Newcastle Shipyards ~ Shipbuilding History

Newcastle Shipyards

Palatka FL

This yard was started by Dick Keith in 1977, originally as Palatka Shipbuilders and later as Keith Marine. In 2007 Keith Marine entered into an agreement with Newcastle Shipyards, an affiliate of Newcastle Yachts, to operate the facility jointly and recently renamed the whole operation Newcastle Shipyards Commercial. In addition, a new yard, called J&M Metal Works, has recently been opened at the extreme north end of Bulkhead Road, in Green Cove Springs.

	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	LOA	Delivered	Notes
Built by Palatka Shipbuilders
1	599703	Jan Bet		trawler	140	68	1978	later Larkin
2	613875	Miss Bettina		trawler	143	73	1979	later Capt Peabody, Blue Harbor
4	630336	Margaret Holley	Karen Sue, Inc.	trawler	96	72	1980
6				tugboat			1980
7	635901	La Jaibita	Gold Coast Shell	trawler	12	29	1981
8	649244	W. P. Scott	Mobro Marine	tugboat	54	40	1982
9	669452	Leightstar	Howard Leight	yacht	207	117	1984
11	673387	Debbie Sue	Karen Sue, Inc.	trawler	154	73	1984
12	663840	Heather Lynn	Heather Lynn	trawler	174	76	1983
13	910685	Entrepreneur	Big Sky Marine	dinner cruise boat	98	106	1987	later Abigail K, Entrepreneur II, Miss Conduct (UK)
14		Nina	Royal Caribbean Cruises	cruise tender			1987
15	694182	Christina		recreational	79	60	1985	later Miller High Life, Sarah Song, H2O Therapy, Fair Tide
16		Coco Cutter I	Royal Caribbean Cruises	cruise tender	131		1990
17		Coco Cutter II	Royal Caribbean Cruises	cruise tender	131		1990
19	925155	Ariel	Venture Cruises	passenger	96	64	1988
20	943989	Betsy Ann	Betsy Ann Riverboat	dinner cruise boat	65	65	1989
21	938122	Venezia		dinner cruise boat	50	62	1988	later The Boston Gondola
24	950640	Pride of Oregon	Maxson Manor	passenger	66	65	1989
Built by Keith Marine
27	988888	Contico of Cayman	Contico Charters	yacht	292	122	Apr 1993	later Fortuna, Blue Star, Contico
28		La Santa Maria	Royal Caribbean Cruises	cruise tender	120		Sep 1991
30	991324	Nekton Pilot	NP Leasing	SWATH dive boat	96	75	Oct 1994
31		Ship-2-Shore	Royal Caribbean Cruises	cruise tender	119		1995
141	1073261	Princesa	Princesa Partners	gambling casino	97	170	Aug 1998	later Emerald Princess II
142	1081832	Caprice	Sun Dream Yacht Charters	dinner cruise boat	76	95	May 1999
143		Pinta	Royal Caribbean Cruises	cruise tender			1999
144	1093859	Polly-L	Amelia Research & Recovery	treasure recovery boat	131	71	Mar 2000
145	1102705	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	97	95	2000	later Cabernet Sauvignon Commodore
146		Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	97	95	Oct 2000	later Galaxy Commodore
147	1124961	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	97	95	Mar 2002	later Kanan, Aqua Azul
148	1131739	Endless Dreams	Dream Cruises	dinner cruise boat	96	117	Oct 2002
149	1149123	Scorcey	Elliott, Ralph D., III	trawler Yacht	74	62	Mar 2003
150	1157109	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	98	98	Feb 2004	later The Grand Floridian, South Beach Lady
151	1165270	California Spirit	Star & Crescent Boat Co.	charter yacht	99	138	Jan 2004
152	1177694	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	98	95	Sep 2005
153	1189123	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	98	98	Aug 2006	later The Floridian Princess
Built by Newcastle Shipyards Commercial
1001	1189725	True North	True North Charters	yacht	246	120	2007
1002	Export	Harbour Island	PYC-5500	mega-yacht	910	180	2011	later Sovereign (CYM)
1003	1250021	Cortina	Cortina Marine	yacht	296	95	2008	later Madcap
1004	Export	Safira	Tyneside Yachts	mega-yacht	425	129	2012	(CYM)
1005	Export	Carson	Carson Maritime	mega-yacht	497	127	2015	(CYM)
1006	Export	Ulucitcan	Sagitta Yachts	yacht	640		2018	completed in Genoa
1016	1258040	MB 2010	Mobro Marine	barge	863	173	2015
1018	1262979	MB 149	Mobro Marine	freight barge	317	120	2015
1020	1267258	MB 303	Mobro Marine	freight barge	516	160	2016
Built by J & M Metal Works
101	1257393	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	99	93	2014	completed as Grand Floridian
102	1276513	Sir Winston	Winston Knauss	dinner cruise boat	98	93	2017
103	1284252	Sea Island Explorer	Sea Island Enterprises	tour boat	85	65	2018