Prince Rupert Dry Dock

Prince Rupert Dry Dock, Prince Rupert BC

Prince Rupert Dry Dock was primarily a maintenance and repair facility for its owner, initially the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, later Canadian National Railway. The shipyard was completed in 1915 when a 20,000-ton floating dock was assembled at the site. The wooden pontoons were built by the general contractor and the steel wing walls were imported and erected at the site. The yard was equipped to build steel vessels but more frequently built wooden boats of various types for the local market. In World War One, it built two good-sized cargo ships and in World War Two, it built four minesweepers and 15 cargo ships. After the Second War the shipyard slowly faded away, the dry-dock finally being sold in 1955 and moved to Seattle. A total of 68 hulls have been identified as being built by them but the hull numbering sequence stopped at 60. See the site from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 14 July 2021.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Vessel Type	GT	Built	Disposition
1	150573	Canadian Reaper/Canadian Scottish	Canadian Government	Cargo Ship	5,334	Aug-21	Completed by Wallace SB, later Mount Parnassus 1937, Johann Schulte 1939, wrecked 1940
2	150578	Canadian Thrasher/Canadian Britisher	Canadian Government	Cargo Ship	5,370	Nov-21	Completed by Wallace SB, later Ping An 1936, Heian Maru 1938, bombed and lost 1944
3	150675	Francois Lake Ferry	B.C. Dept. of Public Works	Steel Car Ferry	56	Aug-22	Later Rolf Bruhn, closed 2000
4	none	Unknown	B.C. Dept. of Public Works	Pontoon Ferry		1922	For use at Terrace BC
5	152568	Rividis	Dept. of Fisheries	Patrol Boat	50	1924	Later Ambassador III
6	152569	Vanidis	Dept. of Fisheries	Patrol Boat	50	1924	Closed
7	152664	Lillian D	B.C. Dept. of Forestry	Patrol Boat	36	1925	Active
8	153160	S.R.P. Co. No. 1	Skeena River Packing Co	Wood Scow	18	1926	Closed
9	153303	S.R.P. Co. No. 2	Skeena River Packing Co	Wood Scow	18	1926	Closed
10	153253	Pentowna	Canadian National RW	Steel Tug	145	1926	Active
11	153305	Alpine Fir	B.C. Dept. of Forestry	Patrol Boat	16	Nov-26	Active
12	153158	Collinson	Packers Steamship Co	Fishboat	24	1926
13							Not used
14	154707	R M P I	Rupert Marine Products	Scow	35	1926	Closed
15	154708	R M P II	Rupert Marine Products	Scow	35	1926	Closed
16	154709	G.G.B. No. 1	Rupert Marine Products	Scow	44	Jul-27
17	153310	Signal	Jack Iverson	Fishboat	52	Apr-27	Active
18	153405	Granby	Granby Consolidated Mining	Tug	76	Apr-27	Closed Jun-08
19	154506	Bertha G	Robert Gammon & Watts	Fishboat	47	Jun-27
20	154510	Emblem I	P. Bruno	Fishboat	31	Jul-27
21	154512	Zapora	Lars Voge	Fishboat	44	1927	Active
22	154711	Melville	John Iverson	Fishboat	39	Mar-28	Closed Dec-02
23	154712	Covenant	Hans Underdahl	Fishboat	39	Apr-28	Active
24	none	Unknown	Pacific Stevedoring	Piledriver		1928
25	154978	Canadian National No. 107	Canadian National RW	Rail Car Barge	1,037	Mar-29	Closed Apr-88
26	154720	C.R.C.	John and Charlie Currie	Tug	18	Jan-29	Suspended
27	155156	Capella I	Dan Larsen	Fishboat	27	Apr-29	Active
28	155171	Chief Seegay	Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Company	Fish Packer	50	Jun-29	Deleted 1985
29	156445	Ispaco I	Island Packing Company	Fish Packer	48	Jun-29	Later San Juan II, suspended Mar-08
30	156446	Ispaco II	Island Packing Company	Fish Packer	48	Jun-29	Later Pula, suspended Apr-99
31	156887	Canadian National No. 5	Canadian National RW	STug	68	Jul-30	Assembled at Kelowna BC
32	156973	Canadian National No. 108	Canadian National RW	Rail Car Barge	427	Jul-30	Assembled at Kelowna BC, active
?	155180	V. T. No. 12	Vancouver Tug	Scow	324	Oct-29	Closed
?	155181	V. T. No. 14	Vancouver Tug	Scow	324	Oct-29	Closed
