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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. HMS Mendip (L60) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. [3], In 1903, C.S. 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. Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. Along with her two sisters Blake and Tiger (completed on the Clyde), these ships were the last Royal Navy Cruisers. She saw service in the Second World War and later as an Egyptian Navy ship in the Suez Crisis. Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. The trio of vessels made for Bowring ( Regent Lion, Regent Panther and Regent Tiger) could carry 14540 tons of petrol. 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. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, The Times Engineering Supplement, 27 October 1909, British Shipbuilding Yards. [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. S.S. Peter G. Campbell. 132 1991 James Clark Ross D / H / P Wallsend manufacturing in Britain. 1953. 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. The dock had been built earlier for John Shearer and Sons. The Times (Times Newspapers). The Yard was closed because of the Depression, as its main owners had no use for it. He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. 67 1977 Geroi Novorossiyska D / H / P Hebburn Dock 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. 28 1974 World Unicorn D / H / P Wallsend At its peak, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend [6]. 11. 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune She could also carry 8600 tons of cargo and was sold for cruising in 1976. [26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. . At the time, the company had 40 employees and contractors. 41-43 Container ships - Cancelled The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. [16] He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. 56 1974 Alnwick Castle D / H / P Walker 47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn 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. 7 1970 Grey Rover D / H / P Hebburn Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Clan Ross 5897 grt), British Tanker Co. Ltd (British Admiral 6842/17 and British Empress 6847/17). "Barrow ship order dismays Tyneside". 9. Its bids for RFA Largs Bay and RFA Lyme Bay proved disastrous for the company, the MoD and the RFA, due to cost overruns and schedule delays. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and The name of the poet and welder who wrote many odes' about life and personalities was Ripyard Cuddling (Jackie Davit) - which were always keenly anticipated throughout the company. Policy. 92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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. 91 1976 Hindustan D / H / P South Shields Work began picking up from late 1935 with three cargo-liners completed for three different companies leading to further orders. 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. 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. The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. 1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. 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. 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 . information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the 16 1969 Amra D / H / P South Shields 131 Allocated to refit work The ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 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. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. 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. 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill C.S. 89 1978 Desdemona D / H / P Hebburn 37 1971 Sheaf Field D / H / P South Shields He also said that he was actively looking for a buyer for the land. Photo by Trevor Ermel. Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 1903 'A FLOATING WORKSHOP FOR NATAL. Her twin Doxford-type oil engines constructed by the yard gave her a speed of 18 knots. 1947. Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned during the Falklands War. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the Both engine-building works went onto produce many sets of diesel and oil engines. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. Maintained by Sapere Software. Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). 18. In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. 87 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled Swan Hunter amalgamated with Wigham Richardson in 1903 so that they could tender for the Mauretania. 1939 A second liner was completed for Polish Ocena Lines as sister for their Chrobry of 1939. 99 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill RMS Mauritania was an ocean liner, built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter and designed by Leonard Peskett. 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. [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 Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. Tanker "Helicina". 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend [1][23], In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. In 2000 Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two (Auxiliary) Landing Ship Dock ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with two other ships being built by BAE Systems Naval Ships: the cost of the two Swan Hunter ships was to be 210 million including 62 million for lead yard services, with an inservice date of 2004. 1933 There were very few completions during this year. . In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. But if you have any others please dont hesitate to let us know in the comments. 10. 102 1982 Illustrious D / H / P Wallsend [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. It was a major employer for decades and some of the world's most famous ships were built there. 107 1980 Dunedin D / H / P Walker 27. 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. 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune [1]. But in 2006 Swan Hunter stopped building vessels on Tyneside, but continued to provide design engineering services. 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. She was of 10816 grt and 528 feet length and turbine-powered to twin propellers. USS Merrimac (1894) Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais SS Miowera N HMS Newcastle (D87) Noosfera (icebreaker) HMS Northumberland (F238) O HMS Orby (1918) P HMS Pasley (1916) HMS Pellew (F62) Greek destroyer Pindos MV Port Fairy HMS Port Napier SS Prince George SS Prince Rupert SS Princess Alice (1911) SS Princess Victoria SS Prncipe Perfeito 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. 63 1976 Opportunity D / H / P Wallsend 1913-1914 Eight cargo liners with accommodation completed for the British India Steam navigation Company. 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 . 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. 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). The company was registered on 15 June. 130 Allocated to refit work Something went wrong, please try again later. KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. 31 1974 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill These were single screw turbine steamers with room for 201 first class and 40 second class passengers on the London to Gothenburg service. Maintained by Sapere Software. This was a meaningless name which was quickly changed to Swan Hunter Group by November of the same year. On 1 May 2006, British pop-duo Pet Shop Boys performed their soundtrack to the 1925 Soviet silent-film Battleship Potemkin alongside the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the shipyard. "Vistafjord". 117 1983 Thorseggen D / H / P Wallsend 5. 20 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 58 1975 Windsor Lion D / H / P Wallsend 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. 1913 Tanker sizes increased from 10,000 dwt in 1903 to 15500 dwt in March 1913 - San Fraterno, the largest tanker in the world was launched by Lady Bowring. 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 . 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. The Kendal, England: World Ship Society. 7. The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. Including two banana boats completed for Elders & Fyffes. This web publication contains 151,660 pages of [5] Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on 20 September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. James Elroy Flecker (1884-1919) " Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell. The yard covered 80 acres with river frontage of 4,000 feet. The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. Her Parsons turbines built in Wallsend propelled her at 20 knots on a regular run between Lisbon and Beira, with room for 1000 passengers and 200 troops. 134 Allocated to refit work Her service speed to New York was 17 knots and she also had some refrigerated cargo capacity. 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn 1934 See Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, 1936 Subsidiary Tyne Plywood Works formed to manufacture gaboon plywood. [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. 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 . long, 76ft. [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. 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. manufacturing in Britain. It was like the Grand National when the dinner time buzzer went off as everyone raced to the canteen. [7]. Southampton a Type 42 destroyer was brought to the Tyne on a heavy lift ship, after it collided in the Persian Gulf , and re-built at Hebburn yard. 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 Sugar soap was used to wash dirty hands. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. we . 65 1975 Yorkshire D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker 78 1978 Lagoven Santa Rita D / H / P Hebburn 4. "El Lobo". 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. 24. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. 45 1972 Zira D / H / P South Shields 1934 Took an interest in Airspeed in August 1934. manufacturing in Britain. [13] The receiver took steps to break up the business. Most of us know of the famous RMS Mauretania and the RMS Carpathia that were built at Swan Hunter but did you know about the nicknames, wage packets and the initiation jokes that took place there? She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. The last liner built in the UK was built at the Neptune yard, the Norway - America cruise liner Vistafjord in 1973. 11 1970 Emiliano Zapata D / H / P Hebburn 82 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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." Every Friday bars of Castle Soap were handed out to workers to take home. 52 1973 Forthbank D / H / P Hebburn Naval Yard at Walker, Neptune Yard at Walker and Wallsend Shipyard) and two on. 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. Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. She carried 730 tourist class, 125 first-class passengers. 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. 1918 Cunard liner Aurania 13936/17 with a capacity of 2022 passengers was torpedoed and destroyed on 4th February. The Mocambique had been launched in 1st December 1948 and had accommodation for 93 first class, 141 second class and 102 third-class passengers. Also Marina and Manistee both 3,868 grt, as well as the Yacht Albion (1116/04) for Sir George Newnes. 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. 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields Larsen. 4in. 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn 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. 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. In the machine shops at the Neptune yard during WWI a lot of women were employed in making 300,000 shell casings for the Army. 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. People Her twin stork engines gave her a speed of 20 knots but could also cruise in Winter and later became a single class liner. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. 88 1978 Begonia D / H / P Walker It was bought by the National Shipbuilders Security and was due to be dismantled. 109 1985 Ark Royal D / H / P Wallsend 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. 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune 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. 17. 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. 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. Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. Swan Hunter Built Warships Aurogra online no prescription and overnight JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. 1912 Largest floating dock ever completed for the Admiralty. In 2006 Swan Hunter ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services. 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