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Harvey F. Gamage

South Bristol ME

Most recent update: July 8, 2020.

Harvey Gamage started this yard, which was also known as Bristol Yachtbuilding, in 1924: it closed in 1981, although a marina operation continues on the site, which is at Gamage Drive and Shipyard Road. See it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type Tons LOA Built Notes
1 Actaea sloop 29 1925
2 Kappi J. B. Lord sloop 29 1925 later Dartwell, Starling, Mug Up, Pajarito, Spindrift
3 sloop 32 1925
4 Nawanna sloop 42 1925
5 Saros sloop 42 1925
6 sloop 42 1925
7 Tethys schooner 43 1926
8 1221078 Half Moon F. C. Nobel schooner 15 43 1926 later Golden Hind
9 Hailaria A. E. Bibber schooner 43 1926 later Trojan, Rubaiyat, Auf Wiedersehen, Sea Witch
10 282289 Melodie R. A. Bell schooner 43 1926 later Ptarmigan IV, Buccaneer, Babaji
11 Sea Lady Pearcy Mack schooner 43 1926 later Shagwong
12? Dolphin P. J. Woodward schooner 43 1926
13 Schoodic Harvey J. Reynolds ketch 47 1926 later Agricola, Good Intent, West Wind, Onrust, Fleur de Lis, Sir Joseph Porter
14? West Wind ketch 47 1926
15? Twilight C. P. Cottrell, Jr. schooner 43 1927 later Jean, Purwana, Tethys, Sulu
16 Jolly Rodger William McMillan schooner 43 1927 later Matildy the 2nd, Friar Tuck , Jenny O, Cybele, Scotia II, Sonia III, Bahama, Mama, Sippican III, Flying Eagle, Privateer
16a Hajada F. G. Towle schooner 43 1927 later Kuwanna, Susan Ann, Lady Sylvia, Sara L, Katie B
17 Tyehee Willoughby H. Stuart, Jr. schooner 36 1927 later Den Halve Maen IV, Tyehee
18 Marita Franklin M. Haines schooner 45 1928 later Jedarelis, Nauset, Saquish, Maud, Scotch Mist, Carol Louise, Jedarelis, Marita
19 Madoc Russell Robb Jr. schooner 45 1928 later Gale, Nirvana II
20 Skylark ketch 36 1928
21 Ataloa ketch 36 1928
22 227245 Westwind schooner 36 51 1928 later Murmac, Kathlena II
23 228535 Westward schooner 33 55 1929
24 Eastwood schooner 45 1928
25 schooner 66 1928
26 227931 Windigo Matthew P. Whittall schooner 49 1928
27 schooner 45
28 schooner 40
29 228801 Four Winds Frank J. Mather, Jr. ketch 47 1929
30 ketch 36
31 schooner 45
32 Marionette II Roger D. Hale yawl 40 1929 later Awashonks, Freelance II, Holly Gee, Marianette II, Solveig
33 Gringo Harold Armory yawl 39 1929 later Maxitrol, Aventura, Yawls Rebel
34 282067 Eliza Ernest S. Ballard yawl 9 39 1929 later Pipe Dream, Kwai Low, Panku
35 228769 Nadiranga P. W. Wadsworth ketch 43 1929 later Phyllis II, Limbas, Phyllis II
36 ketch 40
37 293515 Starling Jill E P Mautner ketch 12 45 1929
38 Alibe ketch 47 1930
39 229880 Pitzy Charles T. Russell schooner 58 1930 later Surprise, Escapade, Nornua II
40 229748 Penzance F. J. Frost schooner 58 1930 later Avenir, Rose, Bonnie Doon, White Cloud II
41 229594 Marita Franklin M. Haines schooner 58 1930 later Syren IV, L'Derrie, Jackson, Ibis, Zambeze
42 229898 Arcturus Phillip G. Woodward schooner 58 1930
43 Stowaway Holcombe J. Brown motor sailer 38 1930
44 Heigo IV ketch 38 1930
45 power boat 34
46 power boat 45
47 power boat 30
48 power boat 36
49 Tamar III sloop 32 1931
50 sloop 32
51 sloop 32
52 power boat 32
53 power boat 38
54 power boat 38
55 power boat 38
56 power boat 24
57 sloop 31
58 power boat 33
59 power boat 40
60 232632 Francis M schooner 22 45 1933 later Blue Water
61 Roustabout James Gordon Gibbs sloop 26 1933 later Spartan Pegasus, Fogcutter, Haiku
62 power boat 22 1933
63 Quida yawl 28 1934
64 power boat 28 1934
65 power boat 35 1934
66 yawl 32 1934
67 yawl 36 1934
