Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. and 26in.. with a stroke of 15in. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. 78 1978 Lagoven Santa Rita D / H / P Hebburn 1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. Further vessels were made for T&J Harrison (for their West-Indies to London route) and Greece and Australia. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. 87 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). In addition the Admiralty building programme of orders for two destroyers and an Australian cruiser also kept the yards busy during 1935 too. Along with her two sisters Blake and Tiger (completed on the Clyde), these ships were the last Royal Navy Cruisers. 6. Generale de transportes Maritimes with accommodation for a total of 1305 passengers. It could carry 119 first-class and 384 tourist-class passengers. 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. 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. 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. 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields [7] The former flagship of the Royal Navy, HMSArk Royal was built at Swan Hunter during this period, entering service in 1985. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. It was a major employer for decades and some of the worlds most famous ships were built there. 17. 1938 Dominion Monarch (27155 grt) a flagship for Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. Ltd was launched on 27th July, it was completed in January 1939 and sailed on her maiden voyage to Wellington on 17th February 1939. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. [5], In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with Smiths Dock Company to form Associated Shipbuilders, which later became Swan Hunter Group. [7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. Ports of call were Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington. But in 2006 Swan Hunter stopped building vessels on Tyneside, but continued to provide design engineering services. She was the largest Neptune ship when launched in September 1960 for Cia Nacional of Lisbon. 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 . information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the 26. 13 Not allocated 1954 The light aircraft carrier Albion was completed, having lain incomplete since being launched at the yard in 1947. 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. 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. HMS Mendip (L60) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. we . 1920 The yard was fully occupied completing B types. 4in. Three passenger cargo liners were also completed at this time for British India with accommodation for 130 cabin-class passengers and 2000 Indian deck passengers. The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. 53 1974 Clydebank D / H / P Hebburn HMS Hunter was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. 4 1970 Esso Hibernia D / H / P Wallsend They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. 7. 1. [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. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------, Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983), Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994), KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs. At its peak, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields 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. Policy. text of this web site is available under the Creative 132 1991 James Clark Ross D / H / P Wallsend 28 1974 World Unicorn D / H / P Wallsend 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. 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend Another notable vessel was Sirdhana (8608/47) which had room for 83 passengers in cabins. 67 1977 Geroi Novorossiyska D / H / P Hebburn Dock 24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune 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. 37 1971 Sheaf Field D / H / P South Shields As always you can unsubscribe at any time. At the time, the company had 40 employees and contractors. 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. 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker The workshop is lighted throughout by electricity and with accommodation for both workmen and crew. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. 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 . She was fitted with reciprocating engines and exhaust turbines on separate shafts. long, 76ft. Construct warships and many kinds of vessels for special purposes, laying submarine cables, carrying oil in bulk, fruit, frozen meat, cattle, railway trains etc. Steamship Leda. [5] Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on 20 September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. A powerful cantilever crane having span of 40 feet and capable of lifting 15 tons is placed the forward end of the vessel. 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. 81 157,000 OBO - Cancelled Illustrious & Ark Royal. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 1940 de Havilland bought the shares in Airspeed. 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. The Times (Times Newspapers). This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 12:29. 126 1990 Chatham D / H / P Neptune [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker [16] H.R.H Princess Anne launched two ships,Esso Northumbria and World Unicorn. More: Oil cans with a piece of wood on top were used as seats on tea and lunch breaks. Hague, Arnold (1993). 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 . 1937 The Admiralty placed an order for a 30,000 ton destroyer. the white man has driven off their game, and substituted a cent in its place.Henry David Thoreau (18171862), The reason is:rats leave the sinking shipbut we . After many mergers and takeovers, nationalisation and de-nationalisation, the Swan, Hunter name continues as engineering consultants to the ship-building industry.. Perhaps the last cableship built by Swan Hunter was the Sir Eric Sharp, launched in 1988.Named after the chairmain of Cable & Wireless, the ship is still in service today, but under the new name of CS IT Intrepid after its purchase . 