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Smith & Rhuland, Lunenburg NS

Most recent update: August 2, 2010.


This famous builder of schooners opened in 1900 and closed in 1967.  See the shipyard from the air on Google here.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Built Disposition
1 Palatia       1900  
2 Quisetta       1900  
3 Peerless       1901  
4 Mauna Loa       1901  
5 Excelda       1901  
6 Alemada       1902  
7 Vendetta       1902  
8 Alex       1902  
9 Manhattan       1902  
10 Meteor       1902  
11 Alma Nelson       1902  
12 Companion       1903  
13 Compenular       1903  
14 Oregon       1903  
15 Edith Balcom       1903  
16 Agnes G       1903  
17 Valoria       1903  
18 Arkansas       1903  
19 Oceantic       1904  
20 E M Zellers       1904  
21 Acme       1904  
22 Uranus       1904  
23 Margaret E Schwartz       1905  
24 Nahada       1905  
25 Mable H.       1905  
26 Montana.       1905  
27 Douglas Adams       1905  
28 Mattawa       1906  
29 Mary G       1906  
30 Medians A.       1906  
31 Marina       1906  
32 Ella Mason       1906  
33 Howard Young       1906  
34 Lauren B Snow       1906  
35 Nicola       1906  
36 Elsie M.       1907  
37 Yesbella May       1907  
38 Earl Grey       1907  
39 H W Stone       1907  
40 Emanuel Stone       1907  
41 Mildred       1907  
42 H R Silver       1907  
43 Clintonia       1908  
44 Elsie M       1908  
45 Vivian Walters       1908  
46 Matauga       1908  
47 Carrie L Hirtle       1908  
48 Warren Winters       1908  
49 Muriel Walters       1908  
50 Hawanee       1909  
51 Wilfred M.       1909  
52 Frank Adams       1909  
53 Annie L       1909  
54 Cecil L       1909  
55 Uda A Saunders       1910  
56 Itaska       1910  
57 W C Smith       1910  
58 Marion Mosher       1910  
59 Harry Adams       1911  
60 Doris V. Myra       1911  
61 Donald Silver       1911  
62 F.M. Toro       1911  
63 Muriel Winters       1911  
64 Lucille B Creaser       1912  
65 Marion Adams       1912  
66 Phyllis Westhaver       1912  
67 Marion Silver       1912  
68 Leta J.       1912  
69 Ariminta       1912  
70 W Cortada       1912  
71 Arcola       1913  
72 Delewana       1913  
73 Warren Colp       1913  
74 Harold Colp       1913  
75 Granite       1913  
76 James B       1913  
77 Lauretta Frances       1913  
78 J Henry McKenzie       1914  
79 Allison Maxner       1914  
80 Golden West       1914  
81 Carl S.       1914  
82 Mark Tobin       1914  
83 Frances Smith       1914  
84 James Douglas       1914  
85 Elsie Hart       1914  
86 Dorothy Adams       1915  
87 Tipparary       1915  
88 Emily M       1915  
89 Lucille M Smith       1915  
90 Vivian Smith       1915  
91 S.S. Tussel       1916  
92 C.M. Walters       1916  
93 Lucille M. Colp       1916  
94 Hillcrest       1916  
95 Glacier       1916  
96 Edith Newhall       1916  
97 Gladys Mosher       1917  
98 Alicante       1917  
99 G.A. Rhuland       1917  
100 Francis Louise       1917  
101 Irene Corkum       1917  
102 Uda R Corkum       1917  
103 Bernice Zinck       1918  
104 General Haig       1918  
105 Donald J. Cook       1918  
106 Shepard King       1918  
107 Marion Elizabeth       1918  
108 Democracy       1919  
109 Madelyn Hebb       1919  
110 George M. Cook       1919  
111 Gilbert Walters       1919  
112 Mary H. Hirtle       1919  
113 Freda Himmelman       1919  
114 Alcala       1919  
115 Kathleen Spindler       1920  
116 Francis Spindler       1920  
117 Lois Thomas       1920  
118 Vicolla       1920  
119 Bluenose   Grand Banks Schooner   1921 Wrecked off Haiti 1946, depicted on the Canadian dime
120 Mahaska       1921  
121 Margaret K Smith       1922  
122 Mina W Corkum       1922  
123 Pauline Winters       1923  
124 Lucy M Corkum       1923  
125 W K Knock       1923  
126 I'm Alone   Cargo Ship 205 1923  
127 Beatrice Beek       1923  
128 Marie Spindler       1924  
129 Maxwell Corkum       1924  
130 Autauga       1924  
131 Douglas Mosher       1924  
132 Andrava       1925  
133 Alachua       1925  
134 Delewana 11       1925  
135 Indelacio       1925  
136 Agnes Myra       1925  
137 Marshall Frank       1926  
138 Jean & Shirley   Cargo Ship 148 1926  
139 Progressive 11       1926  
140 Robert J Knickle       1926  
141 Elizabeth Ward       1926  
142 Margaret Tanner       1927  
143 Sigrid Amanda       1927  
144 Eva U Colp   Cargo Ship 149 1927  
145 Alisada   Cargo Ship 177 1927  
146 Jean M Madeline       1928  
147 Geraldine S.       1928  
148 Harriett & Vivian       1928  
149 Ronald George       1928  
150 Bessemer   Cargo Ship 158 1928  
151 Krounnout       1929  
152 Isabelle Spindler       1929  
153 Isabel Corkum       1929  
154 Leah Beryl       1929  
155 Shirley Corkum       1929  
156 Helen Forsey       1929  
157 Howard & Donald       1930  
158 Mabel Dorothy       1930  
159 Mavis Barbara       1930  
160 Pasedena 11       1930  
161 R B Bennett it       1930  
162 Bruce & Winona   Cargo Ship 158 1930  
163 Irene Mary       1930  
164 Schatawake       1931  
165 Mudathalapadu       1931  
166 Corticella   Cargo Ship 115 1931  
167 Alex Johnson       1931  
168 Amecitia   Cargo Ship 152 1932  
169 Atacama   Cargo Ship 149 1932  
170 Marjorie & Dorothy       1934  
171 E F Zwicker   Trawler 177 1934  
172 Muriel Isabel       1935  
173 Fairmorse       1935  
174 Ethel M Petite       1935  
175 Arthur J Lynn       1936  
176 M & L Coaster       1937  
177 Ross Norman       1937  
178 H W Adams       1937  
179 Princess Arlene W. L. Sweeney Cargo Ship 318 1938 Exploded and burnt 1945
180 Lilla Boutilier       1938  
181 Theresa E. Connor   Grand Banks Schooner 185 1938 Now in the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
182 Brenda Marguerite   Cargo Ship

