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List of New South Wales Ship Builders and Boat Builders from the Register of Australian and New Zealand Vessels              4267 Vessels
Compiled by Mori Flapan s at 21 March 2008           1793 Earliest vessel built
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Acknowledgements:            
The compiler gratefully acknowledges the important role of individuals, books, magazines, newspapers and museums in compiling the following list. In particular: 
           
  Cameron, David, Towards the Wage-Earners' Welfare State? Thesis 1994  
  Dundon, Gwen, The Shipbuilders of Brisbane Water, NSW, 1997   Key to number of vessels
  Emmett, Lindsay       2 to 4 vessels
  Hunt, Tony       5 to 9 vessels
  Huntley, Jeff       10 to 19 vessels
  Linton, Rebecca, Crossing the Bar, 2004       20 to 49 vessel
  Madden, Ron       50 to 99 vessels
  Prescott, A.M.; also Sydney Ferry Fleets; also 1984       100 to 249 vessels
  Svensen, Randi; also Wooden Boats, Iron Men, 2004       250 vessels or more
  State Library of NSW collection  
  Wright, Ian    
         
Builder Where Built First year Last year Type Number built Material Rig Propulsion Engines Ship Name
Adams &Co; also Adams, Reg Pty Ltd; also Adams, Reg. &Clayton; A.; also Adams, Reginald North Sydney, Berry's Bay, Cattle Bay (Eden), Ulladulla 1941 1958 Tug, Fishing 6 Wood   Screw Motor Aquarius (Lismore Star), Olga Star (Garibaldi), Pisces (Lismore Pride, Pelamis), Smada, Two Freddies (Montgomery), WST 1
Adelaide Steamship Co Sydney 1902 1906 Tug, Lighter 2 Wood, Steel   Screw, Dumb Steam Urialia, Pirra
Air & Westgaard, W. Moama 1876   Barge 1 Composite   Dumb   Gem
Air, C.B. Moama 1877     1 Iron   Paddle Steam Success
Albatross Marine & R.P.Darragh Mortlake, Sydney 1966   Yacht 1 Steel Ketch Aux screw Motor Hinano (Tiare Hinano)
Alce, John Thomas Gosford, Brisbane Water 1906   Cargo 1 Wood Ketch Aux screw Motor John Alce
Allan & Ward; also Allan, J.; also Allan & Hunter Longnose Point, Balmain, Sydney 1883 1902 Ferry, Tug 5 Wood   Screw Steam Greyhound II (Kailoa), Guthrey, Kate, Muriel Bell, Psyche (Ripple, The New Era, Drummonyne)
Allen Bros Wollongong 1960   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Seabird
Allen, Henry Long Nose Point, Balmain 1883 1884 Pearling 2 Wood Lugger Screw, Sail Steam Cruiser, Here's Luck
Alloy Engineering & Marine Ballina 1998 2000 Yacht 2 Aluminium Cutter Aux screw Motor Jonum, Ke-Ama II
Allsopp, F.N. Kogarah 1948? 1950s Launch 3 Wood   Screw Motor Kathleen, Wattamolla, Yvonne
Aluminium & Steel Boats Australia Maclean 1987 1998 Yacht 11 Aluminium, Steel Sloop, 2mst Schooner Aux screw Motor Animal Farm, Bobsled (Coffs Harbour Challenger), Buttercup, Fascination, Hammer of Queensland, Innkeeper, Mainstay, Mojique, Mulloka III, Nina Q1 (Ice), Sudden Impulse
Aluminium Crafts Pty Ltd Sydney 1968   Yacht 1 Aluminium Sloop Aux screw Motor Nicola K.
