Marine Industries Limited

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Marine Industries Limited (MIL) was a Canadian ship building company with a shipyard located on the St. Lawrence River in Sorel, Quebec.

Opened in 1977, the yard saw many contracts during its early years for vessels used on the Great Lakes and Canada's Atlantic coast. In 1986 the federal government asked Quebec to rationalize its shipyards, which saw MIL merge with Davie Shipbuilding in Lauzon. The Sorel shipyard was closed, as was the Versatile Vickers (Canadian Vickers) shipyard in Montreal, resulting in a total loss of 1,700 jobs.

MIL's Sorel shipyard was responsible for numerous important Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and CN Marine vessels.

Several ferries included:

• MV Abegweit (1947-1982, hull number 144)
• MV John Hamilton Gray (1968-2004, hull number 349)
• MV Ambrose Shea (1967-2000, hull number 321)

Several warships included:

• Iroquois (Tribal) class destroyers, commissioned 1972-73