33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker 21. 60 tankers were completed out of 180 ships built by the Company over this period. These were: Umtata (8141 grt) for Bullard, King; Explorer (6295 grt) for T&J Harrison; and Port Townsville (8661 grt) for Port Line. 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. 11 1970 Emiliano Zapata D / H / P Hebburn Cunard Line took delivery of a cargo-liner for Transatlantic services. During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. The ship was well-loved by passengers and won both Eastbound and Westbound . Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. The company was registered on 15 June. [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. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the 2 1970 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Walker 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]. 124 1988 Coventry D / H / P Wallsend 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 launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, The Times Engineering Supplement, 27 October 1909, British Shipbuilding Yards. The Mixte Company also ordered Djebel Diro (4180/48) 56 first class, 100tourist class, 100 tourist class and 430 third class passengers. John Robert Harbottle with pals at Swan Hunter shipyard, Lib - The rush home as workers finish their shift at Swan Hunter Shipyard in Wallsend 29 November 1977, The Queen Mother meets well-wishers at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, June 2, 1981, Esso Northumbria under construction at Swan Hunter, Wallsend, as seen from Leslie Street. 8. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992). 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. [7]. Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd., Sunderland, England : Romney 3 / Napier Star 3 : Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend, England Hoegh Duke Rangatira Thomas Royden & Sons, Liverpool, England . 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). 73 1977 Gudermes D / H / P Hebburn She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. 1912 A new four berth yard was opened under the Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson name at Southwick on the Wear (see below) to take up excess orders for tramps, colliers and Great Lakes steamers. "Varicella". 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. 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). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. Maintained by Sapere Software. 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. Now with no p. Of the 73, two . The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn Motor liner Dominion Monarch. 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." The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. This web publication contains 151,660 pages of The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker People 23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune 115 1981 Mediterranean Shearwater D / H / P Hebburn Dock 135 1994 Westminster D / H / P Wallsend 1949 Compania Nacional de Navegacao, Lisbon took delivery of the twin-screw passenger and cargo liner Mocambique of 12976 grt for their service between Portugal and Angola and Mozambique. Built at Swan Hunter in the United Kingdom and launched in 1977, she was delivered to Iran in 1984. . Swan Hunter Built Warships A look at the hundreds of ships built by one of the main builders of the British naval vessels over a hundred years. All three were on the north side of River Tyne. manufacturing in Britain. 12. 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. 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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Swan & Hunter merged with Wigham Richardson (founded by John Wigham Richardson as Neptune Works in 1860), specifically to bid for the important contract to build RMSMauretania on behalf of Cunard. 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. 1337 1978 Starman Anglia D / H / P Neptune 1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of Southwick, Sunderland. The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. List of ships built at Swan Hunter (Neptune) Login to Edit: From: 1965: Support Ship: OL class: 1966: Support Ship: Ness class: 1973: Guided-Missile Destroyer: Type 82 . 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. 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. This page was last edited on 28 August 2021, at 15:35. The latter Company received Good Hope Castle and Southampton Castle (both 10,538 grt). 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983) 5 1971 Texaco Great Britain D / H / P Wallsend He was the person who got your Woodbine cigarettes during the week and was reimbursed with cash when you got paid. Her twin Doxford-type oil engines constructed by the yard gave her a speed of 18 knots. However, the small coaster Peter G. Campbell, launched on 13th April 1933 was significant as she was the first all-welded ship from the yard. 40 1973 Remuera D / H / P Walker He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the 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. 22 1971 Merkara D / H / P Neptune She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. 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. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Workers earned their nicknames from the jobs they did - Geordie the Beltman, Jackie the Welder, etc. manufacturing in Britain. The Yard was closed because of the Depression, as its main owners had no use for it. Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Clan Ross 5897 grt), British Tanker Co. Ltd (British Admiral 6842/17 and British Empress 6847/17). 60 1974 Black Rover D / H / P Neptune 46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn He had a book published with many of his observations of life in the yards. 15. 94-97 Not allocated "Barrow ship order dismays Tyneside". 