33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker
8. long, 76ft. Swan & Hunter merged with Wigham Richardson (founded by John Wigham Richardson as Neptune Works in 1860), specifically to bid for the important contract to build RMSMauretania on behalf of Cunard. James Elroy Flecker (1884-1919) " Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell. But if you have any others please dont hesitate to let us know in the comments.
In 1945 the ship caught fire in the harbour of Ketchikan, Alaska. 1961. 1936 The Admiralty further built up their strength from 1936 with six destroyers completed over the next three years: Hunter, Hyperion, Janus, Khartoum, Somali and Tartar. A number of tramps were also manufactured which were ideal as grain carriers as they had steel, centre line bulkheads in their six holds, and plenty of portable wooden grain boards and trunks for their 9700 ton cargo. 1950 the Shell supertanker, Velutina was launched in 1950 by Princess Margaret at the Wallsend Yard, which also launched the much larger supertankers Solen, Narica and Nacella in the 1960s also for Shell. 1933 There were very few completions during this year. "El Lobo". . 1913-1914 Eight cargo liners with accommodation completed for the British India Steam navigation Company. At various times Swan Hunter also owned Palmers Hebburn Yard, Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Yard and Readheads at South Shields which were all on the south side of the River Tyne. Palm, Line and Ellerman Lines were the major customers of the yards during this period, they commissioned 22 cargo-liners in total including Ilorin Palm (5442/60) which launched 17 weeks ahead of schedule in 1960. Steamship Leda. The ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. That company was an early manufacturer of Parsons turbine engines, which enabled the Mauretania to achieve its great speed. The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. 4 1970 Esso Hibernia D / H / P Wallsend
Bergen Lines main competitors Swedish Lloyd previously took delivery of Patricia 6644/51 form the Neptune Yard for their Gothenburg to London service. Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. This meant the company had the capability of producing many sets of steam turbines, Bauer-Wach exhaust turbines and triple expansion steam reciprocating engines both on the Clyde and at the Neptune Engine Works on the Tyne. The aircraft carrier was launched nine days later. TSS Dover, (later the Earl Siward, Sol Express and now the Tuxedo Royale), is a British retired ferry. 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend
Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. Swan Hunter: Wallsend: 130 Allocated to refit work
She was a member of the first subgroup of the class. 81 157,000 OBO - Cancelled
57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
[5], 1914 Shipbuilders and repairers, engine manufacturers and floating docks. 92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled
The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. RM 2CGP4J8 - Tanker Tyne Pride, Leslie Street, Wallsend, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, 1975 On the deck of the vessel and enclosed in a large house is placed the workshop machinery, which consists of punching and shearing machine, lathe, steam hammer, drilling shaping, and screwing machines, smiths fires, straightening blocks, vice bench and anvil, etc., the whole of which is driven by electric motive power, which has been supplied by Messrs J. H. Holmes and Co. Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. Her Parsons turbines built in Wallsend propelled her at 20 knots on a regular run between Lisbon and Beira, with room for 1000 passengers and 200 troops. She was of 10816 grt and 528 feet length and turbine-powered to twin propellers. The Times (Times Newspapers). They were also tramp owners at this time. 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). Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock
She left service in 1935. It was powered by two sets of steam turbines by Wallsend Slipway Co to give a speed of 22 knots. 1911 to 1913 Two liners completed for Cunard plus three others. 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields
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1960. Port Sydney (9847/43) was completed as the escort carrier Vindex in December 1943 with a flight deck of 495 length and complement of 18 aeroplanes. [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. 19 Not allocated
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"Vistafjord". 1091 1979 Cardiff D / H / P Hebburn
It was launched in 1969, Children playing in the shadow of the giant oil tanker Esso Northumbria being built by Swan Hunter at the end of Leslie Street, Wallsend, in April 1969, The giant cranes at Wallsend at work at Swan Hunter yard in December 1978. 69 1975 Maykop D / H / P Hebburn
1939. . The dry docks in Govan (also owned by Barclays) were also acquired as was Barclaay's Clydeholm yard. 1946 Tanker production resumed, which was a major feature of the yards output until they amalgamated with the other yards on the river in 1968. [1][23], In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. Policy. H.R.H Princess Anne launched two ships,Esso Northumbria and World Unicorn. Leda began her twice-weekly run to Stavanger and Bergen from the Tyne in April 1953. He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. HMS Heythrop (L85) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy She was ordered as part of the 1939 War Emergency programme. There were four aircraft carriers built at Wallsend, H.M.S. Wallsend received the Mauretania, and the Lusitania went to Clydebank, 'Metal Bashing' between the wars at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson yard at Wallsend, The Mauretania enters the river Tyne at the Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, on September 20 1906, A packet of Woodbine cigarettes (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images), The yards, like Swan Hunter, Palmers and Redhead, employed generations of families, and brought wealth and fame to the region, Slips by the side of bulk paper carrier, Swan Hunter. 2 1970 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Walker
KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs
1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. 134 Allocated to refit work
67 1977 Geroi Novorossiyska D / H / P Hebburn Dock
Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson Wallsend river tyne, ship builder, shipbuilder, ship, vessel, warship, liner, cargo, tanker, bulk carrier, tug TYNE BUILT SHIPS A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built Home Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Select Shipbuilder A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ All three were on the north side of River Tyne. C.S. She was named after the Heythrop Hunt. 16 1969 Amra D / H / P South Shields
[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. 4in. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Alan Shearer mocks Gary Lineker after BBC sex noise blunder in TV 'moment of the year', Shearer's cheeky swipe comes after the naughty noises were heard on Match of the Day's live coverage Wolves vs Liverpool in the FA Cup, One person taken to hospital following multi-vehicle crash on A1 during rush hour near Newcastle, Emergency crews attended the scene on the A1 southbound before Junction 79 near Seaton Burn following reports of a multi-vehicle collision, Newcastle United transfer news LIVE: Karius set for new contract and fresh Moussa Diaby enquiry, Our team of writers will keep you up to date with everything Newcastle-related throughout the day, Durham's Chinese New Year 2023 plans, activity programme and Lion Dance timings, From a fashion show to a festival, Durham will celebrate Chinese New Year with packed programme of entertainment and here's the timetable for the main event this Saturday, Former Sunderland favourite set for managerial debut vs Leeds United, The former Black Cats midfielder is among the bookmakers favourites for the role, Loris Karius contract decision leaves Newcastle United with big goalkeeper dilemma, Newcastle United are set to confirm a new deal for Karius, Inquiry launched into UK battery production after Britishvolt collapse, Hopes of thousands of jobs in Northumberland were dashed when the company went into administration, Newcastle U18s pass character test but left 'devastated' by late St James' Park heartbreak, Graeme Carrick was proud of the performance despite Newcastle United's U18s defeat against Arsenal in the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup at St James' Park, Paramedic who failed to provide life support to teenager Quinn Beadle struck off, Gavin Wood has been struck off after a tribunal found his fitness to practice was impaired and his actions amounted to misconduct, Tragedy as teenage girl with 'heart of gold' dies in North Shields flat fire, Tributes had today been paid to 18-year-old Leah Casson who lost her life in the blaze on Vicarage Street, Cheryl in 2:22: A Ghost Story rehearsals with days to go until West End debut, Cheryl has joined the cast of hit London show 2:22: A Ghost Story in the role of Jenny, Family and friends to run Great North Run in memory of man who died after he fell from South Shields roof, Derek Heslop, known to many as Dez, sadly passed away when he was just 23 years old. The Tyne Pontoons and Dry Docks Co whose installations lay between the Wallsend West Yard and Neptune Works, was purchased to form the Dry Docks Department. 7. [5], In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with Smiths Dock Company to form Associated Shipbuilders, which later became Swan Hunter Group. 109 1985 Ark Royal 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. Other orders were completed for the Belgian Government, Polish Ocean Lines and the Turkish Government among others. She was a 5,000 dwt and a conventional three-island tramp with five holds of which No. . The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company of Canada also had a similar sized ferry built by the yard in the same year: Prince Rupert 3379/09 and then a larger ferry two years later Princess Alice 5099/11. The ship is best remembered for allegedly crossing the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900. Even a minute late meant you were docked quarter of an hour pay. 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune
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). Lib - Liz Rees an archiveist at the Discovery museum with old photogaphs of Swan Hunter when it was the Neptune Yard back in the early 1900's.. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. 5. 9. 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. 1911 Launch of Cunard liner SS Laconia [2]. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from . 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend
[17], In 2001, Swan Hunter acquired Kvrner's Port Clarence offshore yard at Teesside[18] but then in 2006 sold it to Wilton Engineering Group. 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune
29. 17 1970 Aska D / H / P South Shields
There were eight 250,000 dwt tankers built, the first Esso Northumbria , the last Tyne Pride, 20. The largest were Thiare and Torinia, built for Shell at 15260 dwt. 1920 The yard was fully occupied completing B types. Built in 1965 as a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry, she spent much of her later life as one of the permanently moored Tuxedo floating nightclubs before being laid up, latterly on the River Tees in Middlesbrough. A pair of motor driven cargo-liners were placed by Silver Line: Silverpine and Silverlarch (both 5122/24) and Shaw, Savill & Albion Ltd; Coptic 10629/28 and Zealandic 11300/28.
