List of shipbuilders and shipyards

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

Contents

[edit] Asia

[edit] Bangladesh

[edit] China

  • Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (BSHIC) (Huludao, Liaoning
  • Bolunbao Shipyard (Jiangsu Province)
  • Changbo Shipyard (Jiangsu Province)
  • Chengxi Shipyard (Jiangyin, Jiangsu)
  • Dalian New Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (DNS) (Dalian, Liaoning)
  • Dalian Shipyard Co., Ltd. (Dalian, Liaoning)
  • Guangzhou Shipyard International Co., Ltd. (GSI) (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
  • Hangzhou Dongfeng Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou, Zhejiang)
  • Hantong Shipyard (Tongzhou City, Jiangsu)
  • Huanghai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Rongcheng, Shandong)
  • Huanghai Shipyard (Rongshen Area)
  • Huangpu Shipyard (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
  • Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. (Shanghai)
  • Jiangdong Shipyard (Wuhu, Anhui)
  • Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. (Shanghai)
  • Jiangsu Eastern Shipyard (Jingjiang, Jiangsu)
  • Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipyard Co., Ltd. (Jiangyin, Jiangsu)
  • Jiangxi Jiangxin Shipyard (Jiujiang, Jiangxi)
  • Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing, Jiangsu)
  • Kouan Shipyard KASC (Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province)
  • Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd. (Fuzhou, Fujian)
  • Mingde Shipyard (Nantong Area)
  • NACKS Nantong COSCO Kawasaki (Nantong, Jiangsu)
  • New Century Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Jingjiang, Jiangsu)
  • New Times Shipyard (Jiangsu Province)
  • Penglai Bohai Shipyard Co. LTD (Penglai City Shangdong)
  • Qingdao Lingshan Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (Qingdao, Shandong)
  • Qingshan Shipyard (Wuhan, Hubei)
  • Rongshen Shipyard (Rongshen, Jiangsu)
  • Shanghai Edward Shipyard (Shanghai Area)
  • Shanghai Shipyard (Shanghai)
  • Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Shanghai)
  • Shanhai Guan Shipyard (Dalian Area)
  • Southeast Shipyard (Fuzhou)
  • Taizhou Sanfu (Taizhou, Jiangsu Province)
  • Weihai Shipyard (Weihai, Shandong)
  • Wenchong Shipyard Co., Ltd. (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
  • Wuhu Shipyard (Wuhu, Anhui)
  • Wujiazui Shipyard (Nanjing Area)
  • Xiamen Shipyard (Xiamen)
  • Xingang Shipyard (Tianjin)
  • Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co,. Ltd. (Tianjin)
  • Xinhua Shipyard (Nanjing Area)
  • Xixiakou Shipyard (Rongcheng City)
  • Yantai Raffle Shipyard (Rongcheng Area)
  • Zhejiang Yanfang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Ningbo, Zhejiang)

[edit] India

  • ABG Shipyard Limited
  • Bharati Shipyard Limited
  • Cochin Shipyard
  • GOA Shipyard Limited
  • Hindustan Shipyard Ltd
  • Mazagon Dock Limited
  • PIPAVAV Shipyard Limited
  • Shoft Shipyard Pvt Ltd

[edit] Japan

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] South Korea


[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria-Hungary

[edit] Croatia

[edit] Finland

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Greece

[edit] Italy

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] Russia

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] 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.

[edit] Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

Date Name
1887-1981 Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Limited.
1981-1986 Ferguson Ailsa
1986 - 2003 Ailsa & Perth

[edit] Appledore Shipbuilders

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

Date Name
1897-1927 Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Limited
1928-? Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited
  • Armstrong Naval Shipyard, Elswick, (-1921)
  • Walker Shipyard, High Walker, (?-?) Became the Naval Yard of Vickers-Armstrongs in 1927.
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[edit] Austin & Pickersgill Ltd

Date Name

[edit] Ayrshire Dockyard Company

Date Name
 ?-? Ayrshire Dockyard Company.

[edit] Barclay Curle & 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.

[edit] William Beardmore & Company

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] Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company

Date Name
1866-1968 Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Limited.
1968-1980 Robb Caledon Shipbuilders (Dundee), Limited
  • Stannergate Shipyard, Dundee (1866-1980)

[edit] William Denny & Brothers

Date Name
1849-1963 William Denny & Brothers, Limited

[edit] Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

  • 1885 - 1965, Govan

[edit] Ferguson Brothers

Date Name
1903-1981 Ferguson Brothers, Limited
1981-1986 Ferguson Ailsa
1986-1989 Ferguson & Appledore, Limited
1989- Ferguson Shipbuilders, Limited

[edit] Hall Russell & Company

Date Name
1864-1991 Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1986-1992 A & P Appledore International (Aberdeen)

[edit] Harland & Wolff, Limited

Date Name
1858-1989 Harland & Wolff, Limited.
1989- Harland & Wolff Holdings, Limited

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

[edit] R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company

Date Name
1870-1981 R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company, Limited

[edit] Henry Robb

Date Name
 ?-1968 Henry Robb, Limited
1968-1983 Robb Caledon Shipbuilders (Leith), Limited

[edit] Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company

Date Name
1865-1933 Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Ltd
  • Hebburn (?-1933) - Became part of the Vickers-Armstrongs as Palmers Hebburn Company.
  • Jarrow (1851-1933)

[edit] Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson

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.

[edit] Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Date Name
1837-? Ditchburn & Mare
 ?-1857 C.J. Mare & Company
1857-1912 Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

[edit] John I. Thornycroft & Company

[edit] Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

  • 1967-1971

Grouping of several yards on the Clyde

The merged companies were:

[edit] Vickers, Limited

Date Name
-1897 The Barrow Shipbuilding Company.
1897-1927 Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd.
1911-1927 Vickers, Ltd.
1927-1966 Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited
1966-1983 Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group
1983-1992 VSEL
1992-1999 Marconi Marine (VSEL)
1999-2003 BAE Systems Marine (VSEL)
2003-2006 BAE Systems Submarines
2006- BAE Systems Submarine Solutions

[edit] Vosper & Company

Date Name
1871-1966 Vosper & Company, Limited

[edit] J. Samuel White

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada

[edit] United States

[edit] Government Shipyards

[edit] Private sector shipyards

[edit] South America

[edit] Chile

[edit] Colombia

  • Cotecmar

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/prewwii/shipyards/atlantic/bethbaltimore.htm
  2. ^ Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
  3. ^ Southwest Marine, San Pedro CA
  4. ^ http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/prewwii/shipyards/atlantic/bethwilmington.htm
  5. ^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/fairfield.htm][http://www.marylandsilver.com/books.htm
  6. ^ http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/wwii/navalshipbuilders/bethhingham.htm

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