Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1910
Defunct1968
SuccessorMarine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
HeadquartersMississauga Point, ,
ProductsLake freighters, Naval vessels
ServicesShip Repair
ParentCollingwood Shipbuilding

Kingston Shipyards was a Canadian shipbuilder and ship repair company that operated from 1910 to 1968.[1] The facility was located on the Kingston waterfront property known as Mississauga Point, which is the now the site of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston.

History

Marine Railway Company

In 1836 the British Board of Ordnance transferred control of the Kingston waterfront property, Mississauga Point, from the military to local businessmen. John Counter, Henry Gildersleeve, and Thomas Kirkpatrick created the Marine Railway Company to service the shipping traffic on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.[1]

By 1839 the company had built a small dry dock, an engine foundry, two wharves and a marine railway. In 1848 a large three storey warehouse was constructed. Steam power was added to the marine railway in 1851 and additional stone outbuildings were constructed in 1854.[1]

The Marine Railway Company advertised its facilities in 1862. The company claimed to own a marine railway with steam sawmill, workshops and offices, sixteen stone cottages, a large foundry known as the Ontario foundry, five large three and four storey fireproof warehouses and many wharves. Over two hundred men were employed to overhaul and service seven vessels at a time. At its time, it was the largest shipbuilding effort west of Quebec.[1]

First World War

In 1910 Collingwood Shipyards opened a subsidiary shipbuilding and repair plant in Kingston. The government dry dock was rented and purchased, and three government contracts for ships were secured. Several small jobs followed until the First World War in 1915. War contracts required 8 minesweepers for the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy and thus the workforce increased to over 1000 workers.[1]

Depression

Manager D. Thompson headed the firm during the Great Depression keeping a crew of six to eight men onsite. Parties of workers were hired on the spot on a jobbed basis.[1]

Second World War

The first three corvettes were ordered to be constructed in 1940. This was the first construction contract since 1923. The workforce grew to over 1500 as corvette and minesweeper construction progressed. The last wartime contracts were for seven seagoing steam tugs which were finished after the war had ended.[1]

Canada Steamship Lines takes over

In 1947 the yard was bought by the Canada Steamship Lines. This rejuvenated the shipyard business as the fleet of canallers owned by the Canada Steamship Lines provided repair work for the yard. The Kingston Shipyards throughout the 1950s was occupied with building tugs, barges and pontoons.[1]

Final years

The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 made the fleet of canallers obsolete. With no canaller fleet wintering in Kingston, the yard lost the majority of its work. In 1967 Canada Steamship Lines shut down the site and all the equipment was to be sold or transferred to Collingwood Shipyards. The property was sold in 1968, and in 1974 acquired by the establishment of the current Marine Museum of the Great lakes at Kingston.[1]

Shipbuilding history

Ships built at Kingston Shipyards[2][3][4][5][6]
Hull #Original nameOriginal ownerTypeGross tonnageDate builtDisposition
1PolanaDept. of AgricultureQuarantine cutter27819111927: renamed Jalobert

1955: renamed Macassa 1965: renamed Queen City

3BellechasseCoast GuardIcebreaker and buoy tender41719121954: scrapped
4DollardCoast GuardBuoy tender76119131970: scrapped
5P.W.D. No. 17Dept. of Public WorksDump scow39819131938: no trace of ship records past this date.
6P.W.D. No.18Dept. of Public WorksDump scow39819131985: possibly broken up.
7HMCS ThiepvalRoyal Canadian NavyMinesweeper440d19181920: decommissioned

1923: recommissioned 1930: struck a rock and sank

8HMCS LoosRoyal Canadian NavyMinesweeper440d19181920: decommissioned

1940: recommissioned 1949: broken up

9HMCS TR-19Royal NavyMinesweeper360d19181926: renamed Almeria

1928: renamed Goolgwai 1939: HMAS Goolgwai 1945: decommissioned 1955: wrecked near Sydney, Australia

10HMCS TR-20Royal NavyMinesweeper360d19181920: renamed Seville

1926: renamed Durraween 1940: HMAS Durraween 1952: broken up

11HMCS TR-54Royal NavyMinesweeper360d19181925: renamed Table Bay

1937: renamed Mary Mortimer

12HMCS TR-55Royal NavyMinesweeper360d19181920: renamed Marie Jacqueline

1927: Svalbard II 1939: HNoMS Scorpion (Royal Norwegian Navy) 1940: captured by Germans, renamed NN02 Scorpion 1945: surrendered and returned to previous Norwegian owners 1946: Svalbard II 1956: Baxel 1966: sold for scrap

13HMCS TR-56Royal NavyMinesweeper360d19181919: renamed CT56 (USN)

1921: renamed Romanita

14HMCS TR-57Royal NavyMinesweeper360d19191920: renamed Colonel Roosevelt

1926: renamed Texas 1941: HMT Texas 1944: lost in a collision off Jamaica

15Canadian BeaverCanadian Govt.Cargo ship2,41019201934: renamed Shinai (Japan Govt.)

