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Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven MI

Most recent update: January 12, 2011.


Duncan Robertson's shipyard operated from 1870 to 1894 and built at least sixty vessels.  If anyone can provide any further information about this shipyard or add to the table below, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com  

Name Owner Type Built Disposition
Robert Howlett John Connelley Schooner 1870 Scuttled off Chicago 1905
Wolverine William Schlosser Schooner 1871 Abandoned 1909
City of Grand Haven Orin W. Angwall Schooner 1872 Abandoned 1920
City of Grand Rapids Cornelius Anderson Schooner 1873 Abandoned 1903
Willie Loutit Charles Donahue Schooner-Barge 1873 Abandoned 1908
William H. Dunham Lors D. Ludwig Schooner 1873 Stranded 1902
Ottawa Clause Weberg Schooner 1874 Sank 1911
Tempest Well & Eber Steamer 1876 Destroyed by fire 1909
City of Grand Rapids Wiarton Shipbuilding Steamer 1879 Destroyed by fire 1907
Stephen C. Hall Davidson & Smith Steamer 1880 Later W. H. Ritchie 1921, destroyed by fire 1921
Albert Soper Greiling Brothers Steamer 1881 Abandoned 1920
Robert G. Weddell White & Friant Barge 1881 Scrapped 1939
Charles E. Wyman Albert Bolster Schooner 1882 Wrecked 1919
White and Triant Albert Bolster Schooner 1882 Converted to barge 1901
Thomas Friant Captain Einar Miller Steamer 1884 Sank after being damaged by ice flows 1924
Alice M. Gill Kelley Island Lime Steamer 1887 Scrapped following fire 1935
Thomas R. Scott Peninsula Tug & Towing Steamer 1887 Sank 1914
Charles A. Street Joseph B. Lozen Steamer 1888 Destroyed by fire 1908
Mary H. Boyce Paterson Steamer 1888 Destroyed by fire 1928, scrapped 1936
Mary A. McGregor Potter-Teare Transit Steamer 1889 Ran on rocks, caught fire and destroyed 1920
Sachem D. O. Lockhart Steamer 1889 Destroyed by fire 1928
Ionia Canada Steamship Steamer 1890 Later Fairfax 1912, Maplegorge 1920, scuttled 1925
Theora John Parker Fish Tug 1893 Scuttled 1929
Pentland A. R. Hinckly Steamer 1894 Abandoned after colliding with breakwall at Port Colborne 1928