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. [3], In 1903, C.S. that's Touchstone's forest jest, that's swan of Avon logic. 1911 to 1913 Two liners completed for Cunard plus three others. 14. The Bank Line's cargo ship "Clydebank" ran aground off the Farne Islands when on trials. 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). 80 1978 Trinculo D / H / P Hebburn Dock [12] It was then forced to call in the receivers when the UK government awarded the contract for HMSOcean to Kvaerner Govan in 1993. 1959/60 The cruiser Lion was completed, having lain incomplete since the War. 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 workshop is to be lifted to-day and secured for the voyage out, on to the deck the new floating dock, which has been built by Swan, Hunter, and Wigham-Richardson, Ltd., to the order the Natal Government.' It was like the Grand National when the dinner time buzzer went off as everyone raced to the canteen. Its yards at Wallsend. [9] Meanwhile, Swan Hunter inherited both the Naval Yard at High Walker on the River Tyne of Vickers-Armstrongs[8] and the Hebburn Yard of Hawthorn Leslie in 1968. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. 1946 The Neptune Yard continued its established tradition of building cable ships when it completed the cable-layer Monarch of 8052 grt in February for the Postmaster General. "Varicella". 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. The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. Makers of steam turbines and diesel engines of Doxford, Sulzer, Polar and Stork types, boilers of all types and oil burning installations for marine and land work[8]. QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Duce, Richard (1993-05-12). 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. Leviathan in WWII, H.M.S. General Transportes Maritimes (SGTM) as a replacement for their Campana built at the Neptune Yard in 1929. The shipyards for which the operating company Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd was made responsible to the Corporation were Wallsend Shipyard, Neptune Shipyard, Walker Shipyard, Hebburn Shipyard and Hebburn Shipbuilding Dock. 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune 72 1976 Makhachkala D / H / P Neptune 55 1975 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 69 1975 Maykop D / H / P Hebburn 1950 the Shell supertanker, Velutina was launched in 1950 by Princess Margaret at the Wallsend Yard, which also launched the much larger supertankers Solen, Narica and Nacella in the 1960s also for Shell. 29. 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'. people who designed and built them. And ChronicleLive has pieced together a list of things you would only know if you worked at Swan Hunter. This was a meaningless name which was quickly changed to Swan Hunter Group by November of the same year. 122 1984 Pacific Guardian D / H / P Neptune 1940 de Havilland bought the shares in Airspeed. 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). Handles were welded on, then fill with lard, potatoes were cut and fried off on a hot ring. 60 tankers were completed out of 180 ships built by the Company over this period. The only battleship built at Wallend was HMS. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock She was the largest Neptune ship when launched in September 1960 for Cia Nacional of Lisbon. The ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. [19], In November 2006, after the failure to complete Lyme Bay within budget and resulting exclusion from future Royal Navy shipbuilding projects, Jaap Kroese announced that the business was effectively finished and placed the Wallsend Yard's iconic cranes up for sale. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. Other orders were completed for the Belgian Government, Polish Ocean Lines and the Turkish Government among others. 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker Two other high class passenger ferries were completed for Swedish Lloyd (Britannia and Suecia both of 4631 grt). Something went wrong, please try again later. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 30th March 1951 from Marseilles to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires via Barcelona and Lisbon. 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. She was named after the Heythrop Hunt. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. 1936 The Admiralty further built up their strength from 1936 with six destroyers completed over the next three years: Hunter, Hyperion, Janus, Khartoum, Somali and Tartar. The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. HMS Artifex. Acajutla (ship, 1911) (1 F) Afrique (ship, 1907) (13 F) Aggersund (ship, 1892) (1 F) HMS Albion (R07) (13 F) Alert (ship, 1918) (1 F) Amerika (ship, 1911) (1 F) HMS Anson (79) (40 F) Antarctic (ship, 1913) (1 C, 6 F) Arawa (ship, 1907) (1 F) HMS Ark Royal (R07) (210 F) Armagh (ship, 1917) (1 F) B Bali (ship, 1928) (38 F) 1. Of the 73, two . [26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. 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. These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. All three were powered by six steam turbines driving twin screws. The trio of vessels made for Bowring ( Regent Lion, Regent Panther and Regent Tiger) could carry 14540 tons of petrol. The passenger and cargo liner El Kantera (5213/32) for Cie Na de Mixte of France was a valuable order along with the Norwegian cargo ship Fjordheim (4114/30) for Nils Rogenaes. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. Maintained by Sapere Software. 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. 1904 Hopemount Shipping Co was set up on 21st June with a subscribed capital of 12,000 with the objective of trading speculation ships built by the yard. These included Gothic (15911/48) which had spacious accommodation for 85 first class passengers in 53 cabins of which 36 were single-berth, while 23 had their own private bathroom, The public rooms were of such a high standard thatship acted as a temporary Royal yacht for a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1953. 85-86 157,000 OBO - Cancelled 1920 Swan, Hunter Wigham Richardson and Co and Beardmores together acquired the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co. 1922 The company extended its assets to include the North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co, Londonderry, shipbuilders Philip and Son, Dartmouth, the North British Engine Works (1922) Ltd, Glasgow and Stobcross Boiler Works, Glasgow along with iron and steel works in Glasgow and ship repairers in Swansea. 