Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. She left service in 1935. The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. Sugar soap was used to wash dirty hands. 56 1974 Alnwick Castle D / H / P Walker That elastic piece of wood with its feathered dart, so sure to be unstrung by contact with civilization, will serve for the type, the coat-of-arms of the savage. This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. A new toilet was installed for the Queen Mother's visit in 1981. that's Touchstone's forest jest, that's swan of Avon logic. [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. The Times (Times Newspapers). She was a 5,000 dwt and a conventional three-island tramp with five holds of which No. 102 1982 Illustrious D / H / P Wallsend Port Line also took delivery of four refrigerated cargo-liners for their Australian meat trade and Shaw, Savill & Albion took delivery of three cargo-liners for their New Zealand trade. 1903 Took a majority holding in Wallsend Slipway Co, which built the engines for some of its greatest ships. The cost of the two Swan Hunter ships was to be 210 million including 62 million for lead yard services, with an inservice date of . She was a member of the first subgroup of the class. 4 hatch and no.5 hatch was in the aft well deck. 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. 135 1994 Westminster D / H / P Wallsend 12. 82 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company,[1] based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. The name of the poet and welder who wrote many odes' about life and personalities was Ripyard Cuddling (Jackie Davit) - which were always keenly anticipated throughout the company. In late 1942 workers from Joseph L. Thompson began working on the site and the yard rejuvenated itself again. 12 1970 Faraday D / H / P Hebburn 1913 Reina Victoria-Eugenia, a magnificent Spanish liner of 9726 grt was completed for Cia Transatlantica. William Milburn also had five ships built by the Company (he had been a key customer in the 1880s) marking a shift to motor ships. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983) Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) More: History People Photos KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs 1960. Both ships were fitted with powerful oil engines by Wallsend Slipway Co. 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend Modern machinery has been laid down for the rapid execution of work, and in addition to the shipyard the premises comprise the yard for constructing floating docks; the engine and boiler works, which have together an annual output capacity of 60,000 ihp; a dry dock, 550ft. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. 7. It was powered by two sets of steam turbines by Wallsend Slipway Co to give a speed of 22 knots. 126 1990 Chatham D / H / P Neptune The centre island was extended to include a no. Usually, in the company of the whale factory ships Sir James Clark Ross and C.A. 1959/60 The cruiser Lion was completed, having lain incomplete since the War. [5] Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on 20 September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. This page was last edited on 23 April 2019, at 09:41. 1923 The company completed 50 Great lakes grain-carrying steamers with Glen Line ordering six of these engine-aft bridge-forward ships of 2000 grt, all with names beginning Glen for their feeder services. The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. ISBN -905617-67-3. 2. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. At the end of hostilities the combined yards covered 80 acres with a river frontage of 4000 feet and seventeen building berths of up to 1000 feet and three dry-docks. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Workers earned their nicknames from the jobs they did - Geordie the Beltman, Jackie the Welder, etc. Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. 25. 123 1988 Sheffield D / H / P Neptune New York: Collier Books. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------, Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983), Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994), KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs. The TSS Dover, (later the Earl Siward, Sol Express and now the Tuxedo Royale), is a British retired ferry. The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. 115 1981 Mediterranean Shearwater D / H / P Hebburn Dock 1956 Norwegian America Line took delivery of their new Transatlantic liner Bergensfjord in May 1956, having been launched by Princess Astrid of Norway in July 1955. The company also had a subsidiary salvage company called the Sunderland Salvage Company of Lindsay Swan, Hunter who undertook a number of major operations in the West Indies. 1913-1914 Eight cargo liners with accommodation completed for the British India Steam navigation Company. There was also a veranda cafe, music room, smoking room and de-luxe suites. 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune 73 1977 Gudermes D / H / P Hebburn 92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend 85-86 157,000 OBO - Cancelled 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend She was completed with four six inch guns as main armament. This web publication contains 151,660 pages of 58 1975 Windsor Lion D / H / P Wallsend 131 Allocated to refit work 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 24. 25-27 1971 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill For those who were employed there, best pals grew and memories formed. text of this web site is available under the Creative "Bamburgh Castle". 1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 29 1972 London Lion D / H / P Wallsend Photos 23. But in 2006 Swan Hunter stopped building vessels on Tyneside, but continued to provide design engineering services. 106 1979 Pacific Swan D / H / P Hebburn In 2002, whilst being broken up, she was boarded by Greenpeace campaigners protesting about conditions in the shipbreaking industry. