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Morton Engineering, Quebec QC

Most recent update: August 3, 2010.

This facility was located on the St. Charles River in Quebec City's Lower Town.  Originally founded in 1858 and owned by Alex Mackay & Company, it was leased by Quebec Shipbuilding & Repairing Company during WWI and used to build two wooden freighters for the British Government.  It was purchased in 1919 by W. J. Morton and incorporated in 1927 as Quebec Docking & Ship Repairing Company before changing its name to Morton Engineering & Drydock Company in 1928.  In 1937 the Canadian Navy ordered a minesweeper from the company and it later built corvettes, frigates, cargo vessels and coasters.  Wartime employment peaked at 2700 but the demands of war production exceeded the capability of the yard's management and the Canadian Government took over in July 1943 and operated it for the balance of the war.  The yard was sold to Hervé Baribeau in 1946, becoming St. Lawrence Metal and Marine Works Ltd.  It built its last ship in 1949.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Completed Disposition
Built by Quebec Shipbuilding & Repairing Company
1 War Sorel Imperial Munitions Board Wooden Cargo Ship 2,300 Sep-18 Verenia 1920, Manlio 1922, scrapped 1923
2 War Quebec Imperial Munitions Board Wooden Cargo Ship 2,300 Jun-18 Arturo 1920, burned and scrapped 1921
Built by Morton Engineering & Drydock Company
1 Bermico Brown Corporation Tug   Jun-26  
2 Joan Col. Price/H. A. Wilson Yacht 5 1928 Documentation Suspended
3 Unknown G. L. Aipedale Yacht   1928  
4 P. B. No. 7 Price Navigation Barge 197 1930 Deleted 1979
5 P. B. No. 8 Price Navigation Barge 195 1930 Deleted 1979
6 RCMP Laurier R. C. M. P. Patrol Craft 201 1936 To Dept. of Fisheries 1946, sold 1983 as 83-2, active as Laurier II
7 RCMP Macdonald R. C. M. P. Patrol Craft 201 1936 To Dept. of Fisheries 1946. sold 1983 as 83-1, active as Jenny Marcel
8 Gaspe (J 94) Royal Canadian Navy Minesweeper 444 21-Oct-38 Later tug Sung Li 1946, deleted 1993
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10 Matapedia (K 112) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 940 9-May-41 Scrapped 1950
11 Arvida (K 113) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 940 22-May-41 Later La Ceba 1950
12 Summerside (K 141) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 940 11-Sep-41 Scrapped 1946
13 Louisburg (K 143) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 940 29-Sep-41 Torpedoed and lost 1943
14 Quebec (K 242) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 940 24-May-42 Later Ville de Quebec 1942, Dispina 1946, Dorothea Paxos 1947, Tanya 1948, Medex 1949
15   Royal Navy Minesweeper     Transferred to G. T. Davie
16   Royal Navy Minesweeper     Transferred to G. T. Davie
17   Royal Navy Minesweeper     Transferred to G. T. Davie
18   Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd. Cargo Ship     Cancelled
19   Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd. Cargo Ship     Cancelled
20 HMS Musk/USS Might (PG 94) U.S. Navy Corvette 940 22-Dec-42 Sold 1946 as Olympic Explorer, later Otori Maru No. 3, Kyo Maru No. 12
21 HMS Milfoil/USS Intensity (PG 93) U.S. Navy Corvette 940 31-Mar-43 Sold 1946 as Olympic Promoter, later Otori Maru No. 5
22 HMS Mandrake/USS Haste (PG 92) U.S. Navy Corvette 940 6Apr-43 Sold 1949 as Porto Azzurro, scrapped 1973
23 HMS Nepeta/USS Pert (PG 95) U.S. Navy Corvette 940 20-Jul-43 Sold 1946 as Olympic Leader, later Otori Maru No. 1, Kyo Maru No. 15
24 HMS Privet/USS Prudent (PG 96) U.S. Navy Corvette 940 16-Aug-43 Later Elbano 1949, Staffetta 1951, struck 1972
25 Verdun/Verdun of Canada (K 03) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 11-Sep-43 Later Dunver 1944, scuttled as a breakwater Oyster Bay 1948
26 Cape Breton (K 350) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 25-Oct-43 Scuttled as a breakwater Kelsey Bay 1948
27 Outremont (K 332) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 27-Nov-43 Scrapped 1966
28 Valleyfield (K 329) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 7-Dec-43 Torpedoed and lost 1944
29 Thetford Mines (K 459) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 24-May-44 Sold 1946