Amner, Capt. Wm.S. Manning River 1842   Cargo 1 Wood 2mst Sch Sail   Mary Ann
Amsworth, Thomas Broulee 1845     1 Wood 2mst Sch Sail   Brothers
Anderson Cundle Creek,Manning River,NSW 1855     1 Wood 2mst Sch Sail   Alma
Anderson, August Cape Hawke 1876   Cargo 1 Wood Ketch Sail   Coomba
Andrews, Ralph E. Berry's Bay, Sydney 1941 1949 Fishing 2 Wood   Screw Motor Willyama Two, <Unknown>
Apex Engineering Lake Macquarie 1978   Yacht 1 Steel Sail Aux screw Motor Anya I
Armstrong, F. Sydney 1962   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Vahine II
Atherton, W. Bellinger Heads 1902   Cargo 1 Wood 3mst Sch Sail   Elliston
Atkinson, Wally Ulladulla 1960 1960 Fishing 1 Wood   Single Motor Lincoln Star
Atlas Works, Atlas Engineering Works Pyrmont, Sydney & Woolwich, Sydney 1878 1886 Pax+Cargo, Drogher, Tug, Naval, Launch 8 Wood, Steel, Iron   Screw, Paddle Steam Acheron, Avernus, Empress, Manning, Mermaid(?), Peterborough, Terara, Yamba
Auston, Warren & Brett Lake Macquarie 1996   Speedboat 1 Wood Nil Screw Motor Judy Ann
Australasian Steam Navigation Co Darling Is, Pyrmont,Sydney,NSW 1853 1884 Naval, Pax+Cargo, Drogher, Tug, Cargo 16 Iron, Wood   Padd, Stern wheel, Screw Steam Ant, Chatsworth, Ballarat, Bolwarra, Darkwater, Dolphin, Dugong (Norman), Kennedy, Leichardt, Pioneer, Porpoise, Romornie, Tinonee, Uloom, Waikato, Yaamba
Australian Commonwealth Shipbuilding Board Cockatoo Island, Sydney 1919 1933 Tug, Launch, Collier, Lighter, Tender, Barge, Cargo, Naval, Speedboat 15 Steel   Screw Steam, Motor Biloela (Cree), Cape Leeuwin (Rubi), Cape Otway, Cape York, Century Tire II, Cettien, Codock, Dinoga (Colac, Easby, Clyde Breeze), Donlonco, Eudunda (Mangola, Torres Breeze, Foochow), Ferndale, Fitzroy (Burgundy Belle?), Fordsdale (Ocean Neptune, Pacific Trader, Atlantic Concord, Jui Yung), Wattle (Codeco)
Australian Defence Industries Garden Is, Sydney & Carrington, Newcastle 1998 2003 Naval, Ferry 9 Aluminium, FRP   Screw Motor Diamantina, Gascoyne, Hawkesbury, Louise Sauvage, Mary MacKillop, Norman, Supercat 4, Susie O'Neil, Yarra
Australian Fishing Ind. Berry's Bay, Sydney 1947   Ferry 1 Wood Nil Screw Motor Radar (La Radar)
Avery Cape Hawke 1885     1 Wood Schooner Sail   General Gordon
Avery, H. Tuncurry 1949?   Fishing 1 Wood   Screw Motor Wallamba
B. & H. Shipbuilders Ulladulla 1982   Fishing 1 Steel   Screw Motor Bonanza II
Bagley, Sam Cook's River, Sydney 1920s   Launch 1 Wood   Screw Motor Joan
Baillie, Daniel ? Paterson River 1850     1 Composite Ketch Sail   Active
Balfour, Tom Berry's Bay, Sydney 1990   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Delamere
Balkwell, Ron G.; also Balkwell, R.G. Pty Ltd Milsons Point, Sydney & McMahon's Point, Sydney 1966 1970 Yacht 5 Wood, FRP Sloop Aux screw Motor Lynora, Norn (Nina), Portia, Summer Wind, Weatherly (Rodian)
Ball, John Oyster Bank, Manning River 1842   Pax+Cargo 1 Wood 2mst Sch Sail   Wanderer
Ballina Boat Yard Ballina 1969 1975 Fishing 2 Wood   Screw Motor Kepple Queen (Carolina), Miss Carmen
Ballina Shipbuilding. &Eng Co Ballina 1966   Cargo 1 Wood   Screw Motor Papua
Ballina Slipway; also Ballina Slipway & Engineering Co Ballina 1960 1976 Fishing, Tug, Yacht 8 Wood, Steel   Screw Motor Arawe, Barrenjoey II, Comalco Beagle, Hamersley Neptune (Pilbara Neptune), Keira, Leonard Star (Joseph B. J.), Makada, Peter Crombie
Banfield, J. & Allen, P. Pyrmont, Sydney 1872 1873 Ferry, Pax+Cargo 2 Wood Schooner Sail, Paddle Steam Prince, Princess Louise?
