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List of Sydney Boat Builders and Ship Builders from the Register of Australian and New Zealand Vessels by Mori Flapan
As at July 2004
This list is not complete. Additions and corrections are welcome.
Builder	Location	Number	Years Active		Material	Engines	Propulsion	Types of vessels built
Atlas Engineering Works	Woolwich	2	1878	1885	Iron	Steam	Paddle	Drogher
Australian S.N.Co Ltd	Pyrmont	6	1853	1871	Iron	Steam	Paddle, Screw	Pax, Cargo
Australian Commonwealth S.B. Board	Cockatoo Is	10	1916	1931	Steel	Steam	Screw	Cargo, Tender, Tug, Crane,
Australian Defence Industries	Garden Island	4	2001	2001	FRP	Motor	Screw	Ferry
Balkwell, R.G.	Milson's Point	3	1966	1968	Wood		Screw, Aux	Yacht
Barber, A.C.	Sydney	1	1932	1932	Wood		Screw, Aux	Yacht
Barnett, W.B.	McMahon's Point	11	1967	1970	Wood		Screw, Aux	Yacht
Beashel's Yacht Basin P/L	Church Point	2	1968	1968	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Beattie, G.	Sydney	2	1937	1937	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Bott, John J.	Ryde	3	1962	1966	Wood	Motor	Screw, Aux	Yacht
Bower & Duke	Sydney	1	1875	1875	Wood	Steam	Screw	Tug
Bower, James & Co	Pyrmont	1	1873	1873	Wood	Steam	Screw	Cargo
Bracken, Peter	Kurnell	2	1966	1967	Wood	Motor	Screw	Launch
Campbell, Robert &Co	Sydney Cove	3	1807	1812	Wood		Sail	Cargo, Sealer
Chowne, Thomas	Pyrmont	6	1844	1863	Wood	Steam	Paddle, Screw, Aux, Sail	Cargo, Pax, Yacht, Ferry
Clist, J.M.	Sydney	2	1963	1964	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Cockatoo Docks & Eng Co	Cockatoo Is	14	1931	1977	Wood, Steel	Steam, Motor	Screw	Cargo, Dredge, Tug, Launch, RoRo, Ferry
Compass Yachts	Kogarah	2	1967	1970	FRP	Motor	Screw, Aux	Yacht
Cubitt, T.	Berry's Bay	3	1889	1890	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Cuthbert, John	Darling Harbour	3	1855	1872	Wood		Sail	Naval
De Havilland Marine	Homebush Bay	7	1965	1982	Aluminium	Motor	Screw	Launch, Pax
Drake, David	Johnson's Bay	14	1889	1922	Wood	Steam	Screw, Sail	Ferry, Drogher, Cargo, Tug
Dudley, T.R.	Drummoyne	2	1888	1889	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Dunn, (C., Bros, William)	Berry's Bay	36	1873	1921	Wood	Steam, Electric	Screw, Paddle, Sail	Tug, Lighter, Launch, Firefloat, Yacht
Ellis, G.W.	Balmain	8	1879	1893	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Fisher, William	La Perouse	6	1933	1948	Wood		Sail, Aux	Yacht, Ferry
Ford, Walter McFarlane	Berry's Bay	25	1879	1925	Wood, Iron	Steam, Motor	Screw, Paddle, Aux, Sail	Yacht, Ferry, Launch, Drogher, Pearling, Tug, Cargo
Foster & Minty	Balmain	2	1892	1897	Steel, Iron	Steam	Screw, Paddle	Cargo
Gardiner, H.	Sydney	2	1860s	1860s	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Golding, W.	Sydney	2	1880s	1902	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Gordon, R.C.	Berry's Bay	2	1961	1966	Wood	Motor	Aux	Yacht
Government Dockyard	Sydney	3	1803	1823	Wood		Sail	Pax, Cargo
Government Dockyard Biloela	Cockatoo Is	55	1871	1914	Wood, Iron, Steel	Steam	Screw, Dumb	Dredge, Tug, Launch, Barge, Rockbreaker, Firefloat, Lifeboat
Greenpoint S.B. &Eng Co	Concord	2	1943	1943	Wood	Motor	Screw	Fishing
Griffin, H. & J.	Bayview	17	1949	1971	Wood	Motor	Screw, Aux	Yacht, Launch,
Griffin, John K.	Sydney	2	1952	1955	Wood	Motor	Screw, Aux	Yacht