?	155182	V. T. No. 15	Vancouver Tug	Scow	324	Nov-29	Closed
?	155183	V. T. No. 16	Vancouver Tug	Scow	324	Nov-29	Closed
33	155186	Iceland I	J.F. Eyolofsen	Fishboat	13	Jan-30	Closed Feb-01
34	156812	White Hope	Pete Thompson	Fishboat	30	Apr-30	Active
35	156811	Chief Tapeet	Canadian Fish	Fish Packer	50	Jun-30	Deleted 2001
36	156975	Canadian National No. 109	Canadian National RW	Rail Car Barge	1,149	Dec-30	Active
?	188344	Aledor/Argo II	L. W. Kergin	Launch	9	Mar-31	Suspended Apr-08
37	156817	Essington	Govt of Canada	Snag Boat	310	May-31	Converted to Sea Cadet Boathouse 1958, then to a floating restaurant 1971
?	156820	Northern Cross	Anglican Church	Mission Boat	26	May-31	Active
38	171965	Canadian National No. 110	Canadian National RW	Rail Car Barge	668	1939	Assembled at Kelowna, later Orchard City Companion, active
39	MS 13	Clayquot (J 174)	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	22-Aug-41	Torpedoed and lost 1944
40	MS 14	Quatsino (J 152)	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	3-Nov-41	Sold as Concord 1946, Chen Hsin 1946, scrapped 1950
41	CN 116	Kelowna (J 261)	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	5-Feb-42	Sold as Condor 1946, Hung Hsin 1946, scrapped 1950
42	CN 117	Courtenay (J 262)	Royal Canadian Navy	Minesweeper	672	21-Mar-42	Scrapped 1946
43	168351	Fort Stikine	Ministry of War Tpt	Cargo Ship	7,132	31-Jul-42	Blew up in Bombay 1944
44	168374	Fort Rupert	Ministry of War Tpt	Cargo Ship	7,132	5-Oct-42	Scrapped 1958
45		Fort Mumford	Ministry of War Tpt	Cargo Ship	7,132	12-Dec-42	Torpedoed and lost 1943
46	168446	Fort Acton	Ministry of War Tpt	Cargo Ship	7,132	26-Feb-43	Later Bacinin 1948, scrapped 1968
47	169557	Fort Turtle	Ministry of War Tpt	Cargo Ship	7,133	21-May-43	Later Arundel Hill 1950, Cyprinia 1957, Ever Health 1964, scrapped 1969
48	174793	Nemiskam Park	Govt of Canada	Cargo Ship	7,132	30-Jul-43	Later Darton 1951, Federal Commerce 1957, Brasilia 1959, Montego Star 1960, Oceanic Express 1961, scrapped 1966
49	174813	Fort Aspin/Winnipegosis Park	Govt of Canada	Cargo Ship	7,160	26-Nov-43	Later Bayside 1947, Aghia Anastasia 1949, wrecked and sank 1950
50	169865	Fort Perrot	Ministry of War Tpt	Cargo Ship	7,171	25-Feb-44	Later Rockside 1947, Dorion 1952, Apollonia 1959, Antonios S. 1960, scrapped 1963
51	175383	Fort Conti/Earlscourt Park	Govt of Canada	Cargo Ship	7,161	30-Apr-44	Later Lake Chilliwack 1946, Mossel Bay 1950, Noutsi 1954, wrecked off Constanta 1965
52	169981	Fort Aspin	Ministry of War Tpt	Cargo Ship	7,161	27-Jan-44	Later Triport 1946, Heron 1950, Tinos 1960, Evergreen 1963, scrapped 1967
53	175603	Fort Beaver Lake/Westview Park	Govt of Canada	Cargo Ship	7,162	20-Oct-44	Later Seaboard Enterprise 1946, Doric 1957, Patagonia 1964, Mary F. 1965, scrapped 1969
54	176009	Fort Simcoe/Elgin Park	Govt of Canada	Cargo Ship	7,160	23-Feb-45	Later Royal Prince 1946, Atlantic Star 1949, Nadir 1961, scrapped 1972
55	176031	Gaspesian Park	Govt of Canada	Cargo Ship	7,100	22-Jul-45	Later Mont Gaspe 1946, Polyxeni 1954, wrecked Carapebus Shoal, scrapped 1965
	174918	P.R.D.D.Co. No.1	Prince Rupert DD Co	Derrick Scow	304	1943
	CN 736	H.C. 217	Royal Canadian Navy	Ammo Lighter	51	1943	Sold commercial N.S.P. No. 2, ON 178811
56	CN 1035	LST 3546	Royal Navy	LST Mk. 3			Transferred to West Coast Shipbuilders
57	CN 1036	LST 3547	Royal Navy	LST Mk. 3			Transferred to West Coast Shipbuilders
58		Ottawa Paget/Hai Shui	China Merchants' S.N.Co	Cargo Ship	1,351	Apr-46	Later An Ping 1951, scrapped 1969
59		Ottawa Palette/Hai Yun	China Merchants' S.N.Co	Cargo Ship	1,351	Apr-46	Later Min Chu Chi 1951, deleted 1992
60	176800	Svalbard No. 1	Harold Simonsen	Trawler	23	1947	Now Pacific Searcher

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