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend [26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. [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. A buzzer signified the start of the working day at 7.30am, lunch at 12 noon and then when the day finished. Both ships were fitted with powerful oil engines by Wallsend Slipway Co. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long friendships. 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) All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 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'. [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 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. Two small cargo liners were made for China Merchants S.N. 20 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune 29. Employees 6,000 to 7,000. 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. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 45 1972 Zira D / H / P South Shields 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. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Landing ship vessel the Largs Bay is the last ship to be built at Swan Hunters on the river Tyne UK. List of British tonnage ships built by Swan Hunter This is a list of British ships built by Swan Hunter in the last twenty years of the 19th century and the first three decades of the 20th. Swan & Hunter was founded by George Burton Hunter, who formed a partnership with the widow of Charles Sheridan Swan (the owner of a Wallsend Shipbuilding business established in 1852 by Charles Mitchell)[2] under the name in 1880. 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. 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. WW1 55 warships with a total displacement of 100,000 tons were built including the cruisers Comus (1914), Coventry (1918), 28 torpedo boat destroyers, the monitor Roberts (1915) and 20 sloops and some submarines. Their premises were adjacent to one another on the deep bend of the Tyne on its north bank, about three miles east of Newcastle, together an area of 78 acres, with a river frontage of some 4,000ft, the shipyard and engine and boiler shops of the Neptune works being nearest to Newcastle, the dry docks department at Wallend east and north of them, and the Wallsend Shipyard at the end of the bend nearest to the sea. 11. Alas for the Hunter Race! A number of tramps were also manufactured which were ideal as grain carriers as they had steel, centre line bulkheads in their six holds, and plenty of portable wooden grain boards and trunks for their 9700 ton cargo. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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 1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. 3 hold was the cross-bunker hold between bridge and engineer accommodation. Maintained by Sapere Software. 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. [3], In 1903, C.S. The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. 25. 30 Not allocated 7 1970 Grey Rover D / H / P Hebburn The first-class entrance hall featured an overlay marquetry panel of the world over the staircase so passengers could trace the course of the ship. She left service in 1935. The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. In 2000 Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two Royal Navy Auxiliaries, called Landing Ship Docks, for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with two other ships being built by BAE Systems Naval Ships. The Kharg entered the . 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Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. and 26in.. with a stroke of 15in. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock
1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. 78 1978 Lagoven Santa Rita D / H / P Hebburn
1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. Further vessels were made for T&J Harrison (for their West-Indies to London route) and Greece and Australia. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. 87 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled
Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). In addition the Admiralty building programme of orders for two destroyers and an Australian cruiser also kept the yards busy during 1935 too. Along with her two sisters Blake and Tiger (completed on the Clyde), these ships were the last Royal Navy Cruisers. 6. Generale de transportes Maritimes with accommodation for a total of 1305 passengers. It could carry 119 first-class and 384 tourist-class passengers. 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. 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. 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. 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields
[7] The former flagship of the Royal Navy, HMSArk Royal was built at Swan Hunter during this period, entering service in 1985. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. It was a major employer for decades and some of the worlds most famous ships were built there. 17. 1938 Dominion Monarch (27155 grt) a flagship for Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. Ltd was launched on 27th July, it was completed in January 1939 and sailed on her maiden voyage to Wellington on 17th February 1939. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. [5], In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with Smiths Dock Company to form Associated Shipbuilders, which later became Swan Hunter Group. [7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. Ports of call were Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington. But in 2006 Swan Hunter stopped building vessels on Tyneside, but continued to provide design engineering services. She was the largest Neptune ship when launched in September 1960 for Cia Nacional of Lisbon. 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 . information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the 26. 13 Not allocated
1954 The light aircraft carrier Albion was completed, having lain incomplete since being launched at the yard in 1947. 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. 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. HMS Mendip (L60) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. we .
