Menchions Shipyard

Menchions' Shipyard, Vancouver BC

Menchions' Shipyard was founded in 1912 by William R. Menchions, a Newfoundlander who had moved to Vancouver in 1896: he was succeeded by his nephew Albert and by Albert's son George. The company closed in 1990. The original yard was in the Coal Harbour neighbourhood, on the west side of what is now the Westin Bayshore, but in 1938 they moved to the north end of Cardero Street, on the east side of the Westin Bayshore. If anyone can add to the table below, please email your info to info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 14 July 2021.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Built	Disposition
Built in the Coal Harbour yard
	131143	Fredna	E & F Cunningham	Workboat	8	42	1912	Sank 1949
	130845	Emoh	Richard W. Holland	Yacht	17	44	1912	H.C. 44 1942, Emoh 1945
	152943	Foam Crest	Min. of Mar. & Fish.	Fishboat	16	41	1913
		Watla		Yacht	90	50	1913	Later Saturna
	158595	Curly	Alva 'Curly' Snyder	Tug	9	35	1913	Standon 1937, retired 2008
	134087	Charles Todd	Ministry of Interior	Workboat	23	46	1914	Miss Mary Beth 1919, Eljac 1968, active
	134092	Wekeninnish	Ministry of Interior	Workboat	23	46	1914	Gi-Kumi II 1919, retired 2010
	152941	Bonilla Rock	Min. of Mar. & Fish.	Workboat	36	49	1914	Yellow Cedar 1942, active
		Turenga	B. T. Rogers	R-class Yacht			1914
		Foam	Ministry of Fisheries	Patrol Boat		45	1915
		Gull	Ministry of Fisheries	Patrol Boat		45	1915
	134218	Margalice		Fishboat	11	108	1915	Retired 2008
			Empire Cannery	Tender			1915
		China Hat	B. C. Packers	Fish Packer	33	60	1916
		Chukwala				68	1917	Now Western Pilot
	138362	J R D	B. C. Packers	Fish Packer	45	58	1917
		Zeballos		Seiner	30	55	1918
	141194	Tonopah	Belmont Mines	Tug	12	46	1918	Standby 1937, Island Imp 1946, converted to jetty 1963
	141304	Elva M		Fishboat	37	53	1919
	141432	Cloe		Tug	29	41	1919
	150654	Norsal	Powell River Co.	Yacht	168	122	1921	To RCN 1939, Maui Lu 1973, sank 1992
		Bonilla		Yacht		40	1921
		Turenga		Yacht		30	1921
	150660	Greta M	Powell River Co	Yacht	52	61	1922	Thomas Crosby IV 1937, Argonaut II (USA 1131516) 1992, active
		Teeshoe		Tug	27	55	1924
		Prosperity A		Fishboat	33	58	1924
	152690	Sundown	Nelson Bros	Seiner	44	54	1924	Yacht (USA 293434) 1964, active
		Cape Beale					1924
	152711	East Point		Seiner	41	52	1924
	152666	Emma K.		Seiner	41	54	1925	Miss Keely 1980, W 8 1983
	152806	Ray Roberts	John Henry	Workboat	43	54	1925	Wrecked 1947
	152902	Sweet Marie
		Izumi II		Fishboat	39	60	1925
		Carol M		Fishboat	41	60	1925
		Betty G		Fishboat	41	60	1925
	153042	W. No. 7	Wallace Diesel Ships	Seiner	44	54	1926	Active
	153043	W. No. 8	Wallace Diesel Ships	Seiner	50	59	1926	Miss Keely 1980, Emil K. 1983, active
	153187	W. No. 9	Wallace Diesel Ships	Seiner	46	55	1926	Penelope Isl. 2004, active
	153188	W. No. 10	Wallace Diesel Ships	Seiner	44	55	1926
	153273	W. No. 11	Wallace Diesel Ships	Seiner	47	55	1926	Active
		Chamis		Fishboat	43	59	1926
	153398	Valencia	Robert Hobbs	Schooner	35	50	1927	Western Fisher 1957
	153401	Westview	Martin Dyke	Seiner	43	55	1927	Westview Three 1973, active
	153408	Gospak	Gosse Packing Co	Seiner	43	55	1927	Active
	154372	Kobe	H. Fujiwara	Seiner	38	50	1927	Burnt and lost 1933
	154373	Ibuki		Seiner	38	50	1927	Sunrise Maid 1945, Alice A I 2003
	154548	Nora Jane	George S. Harrison	Tug	75	66	1927	Burnt and lost 1950
	154662	Velma C	Whitfield Cook	Fishboat	32	48	1928	Active