Barber, Archie C. Sydney 1932   Yacht 1 Wood Cutter Aux screw Motor Quest
Barclay, John Macleay River 1848   Collier? 1 Wood 2mst Sch Sail   Frederick
Barge Build Pty Ltd Ballina 1975   RoRo+Barge 1 Steel   Screw Motor Glenda Lee (Hyland Bay, Tiwi Islander)
Barker, L.M. Sydney? 1927?   Speedboat 1 Wood Nil Screw Motor Theodora
Barlow, Keith Ballina 1966 1972 Fishing 3 Wood   Screw Motor Angelina Star (Santa Anna), Boobook, Tornado
Barnett, George Drummoyne, Sydney 1870s 1894 Yacht 4 Wood Sloop Sail   Petrel, Sea Breeze, Taipo, Varuna
Barnett, William H.; also Barnett, W.B. Pty Ltd McMahon's Point, Sydney 1953 1973 Yacht 16 Wood Sloop, Cutter Sail, Aux screw Motor Altair, Avante, Basilisk, Boambillee (Boambillee of Melbourne), Dame Pattie (Endless Summer), Gretel II, Kingurra, Kirribilli, Leander VI, Scorpios, Southern Cross, Southern Cross II, Southern Cross III, Southern Cross IV, Toogooloowoo IV (St. Francis IV, Rebel, Eros), Toogooloowoo V
Barr, S. & Ware, J. Moruya River 1848     1 Wood Schooner Sail   Cumberland
Barrett, Neville Yagoona, Sydney 1971   Yacht 1 Steel Sloop Aux screw Motor Jay-En
Barrington, Reg NSW? 1996   Skiff 1 Wood Sloop Sail   Viola
Bashford & Howison; also Bashford & Robertson Nowra 1995 2000 Yacht 3 FRP Sloop Aux screw Motor Eureka II, Millennium, Sydney
Bass, Thomson Henry Darling Harbour, Sydney 1835 1837 Cargo 2 Wood Cutter Sail   Jane, Thomson
Bates, T. Balmain, Sydney 1871   Pax+Ferry 1 Wood   Paddle Steam Womerah
Bates, W. & D. Balmain, Sydney 1868 1870 Ferry 4 Wood   Paddle, Screw Steam Galatea, Gomea, Warrah, Wonga
Batty & Sheehy Woolloomooloo, Sydney 1884   Tug 1 Wood 1mast Screw Steam Undine
Bay Boat Building Co Sydney 1960   Yacht 1 Steel Ketch Aux screw Motor Jihan
Bray, Andrew & Risely,Max; also Bray, Andrew & Vicky Oxford Falls & Sydney 1971 1977 Yacht 2 Ferrocement Sloop Aux screw Motor Honeywind, Orca (Flying Cloud)
Bayliss, Frederick J. Point Frederick, Gosford & Brisbane Water 1880 1887 Cargo 3 Wood Schooner, Ketch Sail   Echo, Envy, Mary Pashley
Beashel, Ken; also Beashel's Yacht Basin PL Elvina Bay, Sydney & Church Point, Sydney 1963 1977 Yacht 5 Wood Sloop Sail, Aux screw Motor Carabella, Kings Cross, Lamorna, Melida, Tern
Beattie & Solomon Woy Woy 1929?   Yacht 1 Wood Sail Aux screw Motor <Unknown>
