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. 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. Work began picking up from late 1935 with three cargo-liners completed for three different companies leading to further orders. Specialities: floating docks of every type, ships from plain cargo boats to the highest-class of passenger liner such as the Cunard SS Mauretania. 19 Not allocated But if you have any others please dont hesitate to let us know in the comments. "Bamburgh Castle". Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. 1913-1914 Eight cargo liners with accommodation completed for the British India Steam navigation Company. Both operated on the two-stroke cycle and used blast fuel injection. [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. She was a member of the first subgroup of the class. 21. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. 115 1981 Mediterranean Shearwater D / H / P Hebburn Dock 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 . 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[1]. [21], Swan's performed the conceptual design of Pioneering Spirit, provisionally named Pieter Schelte, the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. She was named after the Heythrop Hunt. 70 1975 Groznyy D / H / P Neptune Cunard Line took delivery of a cargo-liner for Transatlantic services. These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. The Mocambique had been launched in 1st December 1948 and had accommodation for 93 first class, 141 second class and 102 third-class passengers. The launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. [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. 1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. 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) Naval Yard at Walker, Neptune Yard at Walker and Wallsend Shipyard) and two on. The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend It was bought by the National Shipbuilders Security and was due to be dismantled. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. 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 [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. 87 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. 57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill [1][23], In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. 16 1969 Amra D / H / P South Shields Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. 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. In 2002, whilst being broken up, she was boarded by Greenpeace campaigners protesting about conditions in the shipbreaking industry. The vessel could also carry 9243 tons of cargo. Leviathan in WWII, H.M.S. manufacturing in Britain. 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker 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. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. A new toilet was installed for the Queen Mother's visit in 1981. History Her service speed to New York was 17 knots and she also had some refrigerated cargo capacity. 106 1979 Pacific Swan D / H / P Hebburn 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. 54 1974 Ivybank D / H / P South Shields Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 1903 'A FLOATING WORKSHOP FOR NATAL. 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 . 1337 1978 Starman Anglia D / H / P Neptune [3], In 1903, C.S. 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. 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. Date Country Builder Location . Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. 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. 1947 A number of tramps and a few coastal tankers and barges were completed by the end of 1947 then the yard closed in 1947. 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. 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. The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. 65 1975 Yorkshire D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker 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. Payday was always Friday and workers queued up to get their wage packets. 46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn 55 1975 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 136 1994 Northumberland D / H / P Wallsend Whitley, M. J. 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. [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. At the time, the company had 40 employees and contractors. Even a minute late meant you were docked quarter of an hour pay. [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. She was a 5,000 dwt and a conventional three-island tramp with five holds of which No. 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune [16] Handles were welded on, then fill with lard, potatoes were cut and fried off on a hot ring. [27] Swan Hunter announced loading tower readiness on 5 May 2017[28] with completion of mobilisation onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea's multi-lay vessel 'Lewek Constellation' shortly thereafter.[29]. 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. 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. She was scrapped in 1962. The only battleship built at Wallend was HMS. S.S. Peter G. Campbell. WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. 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? 1927 See Aberconway and Aberconway for information on the company and its history. As result of this, the second ship RFALyme Bay was transferred to BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow for completion. 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. 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. .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). 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. 20 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 79 1978 Lagoven Quiriquire D / H / P Hebburn In late 1942 workers from Joseph L. Thompson began working on the site and the yard rejuvenated itself again. Illustrious & Ark Royal. The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. 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. 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). 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. In 2006 Swan Hunter ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services. They were also tramp owners at this time. That company was an early manufacturer of Parsons turbine engines, which enabled the Mauretania to achieve its great speed. 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). 82 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. 107 1980 Dunedin D / H / P Walker 1. Oil cans with a piece of wood on top were used as seats on tea and lunch breaks. The Yard was closed because of the Depression, as its main owners had no use for it. 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 This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. 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. . 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. 1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. All were steamers, mostly cargo carriers, and a few sailing 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). 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 12. 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. 25. The ship is best remembered for allegedly crossing the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900. Two other high class passenger ferries