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This is a list of shipbuilding companies with mention of their respective shipyards.
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of Canada
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of Finland
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of France
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of Germany
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of Holland
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of India
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of Japan
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of South Korea
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom
Between 1977 and the mid-1980s, the British shipbuilding industry, with the exceptions of a few minor yards, was nationalised as the British Shipbuilders Corporation. British Shipbuilders restructured the industry extensively, merging and closing many operations, with the remnants sold off throughout the 1980s.
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1887-1981 |
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Limited. |
| 1981-1986 |
Ferguson Ailsa |
| 1986 - 2003 |
Ailsa & Perth |
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1855-1986 |
Appledore Shipbuilders |
| 1986-2003 |
A & P Appledore International |
| 2004- |
Appledore Shipbuilders (2004) Limited / DML Appledore |
[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] Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company
- Armstrong Naval Shipyard, Elswick, (-1921)
- Walker Shipyard, High Walker, (?-?) Became the Naval Yard of Vickers-Armstrongs in 1927.
[edit] Ayrshire Dockyard Company
| Date |
Name |
|
| ?-? |
Ayrshire Dockyard Company. |
| Date |
Name |
|
| ?-? |
Barclay Curle & Company, Limited |
- Clydeholm Shipyard, Whiteinch, Glasgow (1855-1967)
- Elderslie, Renfewshire
- Stobcross, Glasgow
- Kelvinghaugh, Glasgow
- Govan, Glasgow
Barclay, Curle and Company was controlled by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson from 1912 onwards.
| 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.
- Stannergate Shipyard, Dundee (1866-1980)
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1849-1963 |
William Denny & Brothers, Limited |
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1903-1981 |
Ferguson Brothers, Limited |
| 1981-1986 |
Ferguson Ailsa |
| 1986-1989 |
Ferguson & Appledore, Limited |
| 1989- |
Ferguson Shipbuilders, Limited |
[edit] Hall Russell & Company
[edit] Harland & Wolff, Limited
Harland & Wolff also had a yard in Bootle which was used primarily for repairs, especially during World War II.
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1870-1981 |
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company, Limited |
| Date |
Name |
|
| ?-1968 |
Henry Robb, Limited |
| 1968-1983 |
Robb Caledon Shipbuilders (Leith), Limited |
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1865-1933 |
Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Ltd |
- Hebburn (?-1933) - Became part of the Vickers-Armstrongs as Palmers Hebburn Company.
- Jarrow (1851-1933)
Formed from the merger in 1903 of C. S. Swan & Hunter, Limited and Wigham Richardson & Company, Limited.
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1903-1966 |
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Limited. |
In 1966 Swan, Hunter merged with Smiths Dock Company, Limited to form Associated Shipbuilder Limited. Now known as Swan Hunter Group Limited.
Grouping of several yards on the Clyde
The merged companies were:
[edit] Vickers, Limited
| Date |
Name |
|
| 1871-1966 |
Vosper & Company, Limited |
[edit] Shipbuilding companies of the United States of America
| 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] Other US Shipyards
- Alameda Works Shipyard, Alameda, California
- Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama
- Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
- Baltimore Marine Industries, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland
- Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
- Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
- Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
- Bethlehem, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
- Bethlehem San Francisco Shipyard, San Francisco, California
- Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
- Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts
- Bristol Yard, Bristol, Pennsylvania
- Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina
- Chickasaw Shipyard, Chickasaw, Alabama
- Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange Shipyard, Orange, Texas
- Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
- Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Connecticut, hull-fabrication and outfitting facility at Quonset Point, Rhode Island
- Halter Moss Point Shipyard, Moss Point, Mississippi
- Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Kearny Yard, Kearny, New Jersey
- Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington formerly Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California
- Marinette Marine shipyard, Marinette, Wisconsin
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, California
- National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California
- New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
- Newark Bay Shipyard, Newark, New Jersey
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
- Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Virginia
- Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington
- Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California
- San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California
- Southwest Marine, San Pedro, California
- Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
- Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Francisco Division, Alameda, California
- Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
- Todd Dry Dock & Construction Company, Tacoma, Washington
- Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas
- United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland
- William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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