Beattie, Edward & Davis, Ellis Stockton, Newcastle 1934 1936 Ferry 2 Wood   Screw Motor Darra, Harrier
Beattie, Edward .J.S. Palermo, Brisbane Water 1953   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Palermo
Beattie, Edward G. Palermo, Brisbane Water 1874 1916 Cargo, Drogher, Pax 21 Wood Schooner, Cutter, Ketch Sail, Screw Steam Agnes, Clara, Dollar Bird, Dora Maud, Elna, Endeavour, Ethel B. T., Guiding Star, Jane, Kent, Murwillumbah, Myrtle, Patonga, Ripple, Sarah Beattie, Spurwing, Sunbeam, Sussex, Union, Victoria, Welcome Home
Beattie, Gordon Edgar; also Beattie, G. &Co; also Beattie, G. &Sons Palermo, Brisbane Water & Balmain, Sydney 1919 1940 Cargo, Ferry, Yacht, Govt 17 Wood Sloop Screw, Aux screw Steam, Motor Bell Bird (Bellbird Star), Cooroyba, Doepel (Batang), Eagle (Eagle Star), Ettalong (Ettalong Star, Profound), Evelyn (Evelyn Star), Grower (Balmoral Belle), Hurricane, Kin-Grow (Lithgow), Kincumber, Kuru, Patonga, Patricia Cam, Regent Bird (Kilcare Star, Barrenjoey),Sapphire (My Sapphire), Victory (Victorious, Wagstaff), Warringah (Estelle, Estelle Star)
Beattie, Henry Balmain, Sydney 1881 1893 Pax+Cargo, Cargo 2 Wood Barque, 2mst Schooner Sail   Lord of the Isles, Sydney Belle
Beattie, James East Gosford, Brisbane Water 1850   Cargo 1 Wood Ketch Sail   Phantom
Beattie, John Bama 1870 1873 Barge 1 Wood   Dumb, Paddle Steam Pioneer (William R. Randell), Swallow
Beattie, William Balmain, Sydney 1884     1 Wood Schooner Sail   Tom Fisher
Beatty, J. Balmain, Sydney 1936   Yacht 1 Wood Ketch Aux screw Motor Ena II
Belfield Cape Hawke 1897     1 Wood Schooner Sail   Venture
Bell, Chris Ballina 1988 1990s? Yacht 2 Wood Ketch Aux screw Motor Brannic, Vega
Bell, George Tweed Heads 1943   Fishing 1 Wood   Screw Motor Pacific Star
Benbow, C. Balmain, Sydney 1888   Yacht 1 Wood Yawl Sail   Sapphire
Bevan, James Sydney 1853     1 Wood Cutter Sail   Agnes
Biddlecombe Sydney 2000   Yacht 1 FRP Sail Aux screw Motor Gusto I (Elle Racing)
Bignell, Ernie Double Bay, Sydney 1900s?   Launch 1 Wood   Screw Motor Nellie
Bindley & Roberts Pty Ltd Sydney 1970s? 1978 Launch, Yacht 2 Wood Sloop Screw, Aux screw Motor Kingfisher, Sea Dog
Bird, L.R. Rozelle Bay, Sydney 1968   Yacht 1 Ferrocement Ketch Aux screw Motor Rangi