53 1974 Clydebank D / H / P Hebburn
As result of this, the second ship RFALyme Bay was transferred to BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow for completion. [20] During this time, Lyme Bay's earlier sister ship, Largs Bay, was noted as the last ship to be built and fully completed by Swan Hunter. WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. Both operated on the two-stroke cycle and used blast fuel injection. The only battleship built at Wallend was HMS. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 17. [7]. Dwarka was powered by Doxford oil engines and had accommodation for 50 passengers in cabins as well as many Indian deck passengers on her voyages to the Persian Gulf. 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
It was like the Grand National when the dinner time buzzer went off as everyone raced to the canteen. Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. Specialities: floating docks of every type, ships from plain cargo boats to the highest-class of passenger liner such as the Cunard SS Mauretania. 29 1972 London Lion D / H / P Wallsend
The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. 20 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
41-43 Container ships - Cancelled
On 1 May 2006, British pop-duo Pet Shop Boys performed their soundtrack to the 1925 Soviet silent-film Battleship Potemkin alongside the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the shipyard.
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1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. the white man has driven off their game, and substituted a cent in its place.Henry David Thoreau (18171862), The reason is:rats leave the sinking shipbut we . information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the A young lad is lifted on to the wall by his granddad to get a better view of HMS 'Ark Royal' nearing completion at the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend on 24th May 1981. 7 1970 Grey Rover D / H / P Hebburn
47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn
24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune
Another notable vessel was Sirdhana (8608/47) which had room for 83 passengers in cabins. 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. Payday was always Friday and workers queued up to get their wage packets. we . A buzzer signified the start of the working day at 7.30am, lunch at 12 noon and then when the day finished. This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. 6. [6]. In addition the Admiralty building programme of orders for two destroyers and an Australian cruiser also kept the yards busy during 1935 too. 3. 1961 The Portuguese liner Principe Perfeito of 19,393 grt was delivered by the Neptune Yard in 1961. 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. William Milburn also had five ships built by the Company (he had been a key customer in the 1880s) marking a shift to motor ships. The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. 15 1971 Dart Atlantic D / H / P Walker
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 [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. 136 1994 Northumberland D / H / P Wallsend
We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. However a large liner called Giulio Cesare which had been ordered by Navigazione Generale Italiana of Genoa for service to South America, was launched on 7th February 1920 and completed in March 1922. 1. 76-77 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled
At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. Date Country Builder Location . These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. [10], Then in 1977, Swan Hunter Group was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders. The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. 33 extinct Geordie sayings which are so funny they should be brought back, 22 things that have gone - or are going - from our High Streets, North East news LIVE: A1 now clear following crash near Seaton Burn, Chronicle Live's breaking news service including today's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East, Heartbroken family pay tribute to young Sunderland dad after he takes his own life, aged 19, Travis Brash was sadly found dead at his home in Sunderland on January 6 this year, Stacey Dooley and Strictly star Kevin Clifton announce birth of baby daughter, The new parents posted sweet messages on social media on Tuesday, telling fans they had welcomed their daughter Minnie into the world, This Morning's Craig Doyle gets sympathy from fans over 'unfair' treatment amid job switch calls, This Morning viewers were left sympathizing with presenter Craig Doyle when he appeared on Monday's show, Gateshead dealer arrested after Newcastle student deaths had a 'veritable candy store of drugs', James Newark, of Gateshead, was caught with high purity and high value drugs at his home and has now been jailed, Martin Lewis explains 'snowball' tip as faster way to clear your debts. 12 1970 Faraday D / H / P Hebburn
5 1971 Texaco Great Britain D / H / P Wallsend
Maxtone-Graham, John (1972), Page 25, The Only Way to Cross. Along with her two sisters Blake and Tiger (completed on the Clyde), these ships were the last Royal Navy Cruisers. Their premises were adjacent to one another on the deep bend of the Tyne on its north bank, about three miles east of Newcastle, together an area of 78 acres, with a river frontage of some 4,000ft, the shipyard and engine and boiler shops of the Neptune works being nearest to Newcastle, the dry docks department at Wallend east and north of them, and the Wallsend Shipyard at the end of the bend nearest to the sea. The dock had been built earlier for John Shearer and Sons. Photo by Trevor Ermel. 8 1970 Blue Rover D / H / P Hebburn