Hald & Johansen	Dee Why	4	1963	1968	Wood	Motor	Screw, Sail, Aux	Yacht
Halstead, James	Lavender Bay	4	1878	1886	Wood	Steam	Screw	Tug, Cargo, Pax
Halvorsen	Kirribilli & Ryde	79	1924	1973	Wood	Motor	Screw, Sail, Aux	Yacht, Tug
Halvorsen, Morson &Gowland	Mona Vale	4	1968	1973	Wood, Composite, Aluminium	Motor	Aux, Sail	Yacht
Hayes	Balmain & Careening Cove	14	1914	1938	Wood	Motor	Screw, Aux, Sail	Yacht
Holmes, (W, W.C., W.L., Bidgee)	Lavender Bay, McMahon's Point, Balmain	15	1901	1979	Wood	Motor	Screw, Aux	Yacht, Ferry, Launch
King's Dock Yard	West Sydney Cove	2	1816	1822	Wood	Sail		Cargo
Langford, W.	Neutral Bay, Berry's Bay	12	1866	1885	Wood	Steam	Aux, Sail	Yacht
Larson, C.	Gladesville	3	1937	1939	Wood	Motor	Aux screw	Yacht
Lynch, James	Balmain	2	1886	1886	Wood	Steam	Screw	Ferry
McArthur, T.M. &Co	Balmain	5	1867	1874	Iron	Steam	Screw, paddle	Ferry, Tug, Pilot, Cargo
McConaghy	Sydney	3	1994	1995	FRP	Motor	Aux	Yacht
Minter, K. & Balkwell, R.	Milson's Point	3	1962	1966	Wood	Motor	Aux, Sail	Yacht
Moore, Thomas	West Sydney Cove	2	1801	1804	Wood		Sail	Govt
Morrison & Sinclair	Birchgrove	30	1898	1939	Wood	Steam, Motor	Screw, Aux	Ferry, Launch, Trawler, Cargo, Yacht
Mort's Dock & Eng Co	Balmain & Woolwich	34	1876	1957	Iron, Steel, Wood	Steam, Motor	Screw, Paddle	Ferry, Cargo, Dredge, Yacht, Barge, Tug, Firefloat, Crane, Tanker
Maritime Services Board	Goat Island, No.6 Depot	40	1936	1985	Wood, Steel	Motor	Screw, Dumb	Launch, Pilot, Tug, Barge, Punt, Firefloat
Newport Marine Services P/L	Newport	2	1952	1959	Wood	Motor	Screw	Yacht
N.S.W. Colonial Govt	Sydney Cove	2	1789	1793	Wood		Sail	Ferry, Cargo
Pashley, James	Balmain	2	1888	1888	Wood	Steam	Paddle, Screw	Ferry
Perdrian, Ian J.	Sydney	2	1972	1973	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Poole & Steele	Sydney	5	1913	1954	Steel	Steam, Motor	Screw, Dumb	Tug, Tanker, RoRo, Ferry
Pritchard Bros	Sydney	2	1913	1939	Wood	Motor	Screw	Launch, Yacht
Quilky Bros	Taren Point	7	1966	1972	Wood	Motor	Aux, Screw	Yacht, Launch
Rowntree, Thomas S.	Balmain	3	1859	1885	Wood	Steam, Motor	Stern, Screw, Sail
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron	Kirribilli	2	1956	1959	Wood	Motor	Sail, Screw	Yacht, Launch
Rudders Yachts Pty Ltd	Brookvale	8	1965	1968	FRP	Motor	Aux	Yacht
Russell, John William	Pyrmont	5	1837	1849	Wood	Steam	Sail, Paddle	Cargo, Pax
Russell, P.N.	Sydney	2	1842	1857	Wood		Dumb	Dredge
Sheehy, Daniel	Woolloomooloo	4	1858	1868	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Sparrow, Charles &others	Kutti Beach & Vaucluse	2	1931	1932	Wood		Sail	Skiff
Stannard Bros	Berry's Bay	8	1964	1981	Steel	Motor	Screw	Tug, Supply, Mission, Fishing, Pilot, Pax
Swanson Bros	Dee Why	16	1956	1969	Wood	Motor	Aux	Yacht
Sydney Harbour Trust	Goat Island, Glebe Island	3	1911	1921	Wood	Steam, Motor	Screw, Dumb	Dredge, Launch, Lighter
Technicraft Pty Ltd	Kurnell	2	1966	1966	Wood	Motor	Screw	Launch, Yacht
Tipton &Gehrig	Brookvale	3	1962	1964	Wood	Motor	Aux	Yacht
Tullochs Pty Ltd	Rhodes	6	1944	1946	Steel	Motor	Screw	Lighter, Fishing
Underwood, James	Sydney Cove	4	1801	1805	Wood		Sail	Whaler, Sealer, Cargo
Visser, H. &M.W. Pty Ltd	Sydney	2	1963	1965	Wood		Sail	Yacht
Williams	Drummoyne	3	1955	1959	Wood	Motor	Screw	Yacht
Yates	Woolloomooloo	2	1860s	1860s	Wood		Sail	Yacht, Fishing
	Total vessels	619