Russel Hull Numbers
& Build Years
Special thanks to Robert B. Farrow of Thunder Bay, ON for originating this index.
N.B. - hull numbers were not necessarily sequential or chronological. Steve Briggs notes: an Owen Sound Sun Times article from c. 1996 quotes Harry Warkentin (head designer) as saying numbering of hulls began in 1928.
(OSMRM) = Owen Sound Marine and Rail Museum documentation
(RBF) = confirmed by Robert B. Farrow
(GO) = confirmed by Gerry Ouderkirk
(PI) = confirmed by Newspaper account
(TV) = confirmed by Ted Vince
(DM) = confirmed by Dan McKay
(DG) = confirmed by Doug Gagnon
(SB) = confirmed by Steve Briggs
(MNR) = Ministry of Natural Resources
(NC) = Not confirmed, but highly likely
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025 - 1936 - Packet (RH advertisement)
135 - 1936 - Winch Boat 135 (NC)
255 - ? possibly Sarynthia 2 (RBF)
319 - 1939 - The Quinte (OSMRM)
321 - 1939 - Gerow Fish Tug
324 - 1939 - Radium Express (OSMRM)
333 - 1939 - Gort or Chug, Fort Frances, ON(RBF)
340 - 1939 - Newago ex Shannon & Terry (PI)
348 - 1940 - Frederick Ross
350 - 1946 - Design 205 (OSMRM) 25' x 13' Pile Driver Scow
357 - 1940 - Tugalong (RBF)
358 - 1940 - Goki (OSMRM)
359 - 1940 - Lynn B. (OSMRM)
364 - 1946 - Design 216 (OSMRM) 30' x 7' Pointer Boat.
383 - 1941 - Located Selkirk, MB 2003 (RBF)
388 - 1941 - Allagash (OSMRM)
399 - 1941 - located at Soo, ON 2004 (RBF)
402 - 1941 - Oskawan II (RBF)
410 - 1941 - Warper No. 1 (OSMRM)
418 - 1941 - Design 222 (OSMRM) 30' x 8' Utility Launch.
420 - 1941 - Decelles (OSMRM)
422 - 1941 - Restico
448 - 1942 - Owandem (builder plate)
450 - 1942 - Hopalong (RBF)
463 - 1942 - A. L. Killaly
478 - 1944 - Streetsville
479 - 1944 - Blissville - To DoPW 1947, sank 1972
480 - 1944 - Eckville - (YTL 580) Sold 1964 as Gulf Mist
481 - 1944 - Mannville - (YTL 577)
482 - 1944 - Shawville - To NHB 1946 as NHB Patrol No. 1, later Brockton II
483 - 1944 - Roseville
484 - 1944 - Colville
485 - 1944 - Luceville Sold 1946 as W.A.C. No. 6
486 - 1944 - Glenside (OSMRM)
491 - 1944 - Listerville - (YTL 578) Sold as Cavalier, now yacht Hercules
492 - 1944 - Martinville - Sold 1946 as Foundation Joan, Florence M, now Ruffy
493 - 1944 - Neville - Sold 1946 as Boomalong
494 - 1944 - Bonnyville
495 - 1944 - Merrickville - Sold 1946 as Ann Marie, sank 1987
496 - 1944 - Johnville - To DoPW 1946, later K. M. Cameron
497 - 1944 - Plainsville (YTL 587)
498 - 1944 - Hartville - Sold 1946 as David Straits, later Navvy Jack
499 - 1944 - Innisville - Sold 1946 as Innisville, suspended 2008
500 - 1944 - Jamesville - Sold 1946 as Terralong
501 - 1944 - Queensville (RBF) Launched December 5, 1944.