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . He was the person who got your Woodbine cigarettes during the week and was reimbursed with cash when you got paid. Dominion Monarch carried 517 first class passengers as a one class ship and a full load of 16,400 tons of cargo was loaded at London with passengers embarking at Southampton. [4] Their bid was successful, and the new company, Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, went on to build what was to become, in its day, the most famous oceangoing liner in the world. This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. She was scrapped in 1962. 1920s Major customers were Ellerman Lines and British India Line owned by P&O: 13 liners were manufactured including: 1922 - City of Paris (10839/22) 349 passengers; City of Canterbury (8431/23 178 passengers; Commonwealth and Dominion Line (later to become Port Line in 1936) also ordered five cargo liners. Maintained by Sapere Software. .didnt leave,so the shipdidnt sink,and thats madness,Lears songthats Touchstones forest jest,thats swan of Avon logic.Hilda Doolittle (18861961), I have seen old ships sail like swans asleepJames Elroy Flecker (18841919), Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell.Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900). 57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Kharg entered the Suez Canal on 22 February 2011, with the frigate Alvand, on a deployment reported to be a training mission to Latakia, Syria. On 1 May 2006, British pop-duo Pet Shop Boys performed their soundtrack to the 1925 Soviet silent-film Battleship Potemkin alongside the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the shipyard. 17 1970 Aska D / H / P South Shields The aircraft carrier was launched nine days later. 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields Duce, Richard (1993-05-12). Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983) 1911 to 1913 Two liners completed for Cunard plus three others. 65 1975 Yorkshire D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker 1950 In August, Provence of 15889 grt was launched at the Neptune Yard for Soc. She was fitted with reciprocating engines and exhaust turbines on separate shafts. Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. She carried 730 tourist class, 125 first-class passengers. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Generale de transportes Maritimes with accommodation for a total of 1305 passengers. Also in 1903 the Company took a controlling interest in the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, which was an early licensed manufacturer of Parsons steam turbine engines, which enabled Mauretania to achieve her great speed. 5179 1979 Titan III barge D / H / P Hebburn Dock At the time, the company had 40 employees and contractors. Employees 6,000 to 7,000. The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. She saw service in the Second World War and later as an Egyptian Navy ship in the Suez Crisis. 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune people who designed and built them. This page was last edited on 28 August 2021, at 15:35. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. Warship construction was intense including the battleship Anson (June 1942) along with four cruisers ordered in 1937: Mauritius (1940), Newfoundland (1941), Gambia (1942) and Superb (1943). This meant the company had the capability of producing many sets of steam turbines, Bauer-Wach exhaust turbines and triple expansion steam reciprocating engines both on the Clyde and at the Neptune Engine Works on the Tyne. As result of this, the second ship RFALyme Bay was transferred to BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow for completion. 46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn HMS Artifex. The ship is best remembered for allegedly crossing the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900. 11. Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. Her Parsons turbines built in Wallsend propelled her at 20 knots on a regular run between Lisbon and Beira, with room for 1000 passengers and 200 troops. Based in Wallsend Shipyard, Tyne and Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century most famously, the RMS Mauretania, which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and the RMS Carpathia, which rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic. All were steamers, mostly cargo carriers, and a few sailing ships. Most of us know of the famous RMS Mauretania and the RMS Carpathia that were built at Swan Hunter but did you know about the nicknames, wage packets and the initiation jokes that took place there? 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn 59 1974 Gold Rover D / H / P Neptune 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields 129 1993 Fort George D / H / P Wallsend It was a major employer for decades and some of the worlds most famous ships were built there. [3], In 1903, C.S. . History 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. Renamed Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd in 1995, it refocussed on commerical and offshore vessels but it had lost its expertise in naval shipbuilding and in dealing with the UK MoD. 69 1975 Maykop D / H / P Hebburn [16] In addition the Admiralty building programme of orders for two destroyers and an Australian cruiser also kept the yards busy during 1935 too. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and RM B97CAX - Swan Hunter Shipyards RM 2BKPNNM - Swan Hunter shipyard cranes on left; now closed, Other riverside derelict shipyards beyone towards Walker, Wallsend; Tyneside UK 2006 RM B2121N - Cranes in Swan Hunter's shipyard, Wallsend, Tyneside. 84 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. Maxtone-Graham, John (1972), Page 25, The Only Way to Cross. [7] The former flagship of the Royal Navy, HMSArk Royal was built at Swan Hunter during this period, entering service in 1985. She was of 10816 grt and 528 feet length and turbine-powered to twin propellers. 52 1973 Forthbank D / H / P Hebburn She could also carry 8600 tons of cargo and was sold for cruising in 1976. Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway-Heritage In this database you will be able to find ships, not only those which departed directly from Norway, but also other transatlantic ships which carried emigrants. Swan Hunter obtained a licence from the Swedish engine designer AB Diesel Motorer of Stockholm that became the basis for two different designs of Neptune engines introduced during the early 1920s, the so-called "A" and "B." people who designed and built them. The Tyne Pontoons and Dry Docks Co whose installations lay between the Wallsend West Yard and Neptune Works, was purchased to form the Dry Docks Department. WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. She has been the only British Warship so far to bear this name. 40 1973 Remuera D / H / P Walker people who designed and built them. 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. 1966 Sir E. John Hunter became Chairman of a much larger group in July 1966 when Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson merged with the Tees Yard of Smiths Dock Co to form Associated Shipbuilders. Other SGTM vessels: Sidi del Abbes of 5226 grt (1948 95 first- class, 226 tourist-class, 573 third-class passengers, President de Cazalet (an exact sister ship also built in 1948 for the Cie de Navigation Mixte fleet). 76-77 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled Swan Hunter was also instrumental in establishing the North British Diesel Engine Works at Whiteinch on the Clyde and effectively competed with itself for diesel engine orders during the difficult period of the 1920s. Vindex survived the war and was reconditioned by the yard between August 1948 and June 1949 when she was renamed Port Vindex. 137 1995 Richmond D / H / P Wallsend [6] The firm expanded rapidly in the early part of the twentieth century, acquiring the Glasgow-based Barclay Curle in 1912. 53 1974 Clydebank D / H / P Hebburn 72 1976 Makhachkala D / H / P Neptune They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. 1933 There were very few completions during this year. 1928 The car-carrier Seatrain (7624/28) was completed for Overseas Railway Inc of the U.S.A. and was a fore runner of the huge slab-sided car carriers of the present day. . All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 22 1971 Merkara D / H / P Neptune 111 1985 York D / H / P Neptune HMS Mendip (L60) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. In 1945 the ship caught fire in the harbour of Ketchikan, Alaska. 1961 The Portuguese liner Principe Perfeito of 19,393 grt was delivered by the Neptune Yard in 1961. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Princess Astrid had travelled to the launching from Norway on Leda (6670/53) of Bergen Line which she had also launched at the yard on 3rd September 1952. 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker This was a meaningless name which was quickly changed to Swan Hunter Group by November of the same year. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. 1960. British India Line and Clan Line were also good customers, commissioning 11 cargo-liners including, Dwarka (4851/47). The largest were Thiare and Torinia, built for Shell at 15260 dwt. 30 Not allocated It was launched in 1969, Children playing in the shadow of the giant oil tanker Esso Northumbria being built by Swan Hunter at the end of Leslie Street, Wallsend, in April 1969, The giant cranes at Wallsend at work at Swan Hunter yard in December 1978. These were: Umtata (8141 grt) for Bullard, King; Explorer (6295 grt) for T&J Harrison; and Port Townsville (8661 grt) for Port Line. 87 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 1941 In June King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Neptune yard and other Tyneside yards in an attempt to boost morale. Whitley, M. J. "Varicella". The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the But if you have any others please dont hesitate to let us know in the comments. This web publication contains 151,660 pages of This crane has been made by Messrs Joseph Booth and Brothers, of Rodley. Including two banana boats completed for Elders & Fyffes. The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. 31 1974 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 1939 A second liner was completed for Polish Ocena Lines as sister for their Chrobry of 1939. Southampton Castle was launched by Princess Alexandria and reached speeds of 23 knots and this one vessel replaced two passenger liners on the weekly South African schedule. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. Date Country Builder Location . (2000). Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Clan Ross 5897 grt), British Tanker Co. Ltd (British Admiral 6842/17 and British Empress 6847/17). 27. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, The Times Engineering Supplement, 27 October 1909, British Shipbuilding Yards. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long. Maintained by Sapere Software. 1934 There were three orders for twin-screw turbine-driven car ferries for the Southern Railway Company, which kept some of the workforce in the Neptune Yard busy. 1953. On the deck of the vessel and enclosed in a large house is placed the workshop machinery, which consists of punching and shearing machine, lathe, steam hammer, drilling shaping, and screwing machines, smiths fires, straightening blocks, vice bench and anvil, etc., the whole of which is driven by electric motive power, which has been supplied by Messrs J. H. Holmes and Co. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. Cunard Line took delivery of a cargo-liner for Transatlantic services. [5], In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with Smiths Dock Company to form Associated Shipbuilders, which later became Swan Hunter Group. The workshop is very easily handled, and steered remarkably well in the river. 