Shelburne Shipbuilders
Shelburne NS
Most recent update: July 19, 2021.
There have been many boatbuilders in Shelburne over the years, several of which had significant records of construction - I will get to them in time. Shelburne Shipbuilders, Ltd., was started in 1916 by Albert Bruce, but the driving force as both designer and builder, from Day 1 until his retirement in 1947, was James H. Harding. The company was acquired in the 1950s by the neighboring yard, Harley S. Cox & Sons, but continued to operate as Shelburne Shipbuilders until it closed in 1985. It was located at the foot of George Street and is now part of the Muir-Cox Shipyard Interpretive Centre. See it from the air on Google here.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | Tons | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| 1 | Keith Cann | Hugh Cann & Co. | ferry | 299 | 130 | 1917 | wrecked 1926, broken up 1957 | |
| Cecil Jr. | Little Stephano Co. | schooner | 115 | 1918 | wrecked 1926 | |||
| Misty Star | Harvey & Co. | schooner | 132 | 1918 | ||||
| Donald II | W. & T. Hollett Ltd. | schooner | 109 | 1919 | ||||
| Paule Simone | Govt. of France | square rigger | 113 | 1919 | for service in St. Pierre et Miquelon, wrecked 1921 | |||
| Helen Mathers | Mathers & Sons | schooner | 141 | 1919 | later Ellice B, South Head, wrecked 1926 | |||
| Marguerite Ryan | D. A. Ryan | schooner | 107 | 1920 | sank 1923 | |||
| Roy Bruce | R. F. Hollett | schooner | 109 | 1920 | collision and sank 1924 | |||
| Thorndike | J. Thornhill | schooner | 128 | 1920 | ||||
| Lucy Edwina | Harvey & Co. | schooner | 120 | 1922 | ||||
| 150803 | Archie F. Mackenzie | schooner | 72 | 85 | 1923 | later school ship Marie-Clarisse, at Musee Maritime de Charlevoix, in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive QC | ||
| Amanap | W. S. Page | schooner | 88 | 1923 | ||||
| Malay | R. W. Ferris | yacht | 45 | 1924 | ||||
| Northern Light | yacht | 45 | 1924 | |||||
| Aspy | J. T. Burchell et al. | ferry | 264 | 117 | 1925 | |||
| Haligonian | H. W. Adams et al. | schooner | 128 | 1925 | built to race against Bluenose | |||
| 152577 | Blue Dolphin | S. H. Vale | schooner | 91 | 100 | 1926 | to USN 1942 as IX-65, abandoned in Detroit c2001 | |
| Seven Bells | Carleton Cook | ketch | 9 | 56 | 1926 | |||
| Josephine K | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1926 | ||||
| 153341 | Alpaca No. 1 | rum runner | 100 | 82 | 1927 | registration suspended | ||
| Micmac | R. H. Raymond | yacht | 66 | 1927 | ||||
| Dot & Hellie | freighter | 108 | 1928 | |||||
| James B | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1928 | ||||
| Symor | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1928 | ||||
| Isabel H | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1928 | ||||
| Algie | freighter | 151 | 1929 | |||||
| Malbo | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1929 | ||||
| Frederick | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1929 | ||||
| Augusta & Raymond | freighter | 204 | 1930 | |||||
| Maskinoque | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1930 | ||||
| Florann | rum runner | 100 | 100 | 1931 | ||||
| Edgar N. Rhodes | Dept. of Highways | ferry | 56 | 1931 | ||||
| 156926 | Texada | registration closed | ||||||
| Loyalist | ferry | 421 | 1933 | made into a barge 1963 | ||||
| 158159 | Captor | recreational | 41 | 58 | 1935 | |||
| Waterwitch | yacht | 50 | 1937 | |||||
| Little Haligonian | yacht | |||||||
| CN 160 | MMS-102 | Royal Navy | minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 28 Jun 1942 | to Italy 1946 as DR 209, sold 1956 | |
| CN 161 | MMS-103 | Royal Navy | minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 30 Sep 1942 | sold 1946 | |
| CN 359 | MMS-200 | Royal Navy | minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 24 Mar 1943 | sold 1946 | |
| CN 432 | MMS-248 | Royal Navy | minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 11 Sep 1943 | mined and sunk in the Schelde 1945 | |
| CN 433 | MMS-249 | Royal Navy | minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 1 Jan 1944 | sold 1946 | |
| CN 833 | DT 5 | Royal Canadian Navy | diving tender | 64 | 1944 | retained post-war as YMT 6, fate unknown | ||
| CN 901 | DT 6 | Royal Canadian Navy | diving tender | 64 | 1944 | retained post-war as YMT 8, fate unknown | ||
| 170266 | Linda Ann II | registration closed | ||||||
| 177394 | Harengus | fisheries research | 107 | 1946 | registration closed | |||
| 177836 | P. J. Cadagan | trawler | 106 | 1947 | later Isabel Susanne, foundered 1970 | |||
| 179575 | Donna S | registration closed | ||||||
| 190255 | Limanda | recreational | 60 | 67 | 1949 | |||
| 192634 | Lacuna | registration closed | ||||||
| 193872 | Comella | registration suspended | ||||||
| 370980 | Interceptor (MP 83) | RCMP | patrol boat | 60 | 1955 | sold as fishing vessel | ||
| Adversus (MP aa) | RCMP | patrol boat | 65 | 1957 | to RCN 1976 as PB-191, retired 1996 | |||
| Detector (MP 86) | RCMP | patrol boat | 65 | 1957 | to RCN 1976 as PB-192, retired 1988 | |||
| Captor (MP 50) | RCMP | patrol boat | 65 | 1959 | to RCN 1976 as PB-193, retired 1996 | |||
| Acadian (MP 52) | RCMP | patrol boat | 65 | 1959 | to RCN 1976 as PB-194, retired 1996 |