1941: renamed Shinai Maru 1944: sunk by an American mine off the coast of Celebes.

16Canadian CoasterCanadian Govt.Cargo ship2,42219211929: renamed Kingsley

1943: renamed Silvestre 1950: renamed Santa Lucia 1966: scrapped for parts

J. A. CornettCanadian DredgingTug6019372015: moored near Port Dover harbour
17HMCS NapaneeRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette940d19411942: sinks enemy ship U-356

1943: sinks enemy ship U-163 1946: sold and scrapped

18HMCS PrescottRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette940d19411943: sinks enemy ship U-163

1946: sold 1951: scrapped

19HMCS SudburyvRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette940d19411946: sold and converted to tug

1967: scrapped

20HMCS CharlottetownRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette940d19411942: Torpedoed and sunk by U-517 in the St. Lawrence River near Cap-Chat, Quebec.
21HMS IronboundRoyal NavyMinesweeper545d19421946: renamed Turoy

1949: renamed Christina 1954: renamed Korso 1957: sunk by a mine off Portugal

22HMS LiscombRoyal NavyMinesweeper545d19421946: renamed Aalesund

1967: renamed Lars Nyvoll 1978: renamed Jan Mayen

23USS Brisk / HMS FlaxU.S. Navy / Royal NavyCorvette980d19421947: renamed HMS Flax

1951: renamed Ariana 1955: renamed Arvida Bay 1963: renamed Zaida

24USS Caprice / HMS HonestyU.S. Navy / Royal NavyCorvette980d19421943: renamed HMS Honesty

1946: renamed USS Caprice 1961: scrapped

25USS Splendor / HMS RosebayU.S. Navy / Royal NavyCorvette980d19431943: renamed HMS Rosebay

1947: renamed Benmark 1950: renamed Frida 1954: scrapped

26HMCS FrontenacRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette980d19431945: sold to United Ship Corp. of New York for merchant service
27HMCS TrentonianRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette980d19431945: Torpedoed and sunk by U-1004 in the English Channel
28HMCS PeterboroughRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette980d19441947: renamed Gerardo Jansen (Dominican Republic Navy)

1972: scrapped

29HMCS BellevilleRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette980d19431947: renamed Juan Bautista Combiaso (Dominican Republic Navy)

1972: broken up

30HMCS Smiths FallsRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette980d19431950: renamed Olympic Lightning (Honduran-flagged whale-catcher)

1956: renamed Otori Maru No. 16 (Japanese vessel) 1961: renamed Kyo Maru No. 23 (Japanese vessel)

31-38Carleton, Listowel, Aydon Castle, Barnwell Castle, Beeston Castle, Bowes Castle, Devizes Castle, Egremont CastleRoyal Canadian NavyCorvette980dCancelled
33RockglenBritish Ministry of War TransportTug23319451948: renamed Freedom
34RockforestBritish Ministry of War TransportTug23319451946: renamed Aramco 202

1948: renamed Abqaiq 1

35RockpigeonBritish Ministry of War TransportTug23319451947: renamed Flaunt

1959: renamed St. Merryn 1984: scrapped

36RockdoeBritish Ministry of War TransportTug23319451947: renamed Hoedic

1967: renamed Atlantico 1977: scrapped

37RockswiftBritish Ministry of War TransportTug23319451946: renamed Ocean Rockswift

1967: collides with Silver King I killing 6 fishermen 1995: sold

38RockelmBritish Ministry of War TransportTug23319461952: renamed Kalid
39RockswiftBritish Ministry of War TransportTug23319461949: renamed Pemex XI
40KingstonCanada Steamship LinesPassenger vesselCancelled
41Canada Steamship LinesCanallerCancelled
42N.H.B.M. Hopper No. 1National Harbour BoardDump scow13519482015: active
43N.H.B.M. Hopper No. 2National Harbour BoardDump scow13519482015: active
44HMCS ResoluteRoyal Canadian NavyMinesweeper412d19541966: scrapped
45D. C. EverestMarathon Corp.Pulpwood carrier2,19619531981: renamed Condarrell