30 Joliette (K 418) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 14-Jun-44 To Chilean Navy 1946 as Iquique, scrapped 1968
31 Cap de la Madeleine (K 663) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 30-Sep-44 Scrapped 1966
32 Atholl (K 15) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 14-Oct-43 Scrapped 1952
33 Riviere du Loup (K 357) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 21-Nov-43 To the Dominican Republic 1947 as Juan Bautista Maggiolo, struck 1972
34 Louisburg (K 143) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 13-Dec-43 To the Dominican Republic 1947 as Juan Alejandro Acosta, wrecked 1979
35 Norsyd (K 520) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 22-Dec-43 Sold 1948 as Balboa, to Israeli Navy 1950 as Haganah, scrapped 1956
36 St. Lambert (K 343) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 27-May-44 Sold 1946 as Chrysi Hondroulis, later Loula 1955, Stefanos III, lost offf Rhodes 1964
37 Hawkesbury (K 415) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 14-Jun-44 Sold 1946 as Campuchea, scrapped 1956
38 Asbestos (K 358) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 16-Jun-44 Sold 1947, wrecked off Cuba 1949
39 Beauharnois (K 540) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 25-Sep-44 Sold 1946 as Colon, to Israeli Navy 1950 as Wedgewood, scrapped 1956
40 Stellarton (K 457) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 29-Sep-44 To Chilean Navy 1946 as Casma, scrapped 1969
41 Lachute (K 440) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 26-Oct-44 To the Dominican Republic 1947 as Colon, wrecked 1979
42 Pointe Claire/Merrittonia (K 688) Royal Canadian Navy Corvette 980 10-Nov-44 Wrecked off Nova Scotia 1945
43 St. Jerome/Kirkland Lake (K 337) Royal Canadian Navy Frigate 1,445 21-Aug-44 Scrapped 1947
44-45   Royal Canadian Navy Frigates     Cancelled
46-47   Royal Canadian Navy Frigates     Cancelled
48-52   Royal Canadian Navy Corvettes     Cancelled
53-60   Royal Canadian Navy Corvettes     Cancelled
61 Rockland Park Park Steamship Co. Cargo Ship 2,850 Jun-45 Later Lin Kuo 1946, scrapped 1965
62 Hamilton Park Park Steamship Co. Cargo Ship 2,905 Jul-45 Later D'Arcy McGee 1948, Stad Dordrecht 1948, Sirena Secondo 1962, Sirena II 1962, Hemily 1970, scrapped 1972
63 Westdale Park Park Steamship Co. Cargo Ship 2,967 Aug-45 Later Canadian Observer 1946, scrapped 1965
64 Maisonneuve Park Park Steamship Co. Cargo Ship 2,960 Sep-45 Later Canadian Highlander 1946, scrapped 1965
65 Ottawa Maybank/Marinier British Min. of War Tpt. Cargo Ship 517 28-Jun-46 Later Musafir 1949, wrecked Sandwip Shoal Channel, Chittagong 1967
66 Ottawa Maycliff/Marleen British Min. of War Tpt. Cargo Ship 517 10-Jun-46 Later Loch Frisia 1949, George Skouras 1963, foundered off Italy 1979
Built by St. Lawrence Metal and Marine Works
67 Ottawa Mayglen/Mayglen British Min. of War Tpt. Cargo Ship 338 Oct-46 In collision and sank off Portimao Bar 1951
68 Ottawa Maymere/Maymere British Min. of War Tpt. Cargo Ship 342 Oct-46 Abandoned in Yarmouth NS 1976, scrapped 1985
69 Ottawa Maystar/Maystar British Min. of War Tpt. Cargo Ship 342 Oct-46 Later Pia-Geerto 1954, May 1954, Westerhorn 1954, Triad 1957, Brion 1958, wrecked at Tegashka 1976
70 Wan Chou/Kuei Men Ming Sung Industrial Co Ltd Cargo Ship 903 Sep-48 Later Hang Xiu Yi Hao, deleted 1999
71 Hsu Chou/Chi Men Ming Sung Industrial Co Ltd Cargo Ship 904 Sep-48 Deleted 1969
72 Lou Chou/Lung Men Ming Sung Industrial Co Ltd Cargo Ship 901 Oct-48 Deleted 1969
73 Kuei Chou/Chien Men Ming Sung Industrial Co Ltd Cargo Ship 901 Sep-48 Deleted 1969
74 Cartaxo Soc. Gen. de Com., Ind. e Trans. Cargo Ship 1,157 Dec-48 Later Falisa 1972, Lautan Lima 1976, Pelego Duvo 1981, scrapped 1984
75 Colares Soc. Gen. de Com., Ind. e Trans. Cargo Ship 1,158 Dec-48 Later Transfero 1966, Porto Frio 1978, Porto Pylos 1980, Gulf Frio 1981, reported scrapped 1991
76 Coruche Soc. Gen. de Com., Ind. e Trans. Cargo Ship 1,154 Dec-48 Burnt and scraped 1963
77 Covilha Soc. Gen. de Com., Ind. e Trans. Cargo Ship 1,154 May-49 Scrapped 1973
78 P. W. D. No. 69 Dept. of Public Works Dump Scow 212 1949 Now D. W. P. No. 69