Bering Sea |
5 | 643910 | PBR/350 | PBR Offshore | PSV | 294 | 164 | 1982 | later Mar 15, Golden Brandy, Ensco Cutter, Cutter Tide, Jennifer I (Nigeria) |
6 | 647712 | PBR/351 | PBR Offshore | PSV | 294 | 164 | 1982 | later Bahamas Sky, Ken Tide (Vanuatu) |
7a | Frank Candies | Otto Candies | tugboat | 98 | 107 | 1983 | ||
8a | SB-236 | 1983 | (Mexico) | |||||
9 | 649138 | Blue Coral | Garber Bros. | PSV | 299 | 168 | 1982 | later Jessica Rae, Dorado, Maad Hunter V, Kerry Gros |
10 | 653020 | Blue Sail | Garber Bros. | PSV | 299 | 168 | 1982 | later Wolf River, Midnight Wolf (BVI) |
11 | 655319 | Margaux-1 | PSV | 299 | 168 | 1983 | later PBR/306, Pimlico, Candy Cruiser | |
12 | 653612 | Hokulele | Hawaii Inter-Island | tugboat | 99 | 107 | 1983 | later Niolo |
13 | 656404 | Ben Candies | Otto Candies | tugboat | 98 | 107 | 1983 | later Sand Master |
14 | 659901 | PBR/354 | PBR Offshore | PSV | 299 | 168 | 1983 | later Golden Bear, Seabulk South Carolina, South Carolina (UAE) |
15 | 958927 | Sun Island | Seacor Marine | PSV | 849 | 215 | 1990 | completed by Steiner, Big Orange 26, Sun Island, Cape Kala Kane |
16 | PBR-476 | PBR Offshore | PSV | 299 | 182 | 1990 | completed by Steiner, Sage, IMS Jade (Nigeria) | |
17 | 973388 | Discovery Island | Seacor Marine | PSV | 849 | 215 | 1991 | completed by Steiner, Big Orange 28, Discovery Island, Cape Hanamanoia |
18 | 978736 | Avery Island | Seacor Marine | PSV | 386 | 215 | 1991 | completed by Steiner, Cape Kumu Kahi |