1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. It was like the Grand National when the dinner time buzzer went off as everyone raced to the canteen. British India Line and Clan Line were also good customers, commissioning 11 cargo-liners including, Dwarka (4851/47). [1][23], In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. The workshop is lighted throughout by electricity and with accommodation for both workmen and crew. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. WW2 Just before the outbreak of war, extensive orders were in hand, and some 55 ships were completed for private owners up to early 1946 under Government licence. 22 1971 Merkara D / H / P Neptune HMS Heythrop (L85) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy She was ordered as part of the 1939 War Emergency programme. 83 1976 Gandara D / H / P Hebburn The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. Alas for the Hunter Race! There were also descendants of the Swan and Wigham Richardson families on the board at this time (S. C. Swan and George Wigham Richardson) as well as Peter Denham Christie, whose grandfather had been the first manager of the Neptune yard and whose father John Denham Christie had died in October 1950. 133 Allocated to refit work 136 1994 Northumberland D / H / P Wallsend 84 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled 46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. These included Gothic (15911/48) which had spacious accommodation for 85 first class passengers in 53 cabins of which 36 were single-berth, while 23 had their own private bathroom, The public rooms were of such a high standard thatship acted as a temporary Royal yacht for a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1953. 66 1976 Kyra Lynn D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker The last liner built in the UK was built at the Neptune yard, the Norway - America cruise liner Vistafjord in 1973. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. That elastic piece of wood with its feathered dart, so sure to be unstrung by contact with civilization, will serve for the type, the coat-of-arms of the savage. 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. Once a world leader. The Bank Line's cargo ship "Clydebank" ran aground off the Farne Islands when on trials. [7] Following the publication of the Geddes Report recommending rationalisation in British shipbuilding, the Company went on to acquire Clelands Shipbuilding Company[8] and John Readhead & Sons in 1967. WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. These were: Umtata (8141 grt) for Bullard, King; Explorer (6295 grt) for T&J Harrison; and Port Townsville (8661 grt) for Port Line. 28. 1934 See Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, 1936 Subsidiary Tyne Plywood Works formed to manufacture gaboon plywood. 55 1975 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard 1903 Took a majority holding in Wallsend Slipway Co, which built the engines for some of its greatest ships. [19], In November 2006, after the failure to complete Lyme Bay within budget and resulting exclusion from future Royal Navy shipbuilding projects, Jaap Kroese announced that the business was effectively finished and placed the Wallsend Yard's iconic cranes up for sale. 21. 10. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. 123 1988 Sheffield D / H / P Neptune 1959/60 The cruiser Lion was completed, having lain incomplete since the War. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. 124 1988 Coventry D / H / P Wallsend 117 1983 Thorseggen D / H / P Wallsend This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. As result of this, the second ship RFALyme Bay was transferred to BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow for completion. 56 1974 Alnwick Castle D / H / P Walker 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn that's Touchstone's forest jest, that's swan of Avon logic. [13] The receiver took steps to break up the business. 1920 Swan, Hunter Wigham Richardson and Co and Beardmores together acquired the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co. 1922 The company extended its assets to include the North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co, Londonderry, shipbuilders Philip and Son, Dartmouth, the North British Engine Works (1922) Ltd, Glasgow and Stobcross Boiler Works, Glasgow along with iron and steel works in Glasgow and ship repairers in Swansea. Her twin stork engines gave her a speed of 20 knots but could also cruise in Winter and later became a single class liner. 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune The Times (Times Newspapers). [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. [6]. 63 1976 Opportunity D / H / P Wallsend 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields The Wallsend Shipyard was the first in the world to construct tankers of over 250,000 tons on a slipway. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. And ChronicleLive has pieced together a list of things you would only know if you worked at Swan Hunter. 113 Not allocated It was only the yards ability to build every type of ship that kept it going. The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. Specialities: floating docks of every type, ships from plain cargo boats to the highest-class of passenger liner such as the Cunard SS Mauretania. Photos 23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn 51 1973 Moraybank D / H / P South Shields 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend Dominion Monarch carried 517 first class passengers as a one class ship and a full load of 16,400 tons of cargo was loaded at London with passengers embarking at Southampton. The ship is notable for seeing service in the navies of three other nations after her use by the Royal Navy. 1960. Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. Other directors included his son George Ernest Hunter, Charles Sheriton Swan and his son. Based in Wallsend Shipyard, Tyne and Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century most famously, the RMS Mauretania, which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and the RMS Carpathia, which rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic. 1920s Major customers were Ellerman Lines and British India Line owned by P&O: 13 liners were manufactured including: 1922 - City of Paris (10839/22) 349 passengers; City of Canterbury (8431/23 178 passengers; Commonwealth and Dominion Line (later to become Port Line in 1936) also ordered five cargo liners. [15], In 2000, Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two (Auxiliary) Landing Ship Dock ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with two other ships being built by BAE Systems Naval Ships: the cost of the two Swan Hunter ships was to be 210 million including 62 million for lead yard services, with an inservice date of 2004. Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. Hopemount 3300/05 was completed by the yard and was managed by Stamp, Mann and Co of Newcastle. Including two banana boats completed for Elders & Fyffes. This web publication contains 151,660 pages of SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. Policy. The centre island was extended to include a no. [25] On 12 October 2016, the company announced the issue of a letter of intent for the design and build of a basket carousel loading tower. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. She saw service in the Second World War and later as an Egyptian Navy ship in the Suez Crisis. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss, Sunderland Salvage Company of Lindsay Swan, Hunter, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: Ships Built, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson&oldid=1247867, Creative 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. 92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled Two other high class passenger ferries were completed for Swedish Lloyd (Britannia and Suecia both of 4631 grt). Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. 1091 1979 Cardiff D / H / P Hebburn 90 1975 Strait of Canso D / H / P South Shields Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 1913 Reina Victoria-Eugenia, a magnificent Spanish liner of 9726 grt was completed for Cia Transatlantica. 29. 7. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 109 1985 Ark Royal D / H / P Wallsend 64 1977 Everett F Wells D / H / P Wallsend 72 1976 Makhachkala D / H / P Neptune 18. It was launched in 1906 and was the world's largest ship until 1911 when the RMS Olympic was built - a sistership of the Titanic which was completed in 1912. In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. It could carry 119 first-class and 384 tourist-class passengers. The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. 14. The follow on orders were Umtali (8135/36) and Umgeni (8180/38) both had accommodation for over 100 passengers on their South African run. [12] It was then forced to call in the receivers when the UK government awarded the contract for HMSOcean to Kvaerner Govan in 1993. In late 1942 workers from Joseph L. Thompson began working on the site and the yard rejuvenated itself again. 1911 Launch of Cunard liner SS Laconia [2]. Warship construction was intense including the battleship Anson (June 1942) along with four cruisers ordered in 1937: Mauritius (1940), Newfoundland (1941), Gambia (1942) and Superb (1943). Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 27. The 127 1991 Marlborough D / H / P Wallsend Workers cut 10 inch keys from sheets of brass for 21st birthdays back home and they were smuggled past the gateman on the way out. 4 hatch and no.5 hatch was in the aft well deck. [6] The firm expanded rapidly in the early part of the twentieth century, acquiring the Glasgow-based Barclay Curle in 1912. The shipyards for which the operating company Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd was made responsible to the Corporation were Wallsend Shipyard, Neptune Shipyard, Walker Shipyard, Hebburn Shipyard and Hebburn Shipbuilding Dock. ISBN -905617-67-3. Between 1919 and 1931 over 50 tankers were completed: the largest was San Florentino (18000 dwt in 1919 and Pan Scandia (14750 dwt in 1931). At that time Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. owned and operated three shipyards on the north bank of the Tyne (i.e. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. 3 hold was the cross-bunker hold between bridge and engineer accommodation. 1947. Larsen. Even a minute late meant you were docked quarter of an hour pay. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 1903 'A FLOATING WORKSHOP FOR NATAL. 131 Allocated to refit work (2000). text of this web site is available under the Creative 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend In April 2007, Swan Hunter's cranes, along with its floating dock and other equipment, were sold to Bharati Shipyards, India's second-largest private-sector shipbuilder. In 1945 the ship caught fire in the harbour of Ketchikan, Alaska. 114 1982 Osco Ingram Osprey D / H / P Neptune 4in. 110 1980 Pacific Crane D / H / P Hebburn Dock 112 1983 B P Achiever D / H / P Hebburn Dock Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. [3], In 1903, C.S. Hunter Dunn,Furnishd and burnishd by Aldershot sun,What strenuous singles we played after tea,We in the tournamentyou against me!Sir John Betjeman (19061984). Scindia Line of India, Black Star Line of Ghana, Nigeria National Line, Indo China Steam Navigation Co. and Union Castle Mail Co also took delivery of cargo-liners. Whitley, M. J. The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. There were four aircraft carriers built at Wallsend, H.M.S. Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. 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