Work on the Mauretania began as early as 1901, when Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson submitted plans for two ships. 1934 See Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, 1936 Subsidiary Tyne Plywood Works formed to manufacture gaboon plywood. 51 1973 Moraybank D / H / P South Shields
The yard covered 80 acres with river frontage of 4,000 feet. 1337 1978 Starman Anglia D / H / P Neptune
82 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled
107 1980 Dunedin D / H / P Walker
Leviathan in WWII, H.M.S. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. and that's madness, Lear's song. 1904-07 Six cargo-liners completed for Hansa Company of Germany and further cargo liners for the Indo-China Steamship Company Ltd. 1906 RMS Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on Tyne on 20 September 1906 to the cheers of huge crowds. Employees 6,000 to 7,000. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and S.S. Peter G. Campbell. Motor liner Dominion Monarch. 2. The yard completed pontoons and docks of all sizes to customers around the world. people who designed and built them. 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker
And ChronicleLive has pieced together a list of things you would only know if you worked at Swan Hunter. Swan Hunter was also instrumental in establishing the North British Diesel Engine Works at Whiteinch on the Clyde and effectively competed with itself for diesel engine orders during the difficult period of the 1920s. The centre island was extended to include a no. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 30th March 1951 from Marseilles to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires via Barcelona and Lisbon. The passenger and cargo liner El Kantera (5213/32) for Cie Na de Mixte of France was a valuable order along with the Norwegian cargo ship Fjordheim (4114/30) for Nils Rogenaes. 1927 See Aberconway and Aberconway for information on the company and its history. The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. List of ships built at Swan Hunter (Neptune) Login to Edit: From: 1965: Support Ship: OL class: 1966: Support Ship: Ness class: 1973: Guided-Missile Destroyer: Type 82 . [24], Also in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. 1949 Compania Nacional de Navegacao, Lisbon took delivery of the twin-screw passenger and cargo liner Mocambique of 12976 grt for their service between Portugal and Angola and Mozambique. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. 30. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long friendships. 1946 The Neptune Yard continued its established tradition of building cable ships when it completed the cable-layer Monarch of 8052 grt in February for the Postmaster General. 1932 The depression years saw the yards completing existing orders for Norwegian tanker owners as well as three destroyers Codrington, Brilliant and Bulldog and three sloops Folkestone, Scarborough and Hindustan for the Admiralty. The last ship built at Wallsend was the Shields ferry "Pride of the Tyne". information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the Mum of Cramlington woman falls ill while supporting her daughter through major surgery in Spain, Melanie Hartshorn's mum Molly has been diagnosed with heart failure, Resident fumes at neighbour who 'keeps reserving street parking with cones'. 60 1974 Black Rover D / H / P Neptune
48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
Its bids for RFA Largs Bay and RFA Lyme Bay proved disastrous for the company, the MoD and the RFA, due to cost overruns and schedule delays. It could carry 119 first-class and 384 tourist-class passengers. Initiation jokes were hilarious - Gan and get a tin of tartan paint or gan and get us a rubber hammer and a long stand' - which left newbies standing for a while in the storeroom. 131 Allocated to refit work
We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The trio of vessels made for Bowring ( Regent Lion, Regent Panther and Regent Tiger) could carry 14540 tons of petrol. [27] Swan Hunter announced loading tower readiness on 5 May 2017[28] with completion of mobilisation onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea's multi-lay vessel 'Lewek Constellation' shortly thereafter.[29]. [21], Swan's performed the conceptual design of Pioneering Spirit, provisionally named Pieter Schelte, the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. manufacturing in Britain. In 2000 Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two Royal Navy Auxiliaries, called Landing Ship Docks, for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with two other ships being built by BAE Systems Naval Ships. 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). 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker
54 1974 Ivybank D / H / P South Shields
80 1978 Trinculo D / H / P Hebburn Dock
65 1975 Yorkshire D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker
Ships Built By Swan Hunter This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it . [7] The former flagship of the Royal Navy, HMSArk Royal was built at Swan Hunter during this period, entering service in 1985. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of The Mixte Company also ordered Djebel Diro (4180/48) 56 first class, 100tourist class, 100 tourist class and 430 third class passengers. This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 12:29. 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune
One social media user slammed their neighbour's decision to leave traffic cones out, in a bid to continually reserve a parking spot on their street. 1938 Dominion Monarch (27155 grt) a flagship for Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. Ltd was launched on 27th July, it was completed in January 1939 and sailed on her maiden voyage to Wellington on 17th February 1939.
