The aircraft carrier was launched nine days later. 14. 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune She was scrapped in 1962. 94-97 Not allocated Duce, Richard (1993-05-12). 63 1976 Opportunity D / H / P Wallsend She left service in 1935. 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. C.S. 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 . 1934 Took an interest in Airspeed in August 1934. 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. 129 1993 Fort George D / H / P Wallsend 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.' In April 2007, Swan Hunter's cranes, along with its floating dock and other equipment, were sold to Bharati Shipyards, India's second-largest private-sector shipbuilder. 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. He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. 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). 1931 The last ship to be built at the yard was Flathouse in 1931. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. 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. It was powered by two sets of steam turbines by Wallsend Slipway Co to give a speed of 22 knots. Further vessels were made for T&J Harrison (for their West-Indies to London route) and Greece and Australia. 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker William Milburn also had five ships built by the Company (he had been a key customer in the 1880s) marking a shift to motor ships. 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. History 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. Payday was always Friday and workers queued up to get their wage packets. All three were on the north side of River Tyne. (2000). The former pair were in the three-quarters aft position. The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. [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. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. 1940 de Havilland bought the shares in Airspeed. The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. 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. The vessel could also carry 9243 tons of cargo. They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. Now with no p. The .didnt leave,so the shipdidnt sink,and thats madness,Lears songthats Touchstones forest jest,thats swan of Avon logic.Hilda Doolittle (18861961), I have seen old ships sail like swans asleepJames Elroy Flecker (18841919), Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell.Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900). Work began picking up from late 1935 with three cargo-liners completed for three different companies leading to further orders. 57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Sign up for free to get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox. 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker 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. 25-27 1971 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 1913-1914 Eight cargo liners with accommodation completed for the British India Steam navigation Company. 90 1975 Strait of Canso D / H / P South Shields "Vistafjord". 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune 30 Not allocated 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 . She was the largest Neptune ship when launched in September 1960 for Cia Nacional of Lisbon. Lewis took on the subject of debt during his Money Show instalment on Tuesday - explaining how to clear off multiple debts in a simple but effective manner, by following the 'snowballing' technique. 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune She carried 730 tourist class, 125 first-class passengers. 65 1975 Yorkshire D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. 21 1970 Manora D / H / P Neptune . 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. 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 . 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. 4 hatch and no.5 hatch was in the aft well deck. we . 1930s The twin funnelled whale factory ship Vikingen (14526/30) which was completed for the Viking Whaling Co. Ltd would return to the Wallsend Dry Docks at the end of each whaling season throughout the 1930s for overhauling. The passenger and cargo liner El Kantera (5213/32) for Cie Na de Mixte of France was a valuable order along with the Norwegian cargo ship Fjordheim (4114/30) for Nils Rogenaes. The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. 1911 Launch of Cunard liner SS Laconia [2]. The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. It was launched in 1969, Children playing in the shadow of the giant oil tanker Esso Northumbria being built by Swan Hunter at the end of Leslie Street, Wallsend, in April 1969, The giant cranes at Wallsend at work at Swan Hunter yard in December 1978. Handles were welded on, then fill with lard, potatoes were cut and fried off on a hot ring. 111 1985 York D / H / P Neptune Many other large ships were produced including the Great Central Railway Companys Immingham 2009/06 with room for 393 passengers and propelled by triple-screw turbine machinery. It was bought by the National Shipbuilders Security and was due to be dismantled. 47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn 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 long, 76ft. 1943-46: 18 cargo liners were produced for Ellerman Lines including Ellerman Wilson Line and Port Line. [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. Maintained by Sapere Software. 84 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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. The workshop is very easily handled, and steered remarkably well in the river. Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961) " I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep ". 139 Not allocated 120 1984 Orelia D / H / P Neptune [12] It was then forced to call in the receivers when the UK government awarded the contract for HMSOcean to Kvaerner Govan in 1993. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long friendships. 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. 32 1970 Nigaristan D / H / P South Shields The yard covered 80 acres with river frontage of 4,000 feet. This page was last edited on 28 August 2021, at 15:35. 125 1987 Sir Galahad D / H / P Wallsend She was a 5,000 dwt and a conventional three-island tramp with five holds of which No. 136 1994 Northumberland D / H / P Wallsend Steamship Leda. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from 1953. It is fitted with twin screw compound surface condensing engines, which have been constructed Messrs Baird Brothers of North Shields, the diameter of cylinders being 12in. These latter two ships were powered by twin 6-cylinder 2SCSA Sulzer oil engines by Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. 92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long. 130 Allocated to refit work [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune 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. 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. Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926-1946. Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. 28 1974 World Unicorn D / H / P Wallsend The workshop is lighted throughout by electricity and with accommodation for both workmen and crew. There were eight 250,000 dwt tankers built, the first Esso Northumbria , the last Tyne Pride, 20. [5], 1914 Shipbuilders and repairers, engine manufacturers and floating docks. [1]. 22. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. 13. The yard completed pontoons and docks of all sizes to customers around the world. 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 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. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. and 26in.. with a stroke of 15in. 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. [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. 1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. people who designed and built them. 114 1982 Osco Ingram Osprey D / H / P Neptune By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy 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). Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992). 1950 In August, Provence of 15889 grt was launched at the Neptune Yard for Soc. 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). 22 1971 Merkara D / H / P Neptune 10 1969 Vortigern D / H / P Neptune 1 1969 Atlantic Causeway D / H / P Walker At each shipyard at least one guy had his name prefixed with Pedlar (Pedlar Joe, Pedlar Jack, etc). At that time Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. owned and operated three shipyards on the north bank of the Tyne (i.e. [24], Also in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend Both engine-building works went onto produce many sets of diesel and oil engines. 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Vindex survived the war and was reconditioned by the yard between August 1948 and June 1949 when she was renamed Port Vindex. 9. 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. H.R.H Princess Anne launched two ships,Esso Northumbria and World Unicorn. [21], Swan's performed the conceptual design of Pioneering Spirit, provisionally named Pieter Schelte, the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. That company was an early manufacturer of Parsons turbine engines, which enabled the Mauretania to achieve its great speed. 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill [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. 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. 594 1977 Singularity D / H / P South Shields 4. 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. 1918 Cunard liner Aurania 13936/17 with a capacity of 2022 passengers was torpedoed and destroyed on 4th February. 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. 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. [9] Meanwhile, Swan Hunter inherited both the Naval Yard at High Walker on the River Tyne of Vickers-Armstrongs[8] and the Hebburn Yard of Hawthorn Leslie in 1968. 37 reasons why you should marry a Geordie - and why you won't regret it, 22 things you should never say to someone from Newcastle, Remember these 12 Geordie employers that have disappeared but hold fond memories for those who worked there, 36 things about the North East which confuse even the people who live here, Remember these? 59 1974 Gold Rover D / H / P Neptune 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune 27. Her twin Doxford-type oil engines constructed by the yard gave her a speed of 18 knots. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. "Varicella". Hague, Arnold (1993). Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Once a world leader. 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. 12 1970 Faraday D / H / P Hebburn 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 Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. There were also descendants of the Swan and Wigham Richardson families on the board at this time (S. C. 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