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 |