Birdon Marine Group Port Macquarie 2007?   Dredge 1 Steel   Dumb Motor Kalimna
Blaikie, R.A. Belfields 1972   Yacht 1 Ferrocement Yawl Aux screw Motor Spantran
Boat Speed Pty Ltd Somersby, Sydney 1989 2001 Yacht 7 FRP Sloop Aux screw Motor Austmark, Brindabella (Infinity III), Brindabella, China Grove II, Margaret Rintoul V, Ninty Seven, Yendys (Sting, Bounder)
Boatspeed & ABBRT Woolwich Dock, Sydney 2004   Yacht 1 FRP Sloop~bm Aux screw Motor Nicorette (Tokolosh)
Bollard, Bill Oakville 2003   Launch 1 Wood   Screw Motor Capricorn
Bond, Harry Lake Macquarie 1930s?   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw? Motor? White Wings
Books, Alexander Hawkesbury River 1855     1 Wood Ketch Sail   Maid of Australia
Books, C. &Sons; also Books, Patrick & Cameron Birchgrove?, Sydney 1946 1947 Yacht, Ferry 3 Wood Sloop, 2mst Schooner Screw, Aux screw Motor Eolo, Regent Star (Nowra, Challenger Head, Kangaroo, Emmalisa), Silver Spray (Malekula)
Booth, John Kincumber, Brisbane Water & Balmain, Sydney 1846 1865 Ferry, Cargo 12 Wood 2mst Sch, Ketch Sail, Paddle Steam Alma, Emma & Eliza, Frolic, Lillian, Norna, Premier, Prosperous, St. Leonard, Scout, Secundus, Tyne, Wild Duck
Boreham, Robert NSW? 1996   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Mezzaluna
Boro Yacht Designs (or Bovo Yacht Designs) Mortlake, Sydney 1968 1968 Yacht 2 Steel   Screw Motor Sunrise G., Wyonga
Bosen, Henry Gosford, Brisbane Water 1897   Cargo 1 Wood Ketch Sail   Galatea
Bott, John J. Epping, Sydney & Ryde, Sydney 1962 1966 Yacht 3 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Lowana, Mizzydoo (Mhairi-Dhu, Makana), Opus II
Bowcock, G.W. Balmain, Sydney 1960   Yacht 1 Steel Sloop Aux screw Motor Bundoon
Bower, James &Co; also Bower & Drake; also Bower & Duke Pyrmont, Sydney 1873 1875 Drogher, Tug 3 Wood   Screw Steam Amy, Alexander Berry, Manly
Bowman, Alfred Bama 1873   Barge 1     Dumb   Wakool
Boyd, James Lewis; also Boyd, James Lewis &Son Swansea & Lake Macquarie 1908 1948 Cargo, Ferry, Fishing, Yacht 16 Wood Ketch, Cutter Screw, Aux screw, Sail Motor Blue Gum, Don Cam (Phillip George), Dorothy Dix, Gleaner, Jo-ean, John Reid Cam, Joycelyn, Minnamurra, Moa (Saramoa, Sane), Northern Star, Oceanic(?), Pacific Crusader, Pulbah (Maiala, Flying Cloud I), Swansea (Vanapa), Temptress(?), Twenty One(?)
