Davie Shipbuilding
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Davie Shipbuilding, currently MIL-Davie Shipbuilding, was a shipbuilding company in Lauzon, Quebec.
Davie was founded in 1825 by Allison Davie, an English ship captain along the south shore of the St Lawrence River across from Quebec City.
The company has built a wide range of vessels from wooden sailing vessels and steamers to modern steel ships.
During World War II, Davie built 35 warships (mine sweepers, corvettes and destroyers).
In the 1970s to 1980s, Davie built oil rigs and some warships, the company began to fail. By the 1980s, the company was in financial trouble and was bailed out by both the provincial and federal governments. After being bought by the Quebec government, Davie was sold to Dominion Bridge for $1. In 1998, the parent Dominion went into bankruptcy and Davie went under.
In 1986, Marine Industries Limited merged with Davie to become MIL-Davie Shipbuilding.
[edit] Ships built
- Iroquois class destroyers:
- MV John Hamilton Gray (1968-2004, hull number 349)
- Marine Atlantic "Gulfspan" super ferry:
