Shelburne Shipbuilding, Shelburne NS
There have been many boatbuilders in Shelburne over the years, several of which had significant records of construction - I will get to them in time. Shelburne Shipbuilders, Ltd., was started in 1916 by Albert Bruce, but the driving force as both designer and builder, from Day 1 until his retirement in 1947, was James H. Harding. The company was acquired in the 1950s by the neighboring yard, Harley S. Cox & Sons, but continued to operate as Shelburne Shipbuilders until it closed in 1985. It was located at the foot of George Street and is now part of the Muir-Cox Shipyard Interpretive Centre: see it from the air on Google here. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 19 July 2021.
| Hull # | O.N. | Name | Owner | Type | Tons | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Cann | Hugh Cann & Co. | Ferry | 299 | 130 | 1917 | Wrecked 1926, broken up 1957 | |
| Cecil Jr. | Little Stephano Co. | Schooner | 115 | 1918 | Wrecked 1926 | |||
| Misty Star | Harvey & Co. | Schooner | 132 | 1918 | ||||
| Donald II | W. & T. Hollett Ltd. | Schooner | 109 | 1919 | ||||
| Paule Simone | Govt. of France | Square Rigger | 113 | 1919 | For service in St. Pierre et Miquelon, wrecked 1921 | |||
| Helen Mathers | Mathers & Sons | Schooner | 141 | 1919 | Later Ellice B, South Head, wrecked 1926 | |||
| Marguerite Ryan | D. A. Ryan | Schooner | 107 | 1920 | Sank 1923 | |||
| Roy Bruce | R. F. Hollett | Schooner | 109 | 1920 | In collision and sank 1924 | |||
| Thorndike | J. Thornhill | Schooner | 128 | 1920 | ||||
| Lucy Edwina | Harvey & Co. | Schooner | 120 | 1922 | ||||
| 150803 | Archie F. Mackenzie | Schooner | 72 | 85 | 1923 | Later school ship Marie-Clarisse, now at Musee Maritime de Charlevoix, in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive QC | ||
| Amanap | W. S. Page | Schooner | 88 | 1923 | ||||
| Malay | R. W. Ferris | Yacht | 45 | 1924 | ||||
| Northern Light | Yacht | 45 | 1924 | |||||
| Aspy | J. T. Burchell et al. | Ferry | 264 | 117 | 1925 | |||
| Haligonian | H. W. Adams et al. | Schooner | 128 | 1925 | Built to race against Bluenose | |||
| 152577 | Blue Dolphin | S. H. Vale | Schooner | 91 | 100 | 1926 | To USN 1942 as IX 65, abandoned in Detroit c2001 | |
| Seven Bells | Carleton Cook | Ketch | 9 | 56 | 1926 | |||
| Josephine K | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1926 | ||||
| 153341 | Alpaca No. 1 | Rum Runner | 100 | 82 | 1927 | Registration suspended | ||
| Micmac | R. H. Raymond | Yacht | 66 | 1927 | ||||
| Dot & Hellie | Cargo Ship | 108 | 1928 | |||||
| James B | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1928 | ||||
| Symor | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1928 | ||||
| Isabel H | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1928 | ||||
| Algie | Cargo Ship | 151 | 1929 | |||||
| Malbo | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1929 | ||||
| Frederick | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1929 | ||||
| Augusta & Raymond | Cargo Ship | 204 | 1930 | |||||
| Maskinoque | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1930 | ||||
| Florann | Rum Runner | 100 | 100 | 1931 | ||||
| Edgar N. Rhodes | Dept. of Highways | Ferry | 56 | 1931 | ||||
| 156926 | Texada | Registration closed | ||||||
| Loyalist | Ferry | 421 | 1933 | Made into a barge 1963 | ||||
| 158159 | Captor | Recreational | 41 | 58 | 1935 | Active | ||
| Waterwitch | Yacht | 50 | 1937 | |||||
| Little Haligonian | Yacht | |||||||
| CN 160 | MMS 102 | Royal Navy | Minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 28-Jun-42 | To Italy 1946 as DR 209, sold 1956 | |
| CN 161 | MMS 103 | Royal Navy | Minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 30-Sep-42 | Sold 1946 | |
| CN 359 | MMS 200 | Royal Navy | Minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 24-Mar-43 | Sold 1946 | |
| CN 432 | MMS 248 | Royal Navy | Minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 11-Sep-43 | Mined and sunk in the Schelde 1945 | |
| CN 433 | MMS 249 | Royal Navy | Minesweeper | 225 | 117 | 1-Jan-44 | Sold 1946 | |
| CN 833 | DT 5 | Royal Canadian Navy | Diving Tender | 64 | 1944 | Retained post-war as YMT 6, fate unknown | ||
| CN 901 | DT 6 | Royal Canadian Navy | Diving Tender | 64 | 1944 | Retained post-war as YMT 8, fate unknown | ||
| 170266 | Linda Ann II | Registration closed | ||||||
| 177394 | Harengus | Fisheries Research | 107 | 1946 | Registration closed | |||
| 177836 | P. J. Cadagan | Trawler | 106 | 1947 | Later Isabel Susanne, foundered 1970 | |||
| 179575 | Donna S | Registration closed | ||||||
| 190255 | Limanda | Recreational | 60 | 67 | 1949 | Active | ||
| 192634 | Lacuna | Registration closed | ||||||
| 193872 | Comella | Registration suspended | ||||||
| 370980 | Interceptor (MP 83) | R.C.M.P. | Patrol Boat | 60 | 1955 | Sold as fishing vessel | ||
| Adversus (MP ??) | R.C.M.P. | Patrol Boat | 65 | 1957 | To RCN 1976 as PB 191, retired 1996 | |||
| Detector (MP 86) | R.C.M.P. | Patrol Boat | 65 | 1957 | To RCN 1976 as PB 192, retired 1988 | |||
| Captor (MP 50) | R.C.M.P. | Patrol Boat | 65 | 1959 | To RCN 1976 as PB 193, retired 1996 | |||
| Acadian (MP 52) | R.C.M.P. | Patrol Boat | 65 | 1959 | To RCN 1976 as PB 194, retired 1996 |