1941 In June King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Neptune yard and other Tyneside yards in an attempt to boost morale. Usually, in the company of the whale factory ships Sir James Clark Ross and C.A. There was also a veranda cafe, music room, smoking room and de-luxe suites. 1930 When the Depression started the yard had completed fifty ships. 1934 See Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, 1936 Subsidiary Tyne Plywood Works formed to manufacture gaboon plywood. 45 1972 Zira D / H / P South Shields Ships Built By Swan Hunter This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it . Drottning Victoria travelled between Sweden and Germany with room for 96 first class and 44 third class passengers as well as being able to carry trains. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. 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." This crane has been made by Messrs Joseph Booth and Brothers, of Rodley. [27] Swan Hunter announced loading tower readiness on 5 May 2017[28] with completion of mobilisation onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea's multi-lay vessel 'Lewek Constellation' shortly thereafter.[29]. text of this web site is available under the Creative 52 1973 Forthbank D / H / P Hebburn 30. 46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn Generale de transportes Maritimes with accommodation for a total of 1305 passengers. 63 1976 Opportunity D / H / P Wallsend She was rebuilt in 1981 as a cruise liner and later became an accommodation vessel at a penal colony for terrorists and members of the Mafia. Policy. 1927 See Aberconway and Aberconway for information on the company and its history. During this period, merchant construction totalled 290,599 grt including a number of different ships, vessels and floating docks. People 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. HMS Heythrop (L85) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy She was ordered as part of the 1939 War Emergency programme. [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. The ship was well-loved by passengers and won both Eastbound and Westbound . These were single screw turbine steamers with room for 201 first class and 40 second class passengers on the London to Gothenburg service. [7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. 20 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune 23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. From the mid 30s the renewed demand for oil reinvigorated the tanker building programme with 20 tankers built between 1935 and 1939. 126 1990 Chatham D / H / P Neptune Satellite and aerial maps of Swan Hunter (Neptune) with nearby locations: Toggle Map | Km: Bearing: 0.6: 021: Swan Hunter (Wallsend), England: 0.6: 065: Hawthorn Leslie . 124 1988 Coventry D / H / P Wallsend 1932 The depression years saw the yards completing existing orders for Norwegian tanker owners as well as three destroyers Codrington, Brilliant and Bulldog and three sloops Folkestone, Scarborough and Hindustan for the Admiralty. The last liner built in the UK was built at the Neptune yard, the Norway - America cruise liner Vistafjord in 1973. 1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of Southwick, Sunderland. This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. 3 hold was the cross-bunker hold between bridge and engineer accommodation. 3. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------, Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983), Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994), KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs. 4. In addition the Admiralty building programme of orders for two destroyers and an Australian cruiser also kept the yards busy during 1935 too. 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. 119 Not allocated She was under repair for the next year and a half, after which she rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet.During the first few months of the Second World War . Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. The company was registered on 15 June. Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 1903 'A FLOATING WORKSHOP FOR NATAL. The dry docks in Govan (also owned by Barclays) were also acquired as was Barclaay's Clydeholm yard. [7]. The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. The Mocambique had been launched in 1st December 1948 and had accommodation for 93 first class, 141 second class and 102 third-class passengers. 51 1973 Moraybank D / H / P South Shields Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Built in 1965 as a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry, she spent much of her later life as one of the permanently moored Tuxedo floating nightclubs before being laid up, latterly on the River Tees in Middlesbrough. Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard manufacturing in Britain. The former pair were in the three-quarters aft position. 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. The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 1918 Cunard liner Aurania 13936/17 with a capacity of 2022 passengers was torpedoed and destroyed on 4th February. 120 1984 Orelia D / H / P Neptune New York: Collier Books. . 1904-07 Six cargo-liners completed for Hansa Company of Germany and further cargo liners for the Indo-China Steamship Company Ltd. 1906 RMS Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on Tyne on 20 September 1906 to the cheers of huge crowds. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss, Sunderland Salvage Company of Lindsay Swan, Hunter, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: Ships Built, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson&oldid=1247867, Creative It was launched in 1906 and was the world's largest ship until 1911 when the RMS Olympic was built - a sistership of the Titanic which was completed in 1912. James Elroy Flecker (1884-1919) " Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell. TSS Dover, (later the Earl Siward, Sol Express and now the Tuxedo Royale), is a British retired ferry. 90 1975 Strait of Canso D / H / P South Shields She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). 7. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. 1961 The Portuguese liner Principe Perfeito of 19,393 grt was delivered by the Neptune Yard in 1961. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983) Bergen Lines main competitors Swedish Lloyd previously took delivery of Patricia 6644/51 form the Neptune Yard for their Gothenburg to London service. 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). Lib - Liz Rees an archiveist at the Discovery museum with old photogaphs of Swan Hunter when it was the Neptune Yard back in the early 1900's.. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. Swan Hunter Built Warships Aurogra online no prescription and overnight JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. She was a member of the first subgroup of the class. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. Many other large ships were produced including the Great Central Railway Companys Immingham 2009/06 with room for 393 passengers and propelled by triple-screw turbine machinery. 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. [6] The firm expanded rapidly in the early part of the twentieth century, acquiring the Glasgow-based Barclay Curle in 1912. and 26in.. with a stroke of 15in. 58 1975 Windsor Lion D / H / P Wallsend Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. 57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend 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. [4]. 54 1974 Ivybank D / H / P South Shields 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune Her twin stork engines gave her a speed of 20 knots but could also cruise in Winter and later became a single class liner. Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. 5 1971 Texaco Great Britain D / H / P Wallsend Construct warships and many kinds of vessels for special purposes, laying submarine cables, carrying oil in bulk, fruit, frozen meat, cattle, railway trains etc. The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. and that's madness, Lear's song. 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend manufacturing in Britain. people who designed and built them. She was powered by four Doxford oil engines linked to four propellers and at times made 20 knots during her maiden voyage which took 24 days to complete. 10. 15. 70 1975 Groznyy D / H / P Neptune At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. [20] During this time, Lyme Bay's earlier sister ship, Largs Bay, was noted as the last ship to be built and fully completed by Swan Hunter. 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. 1913 Reina Victoria-Eugenia, a magnificent Spanish liner of 9726 grt was completed for Cia Transatlantica. 1946 Tanker production resumed, which was a major feature of the yards output until they amalgamated with the other yards on the river in 1968. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Her twin Doxford-type oil engines constructed by the yard gave her a speed of 18 knots. 34 1972 Lincolnshire D / H / P Hebburn 1931 The last ship to be built at the yard was Flathouse in 1931. This equates to one third of output. HMS Hunter was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. "Barrow ship order dismays Tyneside". A giant oil tanker was a common sight at the end of Leslie Street in Wallsend. 64 1977 Everett F Wells D / H / P Wallsend However a large liner called Giulio Cesare which had been ordered by Navigazione Generale Italiana of Genoa for service to South America, was launched on 7th February 1920 and completed in March 1922. This latter acquisition gave the company an unbroken river frontage of some 4,000 feet, and works covering nearly 80 acres, 1904 Output of two yards combined. She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. 13 Not allocated They were also tramp owners at this time. Two more high spec cargo-liners were completed for the Chargeurs Reunis fleet: Brazza and Foucauld both 9095/48 and twin-screw motor-ships with room for 103 first-class, 78 second-class and 400 third-class passengers. 1954 The light aircraft carrier Albion was completed, having lain incomplete since being launched at the yard in 1947. 1934 Took an interest in Airspeed in August 1934. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 106 1979 Pacific Swan D / H / P Hebburn 37 1971 Sheaf Field D / H / P South Shields 1912 Largest floating dock ever completed for the Admiralty. One social media user slammed their neighbour's decision to leave traffic cones out, in a bid to continually reserve a parking spot on their street. 111 1985 York D / H / P Neptune 91 1976 Hindustan D / H / P South Shields Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune This web publication contains 151,660 pages of Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). The burned hulk was beached on Gravina Island where it remained for the next few years until it was towed to Seattle, Washington and broken up for scrap. 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker 1939 A second liner was completed for Polish Ocena Lines as sister for their Chrobry of 1939. Albion in 1950s' and H.M.S. 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn 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. 99 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. 594 1977 Singularity D / H / P South Shields The workshop is lighted throughout by electricity and with accommodation for both workmen and crew. 21 1970 Manora D / H / P Neptune 24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune 47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn 8 1970 Blue Rover D / H / P Hebburn 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend Dwarka was powered by Doxford oil engines and had accommodation for 50 passengers in cabins as well as many Indian deck passengers on her voyages to the Persian Gulf. 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. She saw service in the Second World War and later as an Egyptian Navy ship in the Suez Crisis. A buzzer signified the start of the working day at 7.30am, lunch at 12 noon and then when the day finished. Families worked at the shipyard - fathers, sons, cousins, and friends became brothers. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 131 Allocated to refit work 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn 26. RM 2CGP4J8 - Tanker Tyne Pride, Leslie Street, Wallsend, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, 1975 people who designed and built them. 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. 128 1989 Sir Eric Sharp D / H / P Wallsend Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. 139 Not allocated 1953. 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. Her service speed to New York was 17 knots and she also had some refrigerated cargo capacity. The latter Company received Good Hope Castle and Southampton Castle (both 10,538 grt). 1903 Took a majority holding in Wallsend Slipway Co, which built the engines for some of its greatest ships. 88 1978 Begonia D / H / P Walker Alas for the Hunter Race! 1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. 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