1920 The yard was fully occupied completing B types. 4in. Three passenger cargo liners were also completed at this time for British India with accommodation for 130 cabin-class passengers and 2000 Indian deck passengers. The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. 53 1974 Clydebank D / H / P Hebburn
HMS Hunter was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. 4 1970 Esso Hibernia D / H / P Wallsend
They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. 7. 1. [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. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------, Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983), Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994), KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs. At its peak, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields
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. Policy. text of this web site is available under the Creative 132 1991 James Clark Ross D / H / P Wallsend
28 1974 World Unicorn D / H / P Wallsend
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. 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend
Another notable vessel was Sirdhana (8608/47) which had room for 83 passengers in cabins. 67 1977 Geroi Novorossiyska D / H / P Hebburn Dock
24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune
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. 37 1971 Sheaf Field D / H / P South Shields
As always you can unsubscribe at any time. At the time, the company had 40 employees and contractors. 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. 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker
The workshop is lighted throughout by electricity and with accommodation for both workmen and crew. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. 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 . She was fitted with reciprocating engines and exhaust turbines on separate shafts. long, 76ft. Construct warships and many kinds of vessels for special purposes, laying submarine cables, carrying oil in bulk, fruit, frozen meat, cattle, railway trains etc. Steamship Leda. [5] Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on 20 September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. A powerful cantilever crane having span of 40 feet and capable of lifting 15 tons is placed the forward end of the vessel. 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. 81 157,000 OBO - Cancelled
Illustrious & Ark Royal. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 1940 de Havilland bought the shares in Airspeed. 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. The Times (Times Newspapers). This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 12:29. 126 1990 Chatham D / H / P Neptune
[16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker
[16] H.R.H Princess Anne launched two ships,Esso Northumbria and World Unicorn. More:
Oil cans with a piece of wood on top were used as seats on tea and lunch breaks. Hague, Arnold (1993). 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 . 1937 The Admiralty placed an order for a 30,000 ton destroyer. the white man has driven off their game, and substituted a cent in its place.Henry David Thoreau (18171862), The reason is:rats leave the sinking shipbut we . After many mergers and takeovers, nationalisation and de-nationalisation, the Swan, Hunter name continues as engineering consultants to the ship-building industry.. Perhaps the last cableship built by Swan Hunter was the Sir Eric Sharp, launched in 1988.Named after the chairmain of Cable & Wireless, the ship is still in service today, but under the new name of CS IT Intrepid after its purchase . 33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker
21. 60 tankers were completed out of 180 ships built by the Company over this period. These were: Umtata (8141 grt) for Bullard, King; Explorer (6295 grt) for T&J Harrison; and Port Townsville (8661 grt) for Port Line. 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. 11 1970 Emiliano Zapata D / H / P Hebburn
Cunard Line took delivery of a cargo-liner for Transatlantic services. During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. The ship was well-loved by passengers and won both Eastbound and Westbound . Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. The company was registered on 15 June. [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. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the 2 1970 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Walker
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]. 124 1988 Coventry D / H / P Wallsend
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 launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, The Times Engineering Supplement, 27 October 1909, British Shipbuilding Yards. The Mixte Company also ordered Djebel Diro (4180/48) 56 first class, 100tourist class, 100 tourist class and 430 third class passengers. John Robert Harbottle with pals at Swan Hunter shipyard, Lib - The rush home as workers finish their shift at Swan Hunter Shipyard in Wallsend 29 November 1977, The Queen Mother meets well-wishers at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, June 2, 1981, Esso Northumbria under construction at Swan Hunter, Wallsend, as seen from Leslie Street. 8. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992). 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. [7]. Sunderland Ship Builders Ltd., Sunderland, England : Romney 3 / Napier Star 3 : Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend, England Hoegh Duke Rangatira Thomas Royden & Sons, Liverpool, England .