15 1971 Dart Atlantic D / H / P Walker 1930s The twin funnelled whale factory ship Vikingen (14526/30) which was completed for the Viking Whaling Co. Ltd would return to the Wallsend Dry Docks at the end of each whaling season throughout the 1930s for overhauling. . List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built : Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg, Denmark : Makati : A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany . And ChronicleLive has pieced together a list of things you would only know if you worked at Swan Hunter. 124 1988 Coventry D / H / P Wallsend Swan Hunter started to offer specialist equipment, design, engineering & project management services to the offshore renewables and subsea oil & gas energy markets. 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend [1][23], In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson:_Ships_Built&oldid=1093483, Creative Inkosi (6618/38) had room for 60 passengers on the West Indies run and the Port Line cargo-liners Port Halifax (5820/37) and fully refrigerated Port Jackson (9687/37). 78 1978 Lagoven Santa Rita D / H / P Hebburn 47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn She sailed on her maiden voyage on 30th March 1951 from Marseilles to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires via Barcelona and Lisbon. 24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune The trio of vessels made for Bowring ( Regent Lion, Regent Panther and Regent Tiger) could carry 14540 tons of petrol. Of the 73, two . HMS Hunter was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. we . These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. At various times Swan Hunter also owned Palmers Hebburn Yard, Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Yard and Readheads at South Shields which were all on the south side of the River Tyne. Motor liner Dominion Monarch. 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. Steamship Leda. 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Contents 1 Ships Built 1903-1919 Now with no p. 119 Not allocated Photo by Trevor Ermel. 64 1977 Everett F Wells D / H / P Wallsend The yard completed pontoons and docks of all sizes to customers around the world. The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. 1912 The Southwick yard was opened by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson as an overspill for its other yards, as it had excess orders for colliers, coasters and Great Lake Steamers from their main yards. 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 12:29. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. RMS Mauritania was an ocean liner, built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter and designed by Leonard Peskett. The Mixte Company also ordered Djebel Diro (4180/48) 56 first class, 100tourist class, 100 tourist class and 430 third class passengers. 32 1970 Nigaristan D / H / P South Shields These latter two ships were powered by twin 6-cylinder 2SCSA Sulzer oil engines by Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. A pair of motor driven cargo-liners were placed by Silver Line: Silverpine and Silverlarch (both 5122/24) and Shaw, Savill & Albion Ltd; Coptic 10629/28 and Zealandic 11300/28. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Scindia Line of India, Black Star Line of Ghana, Nigeria National Line, Indo China Steam Navigation Co. and Union Castle Mail Co also took delivery of cargo-liners. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock Every Friday bars of Castle Soap were handed out to workers to take home. Four small cargo ships of 2000 grt were completed leaving only the Stephenson Clarke collier Sir Russell 1548/33 and a cargo-liner for Commonwealth and Dominion Line on the order book. 134 Allocated to refit work 1937 The Admiralty placed an order for a 30,000 ton destroyer. 9. Mum of Cramlington woman falls ill while supporting her daughter through major surgery in Spain, Melanie Hartshorn's mum Molly has been diagnosed with heart failure, Resident fumes at neighbour who 'keeps reserving street parking with cones'. Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. Verily, the Indian has but a feeble hold on his bow now; but the curiosity of the white man is insatiable, and from the first he has been eager to witness this forest accomplishment. Branches of the North Eastern Railway run into and through the whole of the works, and bring them into communication with the numerous local collieries and steel works. 13 Not allocated Ships Built By Swan Hunter This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it . 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WW2 Just before the outbreak of war, extensive orders were in hand, and some 55 ships were completed for private owners up to early 1946 under Government licence. 130 Allocated to refit work The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company of Canada also had a similar sized ferry built by the yard in the same year: Prince Rupert 3379/09 and then a larger ferry two years later Princess Alice 5099/11. Workers cut 10 inch keys from sheets of brass for 21st birthdays back home and they were smuggled past the gateman on the way out. [43], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}545912N 13143W / 54.98675N 1.52856W / 54.98675; -1.52856, Shipbuilding design, engineering and management company, Modern timeline of British shipbuilding companies, 1960present. [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. 91 1976 Hindustan D / H / P South Shields [13] The receiver took steps to break up the business. 1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of Southwick, Sunderland. [7] Following the publication of the Geddes Report recommending rationalisation in British shipbuilding, the Company went on to acquire Clelands Shipbuilding Company[8] and John Readhead & Sons in 1967. The company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century, most famously RMS Mauretania which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and RMS Carpathia which rescued survivors from RMS Titanic. SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. The speed obtained on the measured mile trials was a mean of 7.12 knots, this speed being considerably in excess of what had been guaranteed by the builders.