502 - 1944 - Kayville - Sold 1946 as W.A.C. No. 2
503 - 1944 - Youville (YTL 588)
507 - 1944 - Nors (PI)
511 - 1945 - Andy Milne (GO)
512 - 1945 - R.H. Daughney (OSMRM)
544 - 1946 - Chico II (DM)
545 - 1946 - Kagiano (barge)
548 - 1946 - Kay Vee (RBF)
550 - 1945 - Lost R. (RBF)
557 - 1945 - Goward (Builders Plate info) (RBF)
559 - 1945 - Unnamed winch boat in Thunder Bay
560 - 1945 - Theodore Thibault
562 - 1946 - Atomic (OSMRM) Registry says 1945
563 - 1946 - Nil Bouchard / Jos Denoncourt
564 - 1946 - Gyp (RBF)
568 - 1946 - Malden (OSMRM)
571 - 1946 - Skimmer (RBF)
572 - 1945 - Jimmie N. (Builders Plate Info) (RBF)
575 - 1946 - Seagull III (RBF)
580 - 1946 - G-14
590 - 1941 - Warper No. 1
591 - 1946 - PPM 32 (RBF)
599 - 1946 - Wawi (TV)
602 - 1946 - Mitoi
605 - 1946 - Basko (RBF)
606 - 1946 - Design 300 (OSMRM) 35' x 9'6" General Tug
607 - 1946 - Arbee II (OSMRM)
608 - 1946 - Okiko
609 - 1946 - Pijitic (OSMRM)
613 - 1946 - located at Soo, ON 2004 (RBF)
615 - 1946 - T. Gibbens (RBF)
617 - 1946 - Pinawa - Winch Boat.
618 - 1946 - W.B. Marguerite (RBF)
624 - 1946 - Design 306 (OSMRM) 45' x 12'6" River Tug.
634 - 1946 - Baby Snooks - 50' scow.
642 - 1946 - Harris Bay (RBF)
644 - 1946 - Nellie S. (BP)
649 - 1946 - Steelcraft barge Boat No. 649 Length 60' Beam 15'
652 - 1946 - Design 256 (OSMRM) 30' x 8' 6" Open Utility Boat.
655 - 1946 - Lac Du Bonnett (RBF)
661 - 1946 - Jose D. (OSMRM) Registry says 1947
667 - 1946 - Design 293 (OSMRM) 28' x 8' Forest Patrol Launch
672 - 1947 - Tomiko (Builders Plate Info) (RBF)
675 - 1946 - Eddy VIII (RBF)
676 - 1946 - Miss Emily (Builder Plate)
686 - 1946 - Emile
687 - 1946 - Coulonge (Owner Info) Renamed Compass Rose 6
688 - 1946 - Quinze, now Cobra (RBF)
690 - 1946 - Lorne Cooke (RBF)
691 - 1947 - Granite Bay [the] (RBF)
692 - 1947 - Chipewyan (OSMRM)
693 - 1947 - Pilot II (OSMRM)
694 - 1946 - Cassell
695 - 1947 - H.D. Freeze (DG)
697 - 1947 - Utility Runabout. (OSMRM) 25' x 9'
712 - 1947 - located in Wawa, ON 2004 (RBF)
715 - 1947 - Ahern, located in Maniwaki QC 2007. (DG)
721 - 1947 - scrapped in late '80's, Trois Rivieres.
724 - 1947 - Design 338 (OSMRM) 45' x 13' Standard Fish Boat.
725 - 1947 (Kay-Cee?)
727 - 1947 - Brompton Duchess / Mink Isle (Owner Info)
728 - 1947 - Dryden II
732 - 1947 - Glidalong (RBF)
735 - 1947 - located Port Dover, ON 2004 (RBF)
741 - 1947 - O.M. 340 (RBF)
745 - 1947 - Design 329 (OSMRM) 30' x 9' Utility Launch
749 - 1947 - Dryden 3 (RBF)
751 - 1947 - Dryden 4 (Owner Info) Renamed Emma Morgan.
759 - 1948 - cabin was at Bayfield, ON 2004 (RBF)
760 - 1948 - Standard Sweeper (OSMRM) 10hp gas engine.
766 - 1948 - 25' being cut up, Soo, ON 2006 (DM)
771 - 1948 - Mae Mac No. 1 (RBF) Renamed Pine Bay
773 - 1948 - Alec (RBF)
775 - 1948 - PPM 4
776 - 1948 - Rioux (OSMRM) Registry says 1947
791 - 1948 - Robert W. (RBF)
799 - 1949 - Tauno (RBF)
815 - 1949 - Romeo and Annette (Dick Warkentin newsclipping Jan. 10, 1997)
818 - 1948 - White Bear
819 - 1949 - W.B. Yvette (RBF)
826 - 1949 - Pigeon (RBF)
831 - 1949 - Imelda M. (DG)
833 - 1949 - Long Sault (OSMRM)
836 - 1949 - Moor Lake (MNR)
857 - Ricketts Harbour (RBF)
865 - 1949 - Wm Clauson
881 - 1950 - Earl R.
891 - 1951 - owned by Pierre Arseneault of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
900 - 1951 - Ancaster (RBF & SB)
910 - 1951 - Patsy Jos. M. (RBF)
911 - 1951 - Dorcas K.
914 - 1951 - Pembroke
917 - 1951 - Alert (RBF)
937 - 1951 - John T. Kealy (RBF)
943 - 1951 - Brompton Weasel (RBF)
958 - 1952 - Located Chutes du Coulounge, QC (Owner Info)
963 - 1952 - Beauchene (RBF)
972 - 1952 - Brompton Mink (RBF)
973 - 1952 - Missinaibi (SB)
979 - 1952 - R.J. Kelly (RBF)
982 - 1952 - Winch Boat 982 (NC)
987 - 1954 - Marion B.
989 - 1952 - BJ & CJ.
1000 - 1953 - Romeo and Juliette (PI)
1006 - ???? - McNeil, village of St. Roch de Mekinac, Qc
1008 - 1953 - Brompton Otter, MacDairmid, ON (RBF)
1013 - 1953 - Muskrat
1031 - 1954 - Welland
1053 - 1954 - Ogima II
1056 - 1954 - Anglo Beaver, St. Laurent, QC
1058 - 1955 - Brompton Caribou (RBF)
1062 - 1955 - W.D. McCosh (RBF)
1065 - 1955 - unidentified in Montreal
1076 - 1955 - St. Joseph Is, ON Nov 2005 (DM)
1084 - 1955 - Pukaskwa
1085 - 1955 - Duchess V 1087 - 1955 - Siskin (RBF)
1088 - 19?? - Pellet
1090 - 1955 - Maid of the Mist III & I / Chippewa III
1101 - 1956 - Mellon (RBF)
1102 - 1956 - Brompton Vixen (PI)
1103 - 1956 - Brompton Seal (RBF)
1104 - 1956 - Brompton Bear (RBF)
1105 - 1956 - Brompton Wolverine (PI)
1111 - 1956 - Maid of the Mist II / El Refugio II
1112 - 1956 - W.B. Stella (RBF)
1120 - 1956 - (Aulneau) Torville (GO)
1121 - 1956 - Tay (PI)
1130 - 1956 - located Maniwaki, QC 2005 (DG)
1132 - 1957 - John I. Rankin (Grand Marais) (PI)
1139 - 1956 - Quyon
1141 - 1957 - Wabis II (DM)
1162 - 1960 - Ville Marie / Still Watch (PI)
1168 - Merganser, near Tobermory, ON
1173 - 1958 - R.J. Beaumont (YC)
1174 - 1958 - J.V.Perrin (YC)
1175 - 1959 - Matabitchouan (Dan McKay)
1200 - 1962 - Montmagny (PI)
1205 - 1962 - Federal Beaver (PI)
1206 - 1962 - Flo Cooper (PI)
1207 - 1962 - Pic II (DG)
1209 - 1962 - Indian Lake (OSMRM)
1213 - 1963 - Merry Song (PI)
1215 - 1963 - Roberval (PI)
1216 - 1963 - Wm Lyon MacKenzie (PI)
1219 - 1963 - Ongiara (GO)
1222 - 1964 - Churchill River (PI)
1226 - 1965 - Pin Blanc (GO)
1228 - 1964 - Bouleau (GO)
1234 - 1966 - Bonaventure II/ Papillon
1236 - 1966 - M�kinac
| Boats produced 1950-1964
This list compiled by Owen Sound native Melba E. Croft, courtesy Gerry Ouderkirk. |
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