A. Leslie and Company

A. Leslie and Company was a shipbuilding company that was started in around 1853, based North-East England. The company later merged with the locomotive manufacturer R and W Hawthorn to create Hawthorn Leslie and Company in 1886[1], when the founder Andrew Leslie retired.

Between 1854 and 1885 the ship yard built 255 vessels[2]. The company employed around 2600 men, with more jobs in ancillary trades[2].

References

  1. ^ "Hawthorn Shipbuilders". EdinPhoto. http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin/1_edinburgh_history_-_recollections_hawthorn_shipbuilders_leith.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
  2. ^ a b "Local Information for Hebburn". Town Info. http://www.town-info.co.uk/England/County_Durham/Hebburn/Info.html. Retrieved 2008-05-05.