68 Banshee L. W. Young motor sailer 36 1935 later Decision II, Achernar
69 power boat 33
70 Bounty sloop 30 1934
71 Barbara motor sailer 42 1935
72 power boat 46
73 Mary Otis ketch 45 1936
74 sloop 26
75 235797 Pemaquid II power boat 14 48 1936
76 289234 Matey Robert T. Nye sloop 9 33 1936 later Dolphin, Sayeda
77 Sanderling sloop 33 1937
78 Scoter H. W. Buhler sloop 29 1937 later Marwal, Roxy Old Squaw, Widgeon, Querido, Skaarungen
79 236007 Avelinda Thomas D. Cabot ketch 48 1937
80 Penelope power boat 30
81 Widgeon sloop 30 1937
82 Gracia sloop 30 1938
83 Flicker sloop 30 1938
84 Waratah sloop 30 1939 + four 26' power boats
85 Arera sloop 30 1939 + one 18' power boat
86 Norjan N. Brooke Smith sloop 36 1938 later Barbara, Gay Gull, Gracia
87 Falcon sloop 30 1939
88 lobster boat 26
89 J. Douglas power boat 45
90 ketch 43
91 290328 Mischief F. Wadsworth Bush sloop 6 31 1939 later Canty, Destiny
92 Nimbus William H. Bradford sloop 31 1939 later Little Dipper, Echo, Emmy Lou II
93 Malabar A. Livingston Kelly sloop 31 1939 later Tamaru, Marionette
94 287807 Alondra Dr. William B. Terhune sloop 6 31 1940 later Kristen, Come Along, Sandpebble
95 Fantasy Andre Blumenthal sloop 31 1940 later Sea Piper
96 284825 Galatea Helen C. Taylor sloop 6 31 1940 later Menina, Laveche, Kallianeira
97 Nautilus George Terry sloop 31 1940 later Pearl
98 Rebel H. P. Bingham, Jr. sloop 31 1940 later Star Dust, Dyna, Nitpik, Balamaru, Breezing Along II, Janthina
99 Red Robin Robert W. Stark sloop 31 1940 later Sirena II, Whisker, Dolphin, Cherub, Questing Beast
100 Tarrier H. B. Sprague sloop 31 1940 later Privateer, Mary J, Ginny B, Warratah, Voodoo, Holdawn
101 Little Dipper II sloop 31 1940
102 Levecke sloop 31 1940
103 Fantasy sloop 31 1940
104 Emerald sloop 31 1940
105 Timaru sloop 31 1940
111 Vejo ketch 34 1940 + one 26' power boat
112 lobster boat 44 1940 + one 26' power boat
113 power boat 42 1940
114 power boat 30 1940
115 lobster boat 43 1940 + two 26' power boats
116 240368 Doris G. Eldridge trawler 67 66 1941 + one 26' power boat, Mary Tapper, Debbie Rose
117 254482 Caracara (AMc-40) US Navy minesweeper 205 97 1941 sold 1946 as fishing vessel Caracara
118 Charcalaca (AMc-41) US Navy minesweeper 205 97 1941 sold 1946
119 251238 Assertive (AMc-65) US Navy minesweeper 205 97 1942 sold 1946 as fishing vessel Assertive
120 253975 Avenge (AMc-66) US Navy minesweeper 205 97 1942 sold 1946 as fishing vessel Paul Howard, Manuel P. Domingos
121 251526 Bold (AMc-67) US Navy minesweeper 205 97 1942 sold 1946 as fishing vessel St. Christopher
122 APc-71 US Navy transport 103 147 1942 to Britain, returned, to Greece
123 APc-72 US Navy transport 103 147 1942 to Britain, returned, destroyed 1946
124 APc-73 US Navy transport 103 147 1942 to Britain, returned, to Greece
125 APc-74 US Navy transport 103 147 1942 to Britain, returned, to MARAD 1947
126 YP-600 US Navy patrol craft 92 78 1943 sold 1947
127 247967 YP-601 US Navy patrol craft 92 78 1943 sold 1947 as fishing vessel Yankee
129 245042 Carol and Estelle trawler 63 70 1944
130 245528 Booby & Harvey trawler 63 70 1944 later Mino, Two Sisters
131 245604 Pelican trawler 74 69 1944 later Jean Diane
132 Vito and Anthony trawler 75 1944
133 245523 Pearl Harbor trawler 67 67 1944 later Mary & Vince
134 247109 Solvig J. trawler 89 73 1944
135 246932 Fairhaven trawler 99 78 1944
136 not built
270278 Unity trawler 18 40 1944
137 247673 Althea Joyce trawler 50 61 1945 later Morning Star
260635 Alan K trawler 8 32 1945 later Ingrid
138 lobster boat 26 1945
139 lobster boat 26 1945
140 fishing boat 35 1945
