The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. 5. 47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. wide at the entrance, and with a depth of water over the sill of 26.5ft; and two floating docks lifting vessels up to a length of 350ft [3]. HMS Mendip (L60) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. 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. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. 119 Not allocated People 89 1978 Desdemona D / H / P Hebburn 58 1975 Windsor Lion D / H / P Wallsend By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy 7 1970 Grey Rover D / H / P Hebburn 31 1974 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 122 1984 Pacific Guardian D / H / P Neptune Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 12:29. [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. . [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. She was of 10816 grt and 528 feet length and turbine-powered to twin propellers. She was a 5,000 dwt and a conventional three-island tramp with five holds of which No. Work on the Mauretania began as early as 1901, when Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson submitted plans for two ships. 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. 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. 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the Built at Swan Hunter in the United Kingdom and launched in 1977, she was delivered to Iran in 1984. "Varicella". The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. The ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. The only battleship built at Wallend was HMS. long, 76ft. 15. 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. 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 1913 Reina Victoria-Eugenia, a magnificent Spanish liner of 9726 grt was completed for Cia Transatlantica. 91 1976 Hindustan D / H / P South Shields [17], In 2001, Swan Hunter acquired Kvrner's Port Clarence offshore yard at Teesside[18] but then in 2006 sold it to Wilton Engineering Group. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. There were also descendants of the Swan and Wigham Richardson families on the board at this time (S. C. Swan and George Wigham Richardson) as well as Peter Denham Christie, whose grandfather had been the first manager of the Neptune yard and whose father John Denham Christie had died in October 1950. 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. 30. 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. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Landing ship vessel the Largs Bay is the last ship to be built at Swan Hunters on the river Tyne UK. QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Alas for the Hunter Race! 23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune This was a large liner of 22576 grt, with room for 2530 passengers (244 first class with deluxe staterooms featuring private baths, showers and oak parquet flooring and tiled luxury bathrooms. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 23. For those who were employed there, best pals grew and memories formed. A buzzer signified the start of the working day at 7.30am, lunch at 12 noon and then when the day finished. 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker we . 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. The latter Company received Good Hope Castle and Southampton Castle (both 10,538 grt). 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 . 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. Initiation jokes were hilarious - Gan and get a tin of tartan paint or gan and get us a rubber hammer and a long stand' - which left newbies standing for a while in the storeroom. 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. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. There were eight 250,000 dwt tankers built, the first Esso Northumbria , the last Tyne Pride, 20. text of this web site is available under the Creative 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. 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 equates to one third of output. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. All three were powered by six steam turbines driving twin screws. 52 1973 Forthbank D / H / P Hebburn 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. Albion in 1950s' and H.M.S. 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. 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. 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn History 4in. Co. Ltd. 1935 On the 4th April the Australian coastal line Duntroon (10346/35) was launched with room for 366 passengers for the Melbourne Steamship Co. Ltd along with two coasters for Polish Steamship Line (Puck and Hel both 1065 grt). Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. 10 1969 Vortigern D / H / P Neptune 129 1993 Fort George D / H / P Wallsend See also: Category:Ships built by Swan Hunter Naval vessels Centaur -class aircraft carriers HMS Albion Invincible -class aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal HMS Illustrious Colossus -class aircraft carriers HMS Vengeance King George V -class battleship HMS Anson (1942) This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. 82 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 7. 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. 25. 1933 There were very few completions during this year. 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. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 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. [7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. 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. Cunard Line took delivery of a cargo-liner for Transatlantic services. 498 feet in length with room for 200 first class, 46 alternate first and second, 100 second class, 80 third class and 1642 emigrants. 1960. Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. The ship is the aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious, The cruise ship Vistafjord at North Shields leaving the River Tyne in April 1973 after her sea trials, The destroyers HMS Exeter, HMS Southampton and HMS Nottingham awaiting disposal in Portsmouth dockyard, Wallsend-built Mauretania leaves the Tyne, 1907. 1. The Bank Line's cargo ship "Clydebank" ran aground off the Farne Islands when on trials. He also said that he was actively looking for a buyer for the land. She saw service in the Second World War and later as an Egyptian Navy ship in the Suez Crisis. 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. 107 1980 Dunedin D / H / P Walker [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. 114 1982 Osco Ingram Osprey D / H / P Neptune Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926-1946. Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. 66 1976 Kyra Lynn D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker "El Lobo". 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). 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. (2000). manufacturing in Britain. 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. 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields Two other high class passenger ferries were completed for Swedish Lloyd (Britannia and Suecia both of 4631 grt). She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). 87 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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.' The company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century, most famously RMSMauretania which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and RMSCarpathia which rescued survivors from RMSTitanic. 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields At each shipyard at least one guy had his name prefixed with Pedlar (Pedlar Joe, Pedlar Jack, etc). All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 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. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. [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. 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the This also coincided with the abandonment of Treaty limitations on battleship size. 72 1976 Makhachkala D / H / P Neptune 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. RMS Mauritania was an ocean liner, built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter and designed by Leonard Peskett. 106 1979 Pacific Swan D / H / P Hebburn He was the person who got your Woodbine cigarettes during the week and was reimbursed with cash when you got paid. During this period, merchant construction totalled 290,599 grt including a number of different ships, vessels and floating docks. people who designed and built them. 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. 6 1969 Green Rover D / H / P Hebburn 94-97 Not allocated 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune 14. 85-86 157,000 OBO - Cancelled information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. 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. 139 Not allocated Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). Families worked at the shipyard - fathers, sons, cousins, and friends became brothers. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. Both operated on the two-stroke cycle and used blast fuel injection. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn 73 1977 Gudermes D / H / P Hebburn The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. But if you have any others please dont hesitate to let us know in the comments. The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. 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. 1960. Employees 6,000 to 7,000. [7]. She was scrapped in 1962. 55 1975 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 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 . 1927 See Aberconway and Aberconway for information on the company and its history. Maintained by Sapere Software. 1903 C. S. Swan and Hunter merged with Wigham Richardson and Tyne Pontoons and Dry Docks Co specifically to bid for the prestigious contract to build the Mauretania for Cunard. She carried 730 tourist class, 125 first-class passengers. [12] It was then forced to call in the receivers when the UK government awarded the contract for HMSOcean to Kvaerner Govan in 1993. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. 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. This crane has been made by Messrs Joseph Booth and Brothers, of Rodley. text of this web site is available under the Creative "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd", Fears for Tyneside tradition as Swan Hunter ship is towed to Govan for completion, Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2004-05: Sixth Report of session 2005-06, Ten years ago Port Clarence was an empty shell - now it's a hive of activity, "Pioneering Spirit Heavy Lift Construction Vessel, Switzerland", People blame the MoD for Swan Hunter's decline, not me, "Swan Hunter owner Jaap Kroese has died in his native Holland, aged 76", "Swan Hunter to return to Tyneside under the son of former owner", "Swan Hunter issue Letter of Intent to Motive Offshore Group for Basket Carousel Loading Tower", "Swan Hunter Grows Installation Equipment Pool with 15Te Tensioner and 450Te Reel Drive System", "Swan Hunter announce the completion of new 450Te Reel Drive System", "Swan Hunter Mobilisation of Flexlay Spread onto Lewek Constellation", Iconic images of tankers being built at Swan Hunter 1970s, Oral histories from ex-Swan Hunter shipyard workers and images of the site, collected by Tyne & Wear Museums & Archives Service, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swan_Hunter&oldid=1119136642, Manufacturing companies established in 1880, Former defence companies of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 22:40. 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