This equates to one third of output. 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. 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 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. 12. [25] On 12 October 2016, the company announced the issue of a letter of intent for the design and build of a basket carousel loading tower. Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Clan Ross 5897 grt), British Tanker Co. Ltd (British Admiral 6842/17 and British Empress 6847/17). Construct warships and many kinds of vessels for special purposes, laying submarine cables, carrying oil in bulk, fruit, frozen meat, cattle, railway trains etc. 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. 1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of Southwick, Sunderland. The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. 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. A buzzer signified the start of the working day at 7.30am, lunch at 12 noon and then when the day finished. 88 1978 Begonia D / H / P Walker Including two banana boats completed for Elders & Fyffes. She was completed with four six inch guns as main armament. 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker General Transportes Maritimes (SGTM) as a replacement for their Campana built at the Neptune Yard in 1929. The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. 26. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long. 29 1972 London Lion D / H / P Wallsend 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend 124 1988 Coventry D / H / P Wallsend Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long friendships. The launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. The largest were Thiare and Torinia, built for Shell at 15260 dwt. 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) [6]. 6. These orders kept the company afloat for much of the 1920s. George Burton Hunter continued as chairman until 1928. 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. Duce, Richard (1993-05-12). New York: Collier Books. [5] Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on 20 September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Larsen. As result of this, the second ship RFALyme Bay was transferred to BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow for completion. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. 1920 The yard was fully occupied completing B types. 1939 A second liner was completed for Polish Ocena Lines as sister for their Chrobry of 1939. . The ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. Once a world leader. 19. The Wallsend Shipyard was the first in the world to construct tankers of over 250,000 tons on a slipway. 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune 1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. 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The last ship built at Wallsend was the Shields ferry "Pride of the Tyne". List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built : Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg, Denmark : Makati : A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany . 27. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. Wallsend received the Mauretania, and the Lusitania went to Clydebank, 'Metal Bashing' between the wars at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson yard at Wallsend, The Mauretania enters the river Tyne at the Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, on September 20 1906, A packet of Woodbine cigarettes (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images), The yards, like Swan Hunter, Palmers and Redhead, employed generations of families, and brought wealth and fame to the region, Slips by the side of bulk paper carrier, Swan Hunter. Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. 1941 In June King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Neptune yard and other Tyneside yards in an attempt to boost morale. Hunter Dunn,Furnishd and burnishd by Aldershot sun,What strenuous singles we played after tea,We in the tournamentyou against me!Sir John Betjeman (19061984). Hague, Arnold (1993). Hopemount 3300/05 was completed by the yard and was managed by Stamp, Mann and Co of Newcastle. The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. People 65 1975 Yorkshire D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. people who designed and built them. 2. Sugar soap was used to wash dirty hands. 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. 138 Allocated to refit work During the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 the ship enforced the arms blockade imposed on both sides by Britain and France, until she struck a mine in May 1937. 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. She was scrapped in 1962. Policy. 40 1973 Remuera D / H / P Walker There was also a veranda cafe, music room, smoking room and de-luxe suites. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields But if you have any others please dont hesitate to let us know in the comments. It was like the Grand National when the dinner time buzzer went off as everyone raced to the canteen. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy There were four aircraft carriers built at Wallsend, H.M.S. Date Country Builder Location . The yard completed pontoons and docks of all sizes to customers around the world. The follow on orders were Umtali (8135/36) and Umgeni (8180/38) both had accommodation for over 100 passengers on their South African run. 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields 59 1974 Gold Rover D / H / P Neptune 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend 29. 60 tankers were completed out of 180 ships built by the Company over this period. 1 1969 Atlantic Causeway D / H / P Walker 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 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). 1960. A giant oil tanker was a common sight at the end of Leslie Street in Wallsend. The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend 11 1970 Emiliano Zapata D / H / P Hebburn 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. Both engine-building works went onto produce many sets of diesel and oil engines. The trials of the floating workshop which has been constructed by Swan, Hunter, and Wigham-Richardson, Limited, to the order of the Natal Government, took place in the presence of the consulting engineer for the Natal Government. It was powered by two sets of steam turbines by Wallsend Slipway Co to give a speed of 22 knots. 16 1969 Amra D / H / P South Shields It was a major employer for decades and some of the world's most famous ships were built there. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. Photo by Trevor Ermel. The Kharg entered the . 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend 1953. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. 3 hold was the cross-bunker hold between bridge and engineer accommodation. 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. 24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune 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 . At that time Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. owned and operated three shipyards on the north bank of the Tyne (i.e. 33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker 83 1976 Gandara D / H / P Hebburn Warship construction was intense including the battleship Anson (June 1942) along with four cruisers ordered in 1937: Mauritius (1940), Newfoundland (1941), Gambia (1942) and Superb (1943). This page was last edited on 28 August 2021, at 15:35. 4. During this period, merchant construction totalled 290,599 grt including a number of different ships, vessels and floating docks. Swan Hunter Built Warships Aurogra online no prescription and overnight JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 30th March 1951 from Marseilles to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires via Barcelona and Lisbon. 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. [10], Then in 1977, Swan Hunter Group was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders. British India Line and Clan Line were also good customers, commissioning 11 cargo-liners including, Dwarka (4851/47). 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. 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. 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 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. The Bank Line's cargo ship "Clydebank" ran aground off the Farne Islands when on trials. 70 1975 Groznyy D / H / P Neptune 1930 When the Depression started the yard had completed fifty ships. 1961 The Portuguese liner Principe Perfeito of 19,393 grt was delivered by the Neptune Yard in 1961. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Landing ship vessel the Largs Bay is the last ship to be built at Swan Hunters on the river Tyne UK. 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 . Motor liner Dominion Monarch. 4 1970 Esso Hibernia D / H / P Wallsend A young lad is lifted on to the wall by his granddad to get a better view of HMS 'Ark Royal' nearing completion at the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend on 24th May 1981. TSS Dover, (later the Earl Siward, Sol Express and now the Tuxedo Royale), is a British retired ferry. Between 1919 and 1931 over 50 tankers were completed: the largest was San Florentino (18000 dwt in 1919 and Pan Scandia (14750 dwt in 1931). From the mid 30s the renewed demand for oil reinvigorated the tanker building programme with 20 tankers built between 1935 and 1939. RM B97CAX - Swan Hunter Shipyards RM 2BKPNNM - Swan Hunter shipyard cranes on left; now closed, Other riverside derelict shipyards beyone towards Walker, Wallsend; Tyneside UK 2006 RM B2121N - Cranes in Swan Hunter's shipyard, Wallsend, Tyneside. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. A powerful cantilever crane having span of 40 feet and capable of lifting 15 tons is placed the forward end of the vessel. Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. [21], Swan's performed the conceptual design of Pioneering Spirit, provisionally named Pieter Schelte, the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. 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). It was a major employer for decades and some of the worlds most famous ships were built there. 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. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992). 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. The trio of vessels made for Bowring ( Regent Lion, Regent Panther and Regent Tiger) could carry 14540 tons of petrol. 134 Allocated to refit work QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. 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. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from 1953. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. Ports of call were Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington. 112 1983 B P Achiever D / H / P Hebburn Dock 69 1975 Maykop D / H / P Hebburn 1966 Sir E. John Hunter became Chairman of a much larger group in July 1966 when Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson merged with the Tees Yard of Smiths Dock Co to form Associated Shipbuilders. Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson Wallsend river tyne, ship builder, shipbuilder, ship, vessel, warship, liner, cargo, tanker, bulk carrier, tug TYNE BUILT SHIPS A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built Home Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Select Shipbuilder A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ 57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. 19 Not allocated 1. She could also carry 8600 tons of cargo and was sold for cruising in 1976. Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. 139 Not allocated C.S. 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. . [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. HMS Artifex. 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. She could reach a speed of up to 20 knots powered by geared turbines manufactured by Wallsend Slipway Co. Other liners completed by the yard in the early 1920s included two for Cunard, and three others for French companies. Bergen Lines main competitors Swedish Lloyd previously took delivery of Patricia 6644/51 form the Neptune Yard for their Gothenburg to London service. Tanker "Helicina". 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn [6] The firm expanded rapidly in the early part of the twentieth century, acquiring the Glasgow-based Barclay Curle in 1912. The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. 15. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. 133 Allocated to refit work 7. But in 2006 Swan Hunter stopped building vessels on Tyneside, but continued to provide design engineering services. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. 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. 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. She has been the only British Warship so far to bear this name. 113 Not allocated 32 1970 Nigaristan D / H / P South Shields For those who were employed there, best pals grew and memories formed. [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. Photos 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. HMS Farndale was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. 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. It was bought by the National Shipbuilders Security and was due to be dismantled. 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