	154672	Carlyle S.	Carlyle Shannon	Seiner	20	44	1928
	154925	Brockton		Workboat	17	45	1928
	154926	Chamiss Bay	Rayotara Kita	Seiner	62	66	1928	To RCN 1942, returned 1944
		Pursepa	Ministry of Fisheries	Patrol Boat	21	47	1928
	155275	Lila N.	Kelly Logging	Tug	5	28	1929	Active
	156608	Naskeena	Min. of Mar. & Fish.	Workboat	32	48	1929	Burnt and lost 1952
		Ryvo		Fishboat	58	60	1929
	156618	Loyal No.2	Kanzo Maekawa	Fishpacker	71	64	1930	To RCN 1942, Foam 1943, Loyal No. 2 1958
	156625	C. S. F. & P. No. 1	Chatham Sound F & P	Scow	12	40	1928
	156636	Violet Prince		Fishboat	49	54	1930
	156883	P.G.D. No. 1	Atty. Gen. for BC	Launch	12	32	1930	Mareca II 1963, Townley Isle 1967, active
	156900	Carlyle III	John C. Shannon	Seiner	18	44	1930	Toklat 2000, Alafare 2000, Carlyle III 2015, active
	157217	P.G.D. No. 2	Atty. Gen. for BC	Launch	16	38	1931	Dowager 1965, scrapped 2015
	157108	P.M.L. 10	Atty. Gen. for BC	Patrol Boat	9	28	1932	M.L. 10 1950
	157236	Tapawinga	South Sea Traders	Workboat	37	55	1932	Burnt and lost 1935
	158313	Melvin Swartout	George Kidd	Yacht	53	65	1934	To RCN as Meander 1939, Meander 1945, Melvin Swartout 1950
	326593	Yacker		Yacht	8	31	1935	Simpson 1977
		Knockabout II	Min. of Public Works	Workboat	13	35	1936
	158899	Dovre B	Anton Martinsen	Seiner	48	57	1936	Active
	158935	Ethber	Albert J W Page	Yacht	24	39	1936	Brendan 1937, active
	192072	Lalapalooza		Fishboat	6	30	1936	Fulford Queen 1956, Lynn IV 1971, active
	170422	Joan W II	James & Joan Fiddler	Fishing	63	62	1937	To RCN 1940, Joan W. II 1944
		BC Clipper		Fishboat	59	58	1937
	170783	Joan F	James Fiddler	Fishboat	14	36	1938
		Shannon M		Fishboat	44	58	1938
Built in the Cardero Street yard
	171785	Kitimat	Min. of Mar. & Fish.	Fishboat	79	80	1939
	171806	Allaverdy	Roland Roberts	Seiner	67	61	1939	To RCN 1939, Allaverdy 1945
		Reel Fisher		Fishboat	60	62	1940
		Dollina		Fishboat	23	44	1940
	172318	Cancolim II	Canadian Can Co	Cannery Tender	82	76	1940	To RCN 1940, Flores 1942, Loligo 1957, Gillian Lindsay 1958, La Salle 1964, barge Sea Fox II 1969, Pacific Oyster 1980, sank 2016
	172493	Sooke Driver No. 1
	172514	Molly Rose I
	173473	Invercan No. 3		Seiner	30	50	1941	Tony C 1971, Levi Michelle 2003, active
		Northern Breeze		Fishboat	44	50	1941
		Western Challenger		Fishboat	77	69	1941
	173725	White Swan
	173782	C. F. Todd	J H Todd & Sons	Fishboat	68	63	1942
	174070	Western Girl	Charles H Clark	Fishboat	100	74	1942	To RCASC 1942, Western Girl 1949
	174110	Tatchu	BC Packers	Seiner	104	74	1943	Vicisle 1957
	174116	A. & D. No. 16
	174043	Wm. C. Todd	J H Todd & Sons	Yacht	111	74	1944
	175149	Western Warrior	Nelson Bros Fisheries	Seiner	110	74	1944	Active
		Dollina II		Fishboat	97	63	1944
	178216	Marinet	Nelson Bros Fisheries	Seiner	51	55	1947	Active
	312838	P.M.L. 17	Atty. Gen. for BC	Patrol Boat	15	32	1948	M.L. 17 1950, Otter 1961, Poplar III 1979
	192044	Western Breeze		Fishboat	60	60	1949	Active
	192072	Lalopalooza		Fishboat	6	30	1936	Fulford Queen 1957, Lynn IV 1971, active
		Western Wind		Fishboat			1949
	192510	Titanium	Bill Babcock	Fishing	15	38	1950	Active
	193488	Nanceda	Nanceda Fishing	Fishing	108	73	1950	Lost 1987
	194658	Gail Diane		Fishing	121		1951	Later Tatchu
		Madcap		Log Salvage
	188589	Seascape	Robert Rolston	Yacht	21	40	1956	Active
		Gregory		Log Salvage	11	32	1959
		Silver Slipper		Fishboat		40	1962
	319441	Karen O	Klaus Ostrom	Troller	27	46	1962	Active

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