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A. F. Theriault & Son Ltd is a shipyard located in Meteghan River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. == Overview == The shipyard has operated for over 75 years. The shipyard is privately owned, and was founded by Augustin Theriault in 1938.〔 The shipyard has built over 700 boats and ships to date, including yachts,〔 car ferries,〔 pilot boats,〔 fishing boats〔 patrol boats〔 and target drones.〔 The shipyard began building small boats, mainly for fishing but evolved to build large boats and small ships and diversified from fishing boats to yachts, rescue vessels, ferries and industrial vessels. It has five marine slipways for repair of boats. Past projects include the Boston fireboat ''American United'', built in 2011. A current series of vessels are Hammerhead Target Drones, remote controlled high-speed drones used to train naval units in five countries. Theriault's has made over 250 of the drones which are designed by Meggitt Training Systems.〔(Production of the 250th Hammerhead USV-T, The Telegram, Retrieved 22 January 2014 )〕 In 2014 A. F. Theriault delivered a new ferry christened the Christopher Stannix 〔(Christopher Stannix christened as new Metro transit ferry, CBC News, Retrieved 11 May 2015 )〕 for the Halifax-Dartmouth Ferry Service and had the winning bid to deliver two additional ferries for the service. 〔(theriault top bidder for halifax ferry contracts, The Chronicle Herald, Retrieved 11 May 2015 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A. F. Theriault Shipyard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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