Ships Started Here - Liverpool NS

During the nineteenth century, Liverpool became a major seaport as the fishing and ship building industries grew. Logs were floated down the Mersey River for export as well as the wooden ship building - a thriving industry into the early 20th century, until the introduction of steel ship making.

Liverpool was seriously effected by this change in technology and virtually slipped into an economic slump.

Now today, although Liverpool is no longer a ship building port it's deep sea port, although small, has an enormous shipyard on its shore - on Corvette Street - and a long forgotten history of shipbuilding. This street was named such due to the number of 'Corvette Ships' that were built here. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, usually smaller than a frigate (2000+ tons) yet smaller than a coastal patrol craft. Built during the Age of Sail they usually had a single gun deck that grew into much more as the length of the ship increased. The early role of the corvette was primarily of coastal patrol - protecting the shores, fighting minor wars and supporting large fleets.

LIVERPOOL'S SHIP BUILDING HISTORY

Year	Ship Name	Builder	Owner	Disposition
1903	Help	Gardner G.H.N.	Cargo ship	unknown
1917	Bianca	Gardner G.H.N.	Bowring Bros Ltd	Foundered 1919
1912	Associate	Gardner G.H.N.	Cargo ship	unknown
1927	Standard Coaster	Gardner G.H.N.	Cargo ship	unknown
1929	Ada M.	Gardner G.H.N.	Cargo ship	unknown
1911	Vaninda	Hendry	Cargo ship	unknown
1915	Gilbert Islands	Hendry A.W.	A W Hendry	Wrecked 1919
1911	Grand Manan	Mulhall DC	Grand Manan Stmboat	Scrapped 1930
1918	Ruby W.	Nova Scotia SB	W.B. Grieve	Foundered 1921
1918	James G Roy	Nova Scotia SB	Job Bros & Co	unknown
1920	Ocean Maid	Nova Scotia SB	Cargo ship	Deleted 1961
1965	Mersey Seafoods	Steel & Englne Prods	Fishing vessel	Active

WWI ships not mentioned above, built in Liverpool and part of the Emergency Ship Building  for the first World War:
In 1914 the 280 tonnes salvage vessel "Deliverance" was built in Liverpool. Following that, in 1918 was the construction of the cargo ship "War Halifax" 2,335 tonnes which was built for the company hipping Controller. It was burnt off Cardiff in 1919 and hulked.

SHIPS STARTED HERE

in Liverpool, NS