Breton Industrial & Marine

Breton Industrial & Marine, Point Tupper NS

The Strait of Canso Marine Railway Co., later just Canso Marine Railway Co., was a repair yard that was in operation at least as early as 1866. It was acquired by Murray Osborne in 1970 and renamed Breton Industrial & Marine Ltd. Osborne added a dry-dock and the fabrication capacity required to build ships and operated the yard until at least 1988. See the site from the air on Google here: it is now occupied by McNally International, the marine construction company that was purchased by Weeks Marine in 2011. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

See below for ships built by Breton Industrial & Marine.

Most recent update: 16 July 2021.

Hull #	O.N.	Name	Owner	Type	GT	LOA	Built	Disposition
Built by Canso Marine Railway Co.
	313471	Patsy Leb.					1951	Closed 1984
	326738	Breton No. 1					1961	Suspended 2008
Built by Breton Industrial & Marine
	346536	Gulf Canso		Tank Barge	264	91	1973	Suspended 2009
	368950	A. P. A. No. 18	Atlantic Pilotage Auth.	Pilot Boat	51	62	1974	Active
	368954	A. P. A. No. 20	Atlantic Pilotage Auth.	Pilot Boat	51	62	1974	Active
	368999	A. P. A. No. 1	Atlantic Pilotage Auth.	Pilot Boat	51	62	1976	Active
5	370575	Cape Harrison	Canadian Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	322	124	1976	Later Louis M. Lauzier, now 2014-03
6	371740	Louisbourg	Canadian Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	295	124	1977	Now 2013-03
	383324	Marinus		Fishing	122	62	1977	Later Cape Chelsea Enterprise, now Aqua Enterprise
	391614	Rose Croix						Closed 1996
	393018	Don Cadegan		Fishing	110	62	1979	Active
	393019	Helen M. Cadegan		Fishing	110	62	1980	Active
14		Bahamas Ranger		Landing Craft	271		1980	Later Bahama Ranger, now Princess Samiah (Panama)
	395542	Point Henry	Canadian Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	77	66	1980	Sold 2012
	395543	Isle Rouge	Canadian Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	77	66	1980	Now Never on Time
	800702	Breton Drydock No. 1	Breton Industries	Drydock	1,559	218	1981	Active
	800747	Point Race	Canadian Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	77	66	1982	Now 2011-04
	800748	Cape Hurd	Canadian Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	77	66	1982	Now 2014-01
19		Cavalier I		Landing Craft	371	160	1983	Later Hydra I 2003, now Highland Breeze (Honduras)
	803138	Tootsie						Closed 2010
21	806303	Partridge Island	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	92	75	1985	Now 2005-07, sold 2009 to McNally Ind.
22	806304	Ile des Barques	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	92	75	1985	Later 2008-02, sold 2009 as P'tit Saint-Pierre
23	806305	Ile Saint-Ours	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	92	75	1986	Active
24	806306	Caribou Isle	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	92	75	1985	Active
	808706	Marjorie Ralph		Fishing	26	35	1987	Now Christa Gail II
	813617	Breton II		Fishing	31	42	1986	Now Alert II
	819050	T. K. L. No. I		Barge	97	68	1988	Active

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