149

1939  
183 Student Prince Nova Scotia Shippers Ltd Cargo Ship 387 1939 Wrecked 1941
184 Caroline Rose   Trawler 173 1940  
185 Marilyn Clair       1940  
186 Alcala       1941  
187 Flora Alberta       1941  
188 Nellie Cluett       1941  
189 J E Kenney Nova Scotia Shippers Ltd Cargo Ship 338 1941 Later General Schmidlin 1944, Cedarwood 1946, scrapped 1969
190 Sherman Zwicker Zwicker & Company Grand Banks Schooner   1942 Now in the Grand Banks Schooner Museum
191 Lawrence Sweeney W. L. Sweeney Cargo Ship 379 1942 Later Eskimo 1944. damaged in ice and scrapped 1957
192 Beaver       1943  
193 C T 64       1943  
194 C T 65       1943  
195 Orel       1943  
196 Tanac 96 Royal Canadian Navy Tug   1944  
197 Tanac 97 Royal Canadian Navy Tug    1944  
198 Francis Geraldine       1944  
199 Tanac 98 Royal Canadian Navy Tug   1944  
200 Tanac 99 Royal Canadian Navy Tug   1944  
201 Tanac 100 Royal Canadian Navy Tug    1944  
202 Judith Irene       1945  
203 Tanac-V-261   Tug   1945  
204 Walter G Sweeney Walter G.Sweeney Co Ltd Cargo Ship 321 1945 Foundered 1961
205 Tanac-V-262 Royal Canadian Navy Tug   1945  
206 Tanac-V-263 Royal Canadian Navy Tug    1945  
  Brigadoon Maritime Dredging Tug 48 1945 Active
207 Tanac-V-264 Royal Canadian Navy Tug   1946  
208 Tanac-V-265 Royal Canadian Navy Tug   1946  
209 Margaret Busby       1946  
210 Calabogie       1946  
211 Velvet Lady W. L. Sweeney Cargo Ship 369 1947 Wrecked 1955
212 Marion Crouse   Trawler 181 1947  
213 Cape George II       1947  
214 Vagabond Prince   Cargo Ship 392 1947 Exploded and burnt 1966
215 Lady Patricia   Cargo Ship 349 1947 Wrecked 1954
216 Lady Cecil   Cargo Ship 400 1948 Later Claudette V 1957, abandoned in St Pierre & Miquelon 1959
217 Sally Irene       1947  
218 Doris Susan       1948  
219 Jean Frances       1949  
  Mapeda   Sedan Trawler 12 1950 Now The Reel Thing
220 Cape Fourchu.   Trawler 219 1950 Later A 24 1974
221 Cape Scatari   Trawler 218 1951  
222 Fort Louisbourg       1951  
223 Manatee   Trawler 200 1952 Later Lunenburg
224 Betty Harris       1951  
225 Lady of Fatima       1951  
  Rocket II Henry Clarke Trawler 45 1955 Active
243 Dartmouth II   Ferry 251 1956  
244 Halifax II   Ferry 252 1956  
  Shirley & Arthur   Trawler 45 1956 Now Geoffrey H
  Reyana   Recreational 15 1957 Active
  Talisman V W. M. Hamilton Recreational 4 1958 Active
  Nancy Bartlett   Trawler 65 1959 Now Noble Mariner
  Terry & Gail   Trawler 60 1959 Now Ocean Tribune
  Glaine III   Recreational 12 1960 Now Norien
  HMS Bounty HMS Bounty Organization  Replica   1961 Active
  Mary R Fishery Products Intl. Trawler 182 1962 Active
  Alberta R. Fishery Products Intl. Trawler 191 1963  
  Bluenose II Dept. of Tourism Grand Banks Schooner 191 1963 Now in the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
  Renee Louise   Trawler 210 1964  
  Dunsyre   Recreational 13 1964 Now Argus III
  Charlotte and Ricky   Trawler 214 1965  
  Barbara Louise   Trawler 188 1967 Now Icelandic Harvester
  Lauren D   Recreational 17 1967 Now See-Ya III
Other vessels built by Smith & Rhuland, for which no data could be found
  Acadie II          
  Argus          
  Bata Breach          
  Bownaut II          
  Charlotte Louise          
  David Frederick          
  George & Pauline          
  Gypsy Soul I          
  Irish Rover II          
  Nauti Rowdy III          
  Ralphie J          
  Souoar II          
  Tamar II          
  Thuella          
  Tia Maria          
  Truant          
  Vagrant II          
  Wayne Michael          
  Whitecap II