New York: Collier Books. Illustrious & Ark Royal. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 78 1978 Lagoven Santa Rita D / H / P Hebburn
QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock
The company was registered on 15 June. 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 498 feet in length with room for 200 first class, 46 alternate first and second, 100 second class, 80 third class and 1642 emigrants. She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994)
text of this web site is available under the Creative 14. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. Tanker "Helicina". List of British tonnage ships built by Swan Hunter This is a list of British ships built by Swan Hunter in the last twenty years of the 19th century and the first three decades of the 20th. This was a large liner of 22576 grt, with room for 2530 passengers (244 first class with deluxe staterooms featuring private baths, showers and oak parquet flooring and tiled luxury bathrooms. He was the person who got your Woodbine cigarettes during the week and was reimbursed with cash when you got paid. She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). At its peak, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. 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). Her twin Doxford-type oil engines constructed by the yard gave her a speed of 18 knots.
The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. Many other large ships were produced including the Great Central Railway Companys Immingham 2009/06 with room for 393 passengers and propelled by triple-screw turbine machinery. Both ships were fitted with powerful oil engines by Wallsend Slipway Co. 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. Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Contents 1 Ships Built 1903-1919 10 1969 Vortigern D / H / P Neptune
55 1975 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
89 1978 Desdemona D / H / P Hebburn
[7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. 91 1976 Hindustan D / H / P South Shields
The Yard was closed because of the Depression, as its main owners had no use for it. 127 1991 Marlborough D / H / P Wallsend
1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. Swan Hunter Built Warships Aurogra online no prescription and overnight JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. HMS Hunter was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. Co. Ltd. 1935 On the 4th April the Australian coastal line Duntroon (10346/35) was launched with room for 366 passengers for the Melbourne Steamship Co. Ltd along with two coasters for Polish Steamship Line (Puck and Hel both 1065 grt). 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. 114 1982 Osco Ingram Osprey D / H / P Neptune
Two small cargo liners were made for China Merchants S.N. Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). She was later converted into a commando carrier. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. "Varicella". She has been the only British Warship so far to bear this name. [9] Meanwhile, Swan Hunter inherited both the Naval Yard at High Walker on the River Tyne of Vickers-Armstrongs[8] and the Hebburn Yard of Hawthorn Leslie in 1968. 1 1969 Atlantic Causeway D / H / P Walker
The name of the poet and welder who wrote many odes' about life and personalities was Ripyard Cuddling (Jackie Davit) - which were always keenly anticipated throughout the company. Oil cans with a piece of wood on top were used as seats on tea and lunch breaks. She was powered by four Doxford oil engines linked to four propellers and at times made 20 knots during her maiden voyage which took 24 days to complete. Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built : Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg, Denmark : Makati : A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany . 111 1985 York D / H / P Neptune
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. Construct warships and many kinds of vessels for special purposes, laying submarine cables, carrying oil in bulk, fruit, frozen meat, cattle, railway trains etc. Two more high spec cargo-liners were completed for the Chargeurs Reunis fleet: Brazza and Foucauld both 9095/48 and twin-screw motor-ships with room for 103 first-class, 78 second-class and 400 third-class passengers. 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune
Hague, Arnold (1993). This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. 28 1974 World Unicorn D / H / P Wallsend
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. 59 1974 Gold Rover D / H / P Neptune
Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983)
Something went wrong, please try again later. Also Marina and Manistee both 3,868 grt, as well as the Yacht Albion (1116/04) for Sir George Newnes. 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. Duce, Richard (1993-05-12).