1989: renamed D. C. Everest 2000: renamed Condarrell 2006: scrapped

46St. Lawrence IIBrigantine Inc.Sailing vessel3419532015: active
47Windmill PointToronto Port Auth.Ferry11819542015: active
48Amherst IslanderOnt. Dept. of HwysFerry18419552015: active
49Seeley’s Bay FerryLeeds and LansdowneFerry1955
50D.O.T. 11Dept. of TransportLanding craft271955
51D.O.T. 12Dept. of TransportLanding craft271955
52Royal Canadian NavyLanding craft1955
53S.L.S. 81St. Lawrence SeawaySweep scow10219552015: active
54YLV 600Royal Canadian NavyFlat deck scow2201955
55YLV 601Royal Canadian NavyFlat deck scow2201955
56Baffin OneCanadian Hydro Svce.Landing barge41956For CSS Baffin
57Baffin TwoCanadian Hydro Svce.Landing barge41956For CSS Baffin
58D.O.T. 49Dept. of TransportLanding craft271956
59D.O.T. 50Dept. of TransportLanding craft271956
60D.O.T. 51Dept. of TransportLanding craft 271956
61Pitts MerritC.A. Pitts ContractorsDredge88319571977: Lost off Newfoundland
62Fort Steele (MP 34)R.C.M.P.Patrol cutter21519581973: to RCNR, renamed HMCS Fort Steele 140

1996: renamed Marie T. Splinter 1996: renamed Longway

63Kenora II (MP 94)R.C.M.P.Patrol cutter1191957
64S.L.S. 86St. Lawrence SeawayScow4221958
65S.L.S. 87St. Lawrence SeawayScow4221958
66T.H.C. No. 50Toronto Harbour Comm.Barge38519582004: active
67William B. DillyMcNamara ConstructionDredge47319572015: active
68McNco No. 30McNamara ConstructionScow32119582015: active
69McNco No. 31McNamara ConstructionScow3061958
70D.O.T.Dept. of TransportLanding craft271958
71D.O.T.Dept. of TransportLanding craft271958
72D.O.T.Dept. of TransportLanding craft271958
73SciroccoGulfs & Lakes NavigationYacht5719591969: renamed Esmau

1982: renamed Un Monde Different 2008: deleted

74Lightship No. 4Dept. of TransportLightship52019591969: renamed CCGS Mikula

1995: renamed Kormoran

75RCL D-35Russel ConstructionScow2351958later: renamed J.P.P. No. 501

later: renamed H.M.D.C. No. 2 later: scrapped

76RCL D-36Russel ConstructionScow3071958Later: renamed J.P.P. No. 501

1998: H.M.D.C. No. 3 2006: closed

77D.O.T.Dept. of TransportLanding craft271958
78D.O.T.Dept. of TransportLanding craft271958
79D.O.T.Dept. of TransportLanding craft271958
80D.O.T.Dept. of TransportLanding craft271958
81Grayco CanadaPontoons1958
82MargueriteSt. Lawrence SeawayWooden boat1959Display boat for Upper Canada Village
83McNco No. 1McNamara ConstructionScow2231959
84McNco No. 2McNamara ConstructionScow2241959
85McNco No. 3McNamara ConstructionScow2251959
86McNco No. 4McNamara ConstructionScow2231959
87Miss CornwallCornwall Boat ToursTour boat441960later: renamed L’Aventure II

active?

88Pilot Boat No. 9Dept. of TransportPilot launch4419601984: renamed Claudin Riverin

2007: renamed Navsea

89Churchill 61National Harbour BoardDump scow33119611983: renamed Pitts No. 18

2004: deleted

90EndiangJohn P. LabattKetch7219621969: deleted
91Pitts No. 1C. A. Pitts ContractingDump scow5321962
92Pitts No. 2C. A. Pitts ContractingDump scow5321962
93RelayCoast GuardSAR cutter14319631989: stripped and abandoned
94ShiwassieCity of TorontoFerry6219621982: renamed Torontonian
95YSD 1Royal Canadian NavyDriving float1963
96YSD 2Royal Canadian NavyDriving float1963
97S.T.V. PathfinderToronto Brigantine Inc.Brigantine3519632015: active
98Hudson OneDept. of MinesLanding craft1963for: CSS Hudson
99Bayswater ShippingBarge8081963
100CargomasterHamilton Harbour Comm.Derrick scow5621964
101HBC 1000Hudson Bay CompanyBarge115119642006: Lost in James Bay
102Dept. of Public WorksFloats1965
103Dept. of Public TransportFerry barge151965
104Louis S. St. Laurent OneCoast GuardLanding barge351967For CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent
105Louis S. St Laurent TwoCoast GuardLanding barge351967For CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent
106AlexbowAlexbow Ltd.Icebreaking barge8119671969: Lost in the Arctic
107Jean BourdonCoast GuardSurvey vessel8119681995: renamed 801
108Scow No. 108Dept. of TransportFlat deck scow501967

References

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  2. "Canada Coast Guard". Archived from the original on 2009-12-17.
  3. "Shipbuildinghistory.com". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
  4. "For Posterity Sake - RCN".
  5. "Ship Spotting".
  6. "Canada Vessel Registration Office".
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