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). 73 1977 Gudermes D / H / P Hebburn
She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. 1912 A new four berth yard was opened under the Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson name at Southwick on the Wear (see below) to take up excess orders for tramps, colliers and Great Lakes steamers. "Varicella". 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. 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). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. Maintained by Sapere Software. 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. Now with no p. Of the 73, two . The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn
Motor liner Dominion Monarch. 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." The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. This web publication contains 151,660 pages of The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker
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23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune
115 1981 Mediterranean Shearwater D / H / P Hebburn Dock
135 1994 Westminster D / H / P Wallsend
1949 Compania Nacional de Navegacao, Lisbon took delivery of the twin-screw passenger and cargo liner Mocambique of 12976 grt for their service between Portugal and Angola and Mozambique. Built at Swan Hunter in the United Kingdom and launched in 1977, she was delivered to Iran in 1984. . Swan Hunter Built Warships A look at the hundreds of ships built by one of the main builders of the British naval vessels over a hundred years. All three were on the north side of River Tyne. manufacturing in Britain. 12. 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. 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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Swan & Hunter merged with Wigham Richardson (founded by John Wigham Richardson as Neptune Works in 1860), specifically to bid for the important contract to build RMSMauretania on behalf of Cunard. 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn
The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. 1337 1978 Starman Anglia D / H / P Neptune
1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of Southwick, Sunderland. The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. List of ships built at Swan Hunter (Neptune) Login to Edit: From: 1965: Support Ship: OL class: 1966: Support Ship: Ness class: 1973: Guided-Missile Destroyer: Type 82 . 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. 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. This page was last edited on 28 August 2021, at 15:35. The latter Company received Good Hope Castle and Southampton Castle (both 10,538 grt). 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker
Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983)
5 1971 Texaco Great Britain D / H / P Wallsend
He was the person who got your Woodbine cigarettes during the week and was reimbursed with cash when you got paid. Her twin Doxford-type oil engines constructed by the yard gave her a speed of 18 knots. However, the small coaster Peter G. Campbell, launched on 13th April 1933 was significant as she was the first all-welded ship from the yard. 40 1973 Remuera D / H / P Walker
He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the 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. 22 1971 Merkara D / H / P Neptune
She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. 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. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
Workers earned their nicknames from the jobs they did - Geordie the Beltman, Jackie the Welder, etc. manufacturing in Britain. The Yard was closed because of the Depression, as its main owners had no use for it. Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Clan Ross 5897 grt), British Tanker Co. Ltd (British Admiral 6842/17 and British Empress 6847/17). 60 1974 Black Rover D / H / P Neptune
46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn
He had a book published with many of his observations of life in the yards. 15. 94-97 Not allocated
"Barrow ship order dismays Tyneside". 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend
[26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. [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. A buzzer signified the start of the working day at 7.30am, lunch at 12 noon and then when the day finished. Both ships were fitted with powerful oil engines by Wallsend Slipway Co. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long friendships. 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) All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 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'. [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 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. Two small cargo liners were made for China Merchants S.N. 20 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill
The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend
1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune
29. Employees 6,000 to 7,000. 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. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 45 1972 Zira D / H / P South Shields
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. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Landing ship vessel the Largs Bay is the last ship to be built at Swan Hunters on the river Tyne UK. List of British tonnage ships built by Swan Hunter This is a list of British ships built by Swan Hunter in the last twenty years of the 19th century and the first three decades of the 20th. Swan & Hunter was founded by George Burton Hunter, who formed a partnership with the widow of Charles Sheridan Swan (the owner of a Wallsend Shipbuilding business established in 1852 by Charles Mitchell)[2] under the name in 1880. 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. 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. WW1 55 warships with a total displacement of 100,000 tons were built including the cruisers Comus (1914), Coventry (1918), 28 torpedo boat destroyers, the monitor Roberts (1915) and 20 sloops and some submarines. Their premises were adjacent to one another on the deep bend of the Tyne on its north bank, about three miles east of Newcastle, together an area of 78 acres, with a river frontage of some 4,000ft, the shipyard and engine and boiler shops of the Neptune works being nearest to Newcastle, the dry docks department at Wallend east and north of them, and the Wallsend Shipyard at the end of the bend nearest to the sea. 11.
Alas for the Hunter Race! A number of tramps were also manufactured which were ideal as grain carriers as they had steel, centre line bulkheads in their six holds, and plenty of portable wooden grain boards and trunks for their 9700 ton cargo. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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 1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. 3 hold was the cross-bunker hold between bridge and engineer accommodation. Maintained by Sapere Software. 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. [3], In 1903, C.S. The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. 25. 30 Not allocated
7 1970 Grey Rover D / H / P Hebburn
The first-class entrance hall featured an overlay marquetry panel of the world over the staircase so passengers could trace the course of the ship. She left service in 1935. The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. In 2000 Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two Royal Navy Auxiliaries, called Landing Ship Docks, for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with two other ships being built by BAE Systems Naval Ships. The Kharg entered the . 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