70 1975 Groznyy D / H / P Neptune
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21. In 2006 Swan Hunter ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services. [4]. Both engine-building works went onto produce many sets of diesel and oil engines. [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. These were: Umtata (8141 grt) for Bullard, King; Explorer (6295 grt) for T&J Harrison; and Port Townsville (8661 grt) for Port Line. John Robert Harbottle with pals at Swan Hunter shipyard, Lib - The rush home as workers finish their shift at Swan Hunter Shipyard in Wallsend 29 November 1977, The Queen Mother meets well-wishers at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, June 2, 1981, Esso Northumbria under construction at Swan Hunter, Wallsend, as seen from Leslie Street. 73 1977 Gudermes D / H / P Hebburn
50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend
125 1987 Sir Galahad D / H / P Wallsend
110 1980 Pacific Crane D / H / P Hebburn Dock
It was a major employer for decades and some of the world's most famous ships were built there. The Mocambique had been launched in 1st December 1948 and had accommodation for 93 first class, 141 second class and 102 third-class passengers. The Kharg entered the . 22. This web publication contains 151,660 pages of 13. 1918 Cunard liner Aurania 13936/17 with a capacity of 2022 passengers was torpedoed and destroyed on 4th February. 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. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. 1937 The Admiralty placed an order for a 30,000 ton destroyer. Drottning Victoria travelled between Sweden and Germany with room for 96 first class and 44 third class passengers as well as being able to carry trains. 1941 In June King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Neptune yard and other Tyneside yards in an attempt to boost morale. At each shipyard at least one guy had his name prefixed with Pedlar (Pedlar Joe, Pedlar Jack, etc). In the machine shops at the Neptune yard during WWI a lot of women were employed in making 300,000 shell casings for the Army. 1934 There were three orders for twin-screw turbine-driven car ferries for the Southern Railway Company, which kept some of the workforce in the Neptune Yard busy. The Wallsend Shipyard was the first in the world to construct tankers of over 250,000 tons on a slipway. This crane has been made by Messrs Joseph Booth and Brothers, of Rodley. The trials of the floating workshop which has been constructed by Swan, Hunter, and Wigham-Richardson, Limited, to the order of the Natal Government, took place in the presence of the consulting engineer for the Natal Government. Further vessels were made for T&J Harrison (for their West-Indies to London route) and Greece and Australia. text of this web site is available under the Creative Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Albion in 1950s' and H.M.S. 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
The workshop is lighted throughout by electricity and with accommodation for both workmen and crew. The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. 119 Not allocated
A powerful cantilever crane having span of 40 feet and capable of lifting 15 tons is placed the forward end of the vessel. Their bid was successful, and the new company, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, went on to build what was to become, in its day, the most famous ocean going liner in the world. She was fitted with reciprocating engines and exhaust turbines on separate shafts. The ship was well-loved by passengers and won both Eastbound and Westbound . 27. If you clocked in late at 7.31am the time was printed in red ink. 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. 138 Allocated to refit work
1966 Sir E. John Hunter became Chairman of a much larger group in July 1966 when Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson merged with the Tees Yard of Smiths Dock Co to form Associated Shipbuilders. Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway-Heritage In this database you will be able to find ships, not only those which departed directly from Norway, but also other transatlantic ships which carried emigrants. 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. Maintained by Sapere Software. Southampton Castle was launched by Princess Alexandria and reached speeds of 23 knots and this one vessel replaced two passenger liners on the weekly South African schedule. 58 1975 Windsor Lion D / H / P Wallsend
Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd., Sunderland, England : Romney 3 / Napier Star 3 : Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend, England Hoegh Duke Rangatira Thomas Royden & Sons, Liverpool, England . Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. Vindex survived the war and was reconditioned by the yard between August 1948 and June 1949 when she was renamed Port Vindex. WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. 117 1983 Thorseggen D / H / P Wallsend
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992). He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . 4. 22 1971 Merkara D / H / P Neptune
121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend
1940 de Havilland bought the shares in Airspeed. 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. The last liner built in the UK was built at the Neptune yard, the Norway - America cruise liner Vistafjord in 1973. people who designed and built them. The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. The latter Company received Good Hope Castle and Southampton Castle (both 10,538 grt). 88 1978 Begonia D / H / P Walker
11 1970 Emiliano Zapata D / H / P Hebburn
63 1976 Opportunity D / H / P Wallsend
Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. 72 1976 Makhachkala D / H / P Neptune
14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker
Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard
See also: Category:Ships built by Swan Hunter Naval vessels Centaur -class aircraft carriers HMS Albion Invincible -class aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal HMS Illustrious Colossus -class aircraft carriers HMS Vengeance King George V -class battleship HMS Anson (1942) 1928 The car-carrier Seatrain (7624/28) was completed for Overseas Railway Inc of the U.S.A. and was a fore runner of the huge slab-sided car carriers of the present day. [4] Their bid was successful, and the new company, Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, went on to build what was to become, in its day, the most famous oceangoing liner in the world. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. that's Touchstone's forest jest, that's swan of Avon logic. Generale de transportes Maritimes with accommodation for a total of 1305 passengers. RM B97CAX - Swan Hunter Shipyards RM 2BKPNNM - Swan Hunter shipyard cranes on left; now closed, Other riverside derelict shipyards beyone towards Walker, Wallsend; Tyneside UK 2006 RM B2121N - Cranes in Swan Hunter's shipyard, Wallsend, Tyneside. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson:_Ships_Built&oldid=1093483, Creative Renamed Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd in 1995, it refocussed on commerical and offshore vessels but it had lost its expertise in naval shipbuilding and in dealing with the UK MoD. She was the largest Neptune ship when launched in September 1960 for Cia Nacional of Lisbon. 11. .didnt leave,so the shipdidnt sink,and thats madness,Lears songthats Touchstones forest jest,thats swan of Avon logic.Hilda Doolittle (18861961), I have seen old ships sail like swans asleepJames Elroy Flecker (18841919), Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell.Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900). 37 reasons why you should marry a Geordie - and why you won't regret it, 22 things you should never say to someone from Newcastle, Remember these 12 Geordie employers that have disappeared but hold fond memories for those who worked there, 36 things about the North East which confuse even the people who live here, Remember these? people who designed and built them. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. British India Line and Clan Line were also good customers, commissioning 11 cargo-liners including, Dwarka (4851/47). [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. The Usually, in the company of the whale factory ships Sir James Clark Ross and C.A. Princess Astrid had travelled to the launching from Norway on Leda (6670/53) of Bergen Line which she had also launched at the yard on 3rd September 1952. It is fitted with twin screw compound surface condensing engines, which have been constructed Messrs Baird Brothers of North Shields, the diameter of cylinders being 12in. 25-27 1971 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn
During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. 135 1994 Westminster D / H / P Wallsend
From the mid 30s the renewed demand for oil reinvigorated the tanker building programme with 20 tankers built between 1935 and 1939. 133 Allocated to refit work
1903 Took a majority holding in Wallsend Slipway Co, which built the engines for some of its greatest ships. The Bank Line's cargo ship "Clydebank" ran aground off the Farne Islands when on trials. The launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. The company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century, most famously RMS Mauretania which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and RMS Carpathia which rescued survivors from RMS Titanic. 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn
The speed obtained on the measured mile trials was a mean of 7.12 knots, this speed being considerably in excess of what had been guaranteed by the builders. Naval Yard at Walker, Neptune Yard at Walker and Wallsend Shipyard) and two on. 83 1976 Gandara D / H / P Hebburn
132 1991 James Clark Ross D / H / P Wallsend
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, [1] based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England . Kendal, England: World Ship Society. manufacturing in Britain. Her twin stork engines gave her a speed of 20 knots but could also cruise in Winter and later became a single class liner. 4 hatch and no.5 hatch was in the aft well deck. Also in 1903 the Company took a controlling interest in the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, which was an early licensed manufacturer of Parsons steam turbine engines, which enabled Mauretania to achieve her great speed. Swan & Hunter was founded by George Burton Hunter, who formed a partnership with the widow of Charles Sheridan Swan (the owner of a Wallsend Shipbuilding business established in 1852 by Charles Mitchell)[2] under the name in 1880. [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. Two other high class passenger ferries were completed for Swedish Lloyd (Britannia and Suecia both of 4631 grt). WW1 55 warships with a total displacement of 100,000 tons were built including the cruisers Comus (1914), Coventry (1918), 28 torpedo boat destroyers, the monitor Roberts (1915) and 20 sloops and some submarines. Modern machinery has been laid down for the rapid execution of work, and in addition to the shipyard the premises comprise the yard for constructing floating docks; the engine and boiler works, which have together an annual output capacity of 60,000 ihp; a dry dock, 550ft. [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. [43], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}545912N 13143W / 54.98675N 1.52856W / 54.98675; -1.52856, Shipbuilding design, engineering and management company, Modern timeline of British shipbuilding companies, 1960present. Including two banana boats completed for Elders & Fyffes. 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend
104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker
Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. 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. These orders kept the company afloat for much of the 1920s.
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