Government Shipyard Sorel

Government Shipyard, Sorel QC

In the 19th century, the Canadian Government built much of its marine construction equipment - dredges, barges, etc. - at a shipyard in Sorel. In 1906, this yard was turned over to the Canadian Coast Guard to manage and, not surprisingly, it began to build more complex vessels. In 1937, it was sold to Joseph Simard's Consolidated Marine Companies, which already owned the nearby Chantiers Manseau, and the two yards together became Marine Industries, Ltée, (MIL). This table appears to be far from complete: if anyone can add any data, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 16 July 2021.

O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Vessel Type	Tons	Built	Disposition
	Frontenac	Canadian Coast Guard	Tug	262	1901	Scrapped 1927
	Lac St. Pierre	Canadian Coast Guard	Tug	100	1901	Sold 1943
	James Howden	Canadian Coast Guard	Tug	100	1903	Scrapped 1929
	W. S. Fielding	Dept of Public Works	Dredger	1,854	1905	Later P.W.D. No. 1 1914, Riding Mountain Park 1943, Empire Pike 1945, Basingford 1946, scrapped 1949
	Rouville	Canadian Coast Guard	Fisheries Patrol	301	1906	Foundered 1920s
	M. & F. No. 8	Dept of Marine & Fisheries	Dredger	2,050	1906	Later D.M. No. 8 1930, deleted 1973
	Vercheres	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	147	1906	Scrapped 1928
	Montmagny	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	1,269	1909	Lost in collision off Crane Is, 26nm below Quebec 1914
	Lambton	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	323	1909	Lost near Caribou Island 1922
	Varennes	Canadian Coast Guard	Tug	187	1911	Scrapped 1943
	Becancour		Ferry	214	1914
138457	Detector	Canadian Coast Guard	Sounding Vessel	584	1915	Preserved ashore at L'Islet sur Mer 1979
	Coal Barge No. 6	Ministry of Transport	Barge	595	1915	Later Roseleaf 1945, B.F. 1951, lost off Mitis-sur-Mer 1951
	Bradbury	Canadian Coast Guard	Fisheries Patrol		1915	Built KD, assembled in Selkirk MB, retired 1973, now in the Marine Museum of Manitoba
	Berthier	Canadian Coast Guard	Survey Ship	368	1916	Sold 1961
	Ostrea	Canadian Coast Guard	Oyster Prot'n.	111	1916	Sold 1930, wrecked 1934
	Argenteuil	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	165	1917	Sold 1960, sank 1962
	CD-51	Royal Navy	Drifter	100	1917	Sold 1922
	CD-52	Royal Navy	Drifter	100	1917	Sold 1922
	CD-53	Royal Navy	Drifter	100	1917	Sold as Karrier 1922
	TR-32	Royal Navy	Trawler	275	1918	Sold as Authorpe 1926
	TR-33	Royal Navy	Trawler	275	1918	Sold as Windroos 1927, then Freddy, sunk 1940 but raised, designated M-3230, sunk by mine 1944
	TR-34	Royal Navy	Trawler	275	1918	Sold as Valentia 1919, Etoile du Nord 1928, mined off Dunkirk 1940
	TR-51	Royal Navy	Trawler	274	1918	Sold as Marie Caroline 1919
	TR-52	Royal Navy	Trawler	274	1918	Sold as Marie-Mad 1919, mined off Ajaccio 1943
	TR-53	Royal Navy	Trawler	274	1918	Sold as Marie Therese II 1920, captured 1940, designated M-4204, sunk by bombing 1944
	Brant	Canadian Coast Guard	Buoy Tender	285	1927	Laid up 1966
	Coal Barge No. 7	Ministry of Transport	Barge	502	1927	Later buoy tender Alberni 1936, scrapped 1961
	Lanoraie	Canadian Coast Guard	Survey Ship	177	1928	Sold 1956
	Frontenac	Canadian Coast Guard	Tug	248	1930	Sold 1967
192908	Niangua					Closed
194540	Louis D		Barge	919	1932	Now Basse-Cote
172244	D.T. Sounding Scow No. 3	Port of Montreal	Workboat	160	1935	Active

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