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This is a list of shipbuilding companies with mention of their respective shipyards.

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[edit] British shipyards

[edit] Harland & Wolff

[edit] Harland & Wolff, Limited

Date Name
1858- Harland & Wolff, Limited.
  • Queen's Island, Belfast (1858-)
  • East Yard, Belfast (1918-?)
  • Govan (1912-?)

Harland & Wolff also had a yard in Bootle which was used primarily for repairs, especially during World War II.

[edit] Ailsa & Perth

[edit] Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Limited

Date Name
1887-1986 Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Limited.

[edit] Ferguson & Appledore

[edit] NSL

[edit] Swan Hunter

[edit] Barclay Curle & Company, Limited

Date Name
 ?-? Barclay Curle & Company, Limited.
  • Clydeholm Shipyard, Whiteinch (1855-1967)
  • Elderslie.
  • Stobcross.
  • Kelvinghaugh.
  • Govan.

Barclay, Curle and Company was controlled by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson from 1912 onwards.

[edit] Scott Lithgow

[edit] Lithgow

[edit] Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering

[edit] VT Group

[edit] Vosper

[edit] John I Thornycroft & Co.

[edit] A&P Shiprepair Group

[edit] BAE Systems Marine

[edit] Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Limited

Date Name
1897-1927 Sir W. G. Armstrong & Co., Ltd.
  • Armstrong Naval Shipyard, Elswick (-1921)
  • Walker Shipyard, Walker - The Walker shipyard became part of the Vickers Armstrong holdings in 1927.

[edit] Vickers, Limited

Date Name
-1897 The Barrow Shipbuilding Company.
1897-1927 Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd.
1911-1927 Vickers, Ltd.

Vickers bought The Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1897, and renamed the extant dockyard to its above form.

[edit] Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Limited

Date Name
1865-1933 Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Ltd.
  • Hebburn (-1933) - Became part of the Vickers Armstrong holdings. A repair yard, don't think anything was built here.
  • Jarrow (1851-1933)

[edit] William Beardmore & Company, Limited.

Date Name
1890-1930 William Beardmore & Company, Ltd.
  • Naval Construction Works, Dalmuir (1899-1930)

The shipbuilding yard was opened in 1899 and was forced to close in 1930 due to lack of orders.

[edit] William Denny & Brothers, Limited

Date Name
1849-1963 William Denny & Brothers.

[edit] Ayrshire Dockyard Company

Date Name
 ?-? Ayrshire Dockyard Company.

[edit] Ardrossan Dockyard, Limited

Date Name
1842-187? Barr & Shearer.
187?-1891 Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company.
1891-1899 Ardrossan Dockyard, Limited.
1899-1925 Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company, Limited.
1925-1969 Ardrossan Dockyard, Limited.
  • Main Yard, Ardrossan (1842-1969)
  • South Yard, Ardrossan (191?-1930)

[edit] Hawthorn Leslie and Company

[edit] Evolution of British Shipbuilders
The evolution of British Shipbuilders, 1960 - present


[edit] U.S. shipyards

[edit] Bath Iron Works

[edit] Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited

Date Name
1901-1913 Fore River Ship and Engine Company.
1913-1964 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited.

The "Victory Yard" was constructed specifically for the building of destroyers for the war effort, to free up the Fore River Yard for other vessels including the battlecruiser Lexington.

[edit] Northrop Grumman

[edit] Northrop Grumman

[edit] Newport News Shipbuilding

[edit] Ingalls Shipbuilding

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