Bracken, Peter; also Bracken, Peter Pty Ltd Kurnell, Sydney & Botany Bay, Sydney 1955? 1982 Cruiser, Ferry, Yacht, Launch, Police 18 Wood, Aluminium Sloop Screw, Aux screw Motor Adamarie, Bass and Flinders, Brittunya, Currawong (Harmony, Morgana), Emmley, George Bass (Tantivy), Leisure Lee, Lone Gull 2 (Reverie), Marabou, Norman T. W. Allan, Peterlyn, Regal (Regal II), Reueri, Royale, Sailfish II, Seivadis, Sonsy (Sirius), <Unknown>
Bradburg, John Parramatta River, Sydney 1856     1 Wood Cutter Sail   Catherine Lord (Lord)
Brazier, Darrell Salt Ash 1989?   Pilot 1 Steel   Screw Motor Edward Moriarty
Breckenridge & Gregory Failford 1905 1905 Cargo 1 Wood 3mst Schooner Sail   Jap
Breckenridge, Harry; also Breckenridge, Wylie Failford, Cape Hawke 1902 1924? Launch, Drogher, Fishing, Speedboat 4 Wood   Screw, Paddle Motor, Steam Dauntless, Miss Brec, Orita, Undaunted
Breckenridge, John Forster, Cape Hawke & Failford, Cape Hawke 1877 1901 Cargo, Drogher, Pax+Cargo 4 Wood Ketch Sail, Paddle, Stern wheel, Screw Steam Commonwealth, Forster, Hoolet, King Edward
Breckenridge, William Clarence Town, Williams River & Cape Hawke 1874 1877   2 Wood Cutter Sail   Dauntless, Free Trade
Briggs, S. Balmain, Sydney 1883 1884 Ferry 2 Wood   Paddle Steam Balmain, Waterview
Bright? Silverwater?, Sydney 1951   Barge 1 Wood   Dumb   Alfred Nobel
Bright's Dock Johnston's Bay, Sydney 1947?   Fishing 1 Wood   Screw Motor Australia Fair
Brill, Heinz Lake Macquarie 1985 1989 Yacht, Cruiser 2 Aluminium Sloop? Aux screw, Screw Motor Alstar, Nereus
Broadwater Engineering Broadwater, Eden 1982 2002 Fishing, Pax, Workboat 22 Steel   Screw Motor Bianca, Broadwater, Candice, Cat Balou(?), Emillana, Half Sovereign, Imlay, Miss Francesca, Franconia, Marley Point, Merimbula Princess, Moonshadow IV, Osprey, Osprey IV, Revenge, Rubicon, Silent Victory, Sinbad, Sovereign, True Blue(?), Tullaberga, Twofold Bay
Broadwater Marine Ballina 1992 1996 Yacht, Launch 2 Wood Ketch Screw, Aux screw Motor Amazing Grace, Tullyvallin
Brock, G. S. Newtown, Sydney 1893   Yacht 1 Wood Yawl Sail   Viva Brandon
Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd Newcastle 1944 1945 Tug 2 Steel   Screw Motor E. H. Price (RNT116), Hampshire (Bitsjara)
Brooker, Doug Avalon, Sydney 1972 1980 Yacht 2 Wood, FRP Sloop Aux screw Motor Defiance, Impeccable
Brooker, Douglas & Valerie Dee Why, Sydney 1978   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Touchwood
Brooks, E. & Goodsir, J. Newcastle 1878   Cargo 1 Wood Schooner Sail   Ariel
Brown Brooklyn 1926   Ferry 1 Wood Nil Screw Motor Rosemary
Brown Bros; also Brown, Ted Balmain, Sydney & Rozelle Bay, Sydney 1945? 1988 Fishing, Yacht 12 Wood, Steel   Screw Motor Awana(?), Dolphin, Farne, Figtree Bay, Fiona(?), Jackpot, Les Freres, Naomi B., Paulene B.(?), Stanley Brown, Tarcoola, <unnamed>
Brown, Christopher Moruya River 1847   Pax+Cargo 1 Wood 2mst Sch Sail   Thetis
Brown, E.S. Sydney 1946   Yacht 1 Wood Sloop Aux screw Motor Wirong
Brown, J. & A. Brown's Wharf, Hexham 1943?   Tug 1 Steel   Screw Motor Corawa
Brown, J. & M. Shoalhaven 1874   Cargo 1 Wood Schooner Sail   Nowra
Brown, John &Christine &ors Tuncurry 1994   Yacht 1 Wood Ketch Aux screw Motor Windward Star
Brown, Keith Sydney & Putney, Sydney 1964 1980? Yacht, Fishing 2 Wood Sloop Screw, Aux screw Motor Putney Star, Ropawe
Brown, Trevor Brooklyn 1948   Ferry 1 Wood 1stump Screw Motor Hawkesbury (Hawkesbury Star)
Brown, W. North Sydney 1842 1846 Fishing, Cargo 2 Wood 2mst Sch Sail   Thomas Lord
Brown, William Hawkesbury River 1851