141 seiner 35 1945
142 lobster boat 28 1945
143 249130 Gannet trawler 102 78 1946
144 249903 Wild Duck trawler 132 79 1946 later Clipper
145 lobster boat 30 1946
146 251019 The Clipper Fish trawler 132 79 1946
147 Albatross trawler 94 1947
148 267570 Pearl fishing boat 10 79 1946 later Babe-W, Silvan
149 fishing boat 35 1946
150 Doris fishing boat 40 1946
151 299268 Zerda Seaboard Trawling trawler 158 87 1948
152 Agnes J. II power boat 35 1947
153 262132 Ann S. fishing boat 14 33 1947 later Calypso
154 Joan B fishing boat 32 1947
155 282443 Cruisanne power boat 11 29 1947
156 lobster boat 22 1947
157 lobster boat 22 1947
158 258858 Euphoria Dr. Edward Pierson yawl 17 37 1947 later Tertium, Minuet, Talaria, Sea Bird
159 Scotch Mist James O. Rankin sloop 32 1950 later Dondi, Quartette, Maboul
160 255203 Neptune's Bride freighter 49 56 1948 later Deborah H, Just a Girl
161 255697 Nyanza seiner 39 56 1948
162 Saraband power cruiser 42 1948
163 Frolic power boat 22 1948
164 257015 Eastern Point trawler 41 56 1949
165 Sybil M lobster boat 1948
166 257330 Quickstep II fish carrier 28 49 1949
167 258498 Little Flower trawler 43 61 1949
168 260632 Nancy Jane trawler 57 64 1950
169 259452 Sandra Lee trawler 23 44 1950 later Candy B II
170 Carissima III Henry P. Chaplin sloop 33 1950 later Joanlyn, Jo-Ann-Lin. Andie, Esprit
171 Wedgebill III Richardson Pratt sloop 33 1950 later Celeste III, September Morn
172 261115 Vivian Fay scallop dragger 76 72 1950 later Sylvia R.
173 261417 St. Mary trawler 50 56 1951 later Courier, Paul & Louise
174 261697 Brant scallop dragger 76 72 1951 later Nina & Gail
175 262547 Monte Carlo scallop dragger 85 66 1951
176 263030 Pocahontas Harvey F. Gamage scallop dragger 130 79 1952 later Michelle and Annette
177 263826 Vilanova trawler 197 92 1952
178 264327 Nellie-Pet scallop dragger 77 72 1952 later Villa Riall
179 264570 Ruth-Moses scallop dragger 77 72 1952
180 264834 Lauren Fay scallop dragger 77 72 1953 later Saint Joseph, Frances L
181 265370 Wawenock Harvey F. Gamage trawler 191 101 1953
182 266253 Debbie & Jo-Ann scallop dragger 77 72 1953 later Cape Star
183 Evelyn C. Brown trawler 112 1954
184 267260 Mother Frances trawler 103 80 1954 later Vila Nova
185 267828 Mary Ann trawler 70 64 1954
186 269082 Rush scallop dragger 67 65 1955
187 Jennie lobster boat 27 1954
188 Tillicum lobster boat 30 1954
189 lobster boat 30 1955
190 269965 Edgartown Harvey F. Gamage scallop dragger 115 79 1955 later Tony & Nina
191 lobster boat 33 1955
192 lobster boat 27 1955
193 270847 Sippican lobster boat 92 67 1956
194 Nanlyn scallop dragger 22 1956 later Racketeer
195 271183 Stephen R. scallop dragger 73 59 1956 later Racketeer
196 Hyannis Power Float 40 1956
197 274248 Snoopy scallop dragger 84 66 1957 lost off NC 1965
198 272817 Stanley M. Fisher scallop dragger 101 72 1956 later Mildred A, Katherine
199 273553 Carmen & Vince trawler 117 83 1957 later St. Rosalie II
200 274949 North Sea Vito and Josephine Corp. trawler 67 65 1957
201 275635 Geraldine Geraldine Fisheries scallop dragger 136 83 1957
202 276297 Sandra Jane scallop dragger 137 83 1958
203 276701 Four J's trawler 44 52 1958 later Three Sons, Four J's, Capt. Conrad
204 277708 Grace and Salvatore trawler 112 76 1958 later Maria and Al
205 Janice Marie lobster boat 33 1958
206 278000 Valiant Lady trawler 55 61 1959
207 power cruiser 36 1958
208 278462 Sea Gold Girolamo Grillo trawler 67 65 1959
209 279005 Neptune scallop dragger 91 70 1959
210 280066 Ike and Jens scallop dragger 112 76 1959 later Elisa and Gina
