John Cashmore Ltd
John Cashmore Ltd (also known as J Cashmore, or simply as Cashmore's or other derivations) was a company based at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. It has become known for its work scrapping redundant British railway locomotives.
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British Rail Riddles Standard Class 5MT 73116,being scrapped 1967
It also ran a shipbreaking or scrapping business on the River Usk. It scrapped many ex-Royal Navy ships including the following:[1]
- HMS Bruizer (Destroyer - 1914)
- HMS Lurcher (Destroyer - 1922)
- HMS E27 (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS E33 (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS G5 (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS Nautilus (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS Inconstant (Light cruiser - 1922)
- HMS Undaunted (Light cruiser - 1923)
- HMS Gibraltar (1923)
- HMS Cordelia (Light Cruiser -1923)
- HMS H21 (Submarine - 1926)
- HMS K2 (Submarine - 1926)
- HMS K6 (Submarine - 1926)
- HMS Cheltenham (1927)
- HMS Tower (Destroyer - 1928)
- HMS E48 (Submarine - 1928)
- HMS G4 (Submarine - 1928)
- HMS H30 (Submarine - 1935)
- HMS Caterham (Minesweeper - 1935)
- HMS Bryony (Sloop - 1938)
- HMS Unswerving (Submarine - 1946)
- HMS Trident (Submarine - 1946)
- HMS Enterprise (Light Cruiser - 1946)
- HMS Convolvulus (1947)
- HMS Cyclops (1947)
- HMS Colombo (1948)
- HMS Lookout (1948)
- HMS Delhi (1948)
- HMS Frobisher (1949)
- HMS Leamington (1951)
- HMS Devonshire (1954)
- HMS Magicienne (1956)
- HMS Start Bay (1958)
- HMS Cleopatra (1958)
- HMS Zebra (1959)
- HMS Cockade (1964)
- HMS Undine (1965)
- HMS Ursa (1967)
- HMS Carysfort (1970)
- HMS Troubridge (1970)
- HMS Acheron (Submarine - 1971).
- HMS Verulam (1972).
The company was found by a member of the Cashmore family which already ran a steel stockholding business in the Midlands.[2]
References
- ↑ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- ↑ Cranage, John (25 June 2009). "Entrepreneur Norman Cashmore dies". Birmingham Post.net. Retrieved 23 Feb 2011.
Publications
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
See also
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