211 282170 Pelican Northern Atlantic Seafood trawler 18 38 1960 later Eagle 3
212 280462 Prowler scallop dragger 90 70 1960
213 281000 Midnight Sun Risdal & Anderson Inc scallop dragger 67 65 1960 lost on Georges Bank 1962
214 282575 Santa Cruz scallop dragger 90 70 1960 later Michele & Joyce
215 lobster boat 26 1960
216 283560 Kim trawler 65 64 1960 later Ocean Clipper
217 284313 Ellen Marie Joseph Perry trawler 92 70 1961 later Three V's
218 284732 Four Brothers trawler 65 64 1961
219 285810 Antonina trawler 92 70 1961
220 286962 Angela W. trawler 65 64 1961
221 288714 Mary Day Camden Navigation Co schooner 86 80 1962
222 287839 Moby Dick scallop dragger 101 70 1962 later Lynn Ellen, Moby Dick
223 288659 Sylvia Mae scallop dragger 110 73 1962 later Medkin
224 289368 Venus trawler 80 73 1962 later Hope
225 290141 Explorer scallop dragger 110 73 1962
226 291257 Francis J. O'Hara trawler 160 88 1963
227 292333 Mariner Wayne E Frye Jr. scallop dragger 103 73 1963
228 295248 Shenandoah Coastwise Packet Company passenger 85 100 1964
229 295004 Jane and Ursula scallop dragger 188 86 1964
230 296778 Navigator trawler 105 73 1964
231 297677 Barnacle Bill trawler 114 73 1965
232 299612 Araho scallop dragger 193 98 1965 later Catalina
233 501190 Santa Maria trawler 121 76 1965 later Santa Maria
234 502201 Harvey F. Gamage Harvey F. Gamage scallop dragger 141 79 1966
235 503516 Commodore Boat Commodore of N B scallop dragger 138 78 1966
236 Luzitano trawler 75 1966
237 Hunter scallop dragger 105 1967
238 684718 Hero National Science Foundation research 238 113 1968 museum in Newport OR
239 Pioneer Scalloper 89 1968
240 Oceanic Scalloper 84 1969
241 521160 Clearwater sloop Clearwater sloop 69 76 1969
242 Crystal S Seiner (steel) 96 1970
243 Amy Jo trawler 63 1969
244 Vast Explorer II research 65 1970
245 Elizabeth trawler 71 1970
246 533074 Bill of Rights Los Angeles Maritime Inst schooner 95 90 1971
247 535588 Robert F. O'Hara trawler 198 101 1971 later Harvester
248 592522 Bonnie Jane Earl Robichaud lobster boat 8 27 1971
249 Prime Ribs lobster boat 43 1971
250 537017 Acme Michael O Harriman trawler 56 60 1972
251 Four Girls Seiner (steel) 46 1972
252 Gold Star work boat 35 1972
253 539858 Moloch Blair Pyne barge (steel) 16 44 1972
254 547822 Provincetown Bay State & P'town SS Co. ferry (steel) 95 123 1973 later Fantasea
255 552082 Harvey Gamage Dirigo Cruises aux. schooner 94 95 1973
256 554626 Act I Alvin Stettbacher trawler (steel) 51 55 1974 later Chris Ann
257 554354 Odessa Odessa Fishing Corp. long-liner 26 40 1974
258 Zeke Tug boat 35 1974
259 lobster boat 32 1974
260 566420 Fram Boat Solveig J , Inc trawler (steel) 122 70 1975
261 591812 Lady Myrna G Snider sloop 6 28 1975 later Lady M
262 Sou'Wester long-liner 42 1974
263 American Eagle American Cruise Line passenger 94 151 1977 later Fantasia del Mar (Panama)
264 569775 Carrie Ann Riptide Inc trawler 22 38 1975
265 572968 Bay State Harbor Cruises L L C passenger 98 98 1976
266 578768 E. G. Winters George J Schneider trawler 37 47 1976
267 La Regina trawler 110 1977
268 Miss Shirley trawler 60 1977
269 583663 Pictor Anton Graf Jr. work boat 25 36 1977 later Virginia
270 Brenda Jeanne lobster boat 36 1977
271 606424 Araho F. J. O'Hara trawler 198 106 1978
272 599044 Appledore Schooner Exploration Assoc aux. schooner 40 65 1978
273 wooden hull 31
274 623188 Friendship Eastern Fisheries trawler 173 99 1980
275 sloop 104
276 637736 Windsong Windsong Corp trawler 47 50 1981

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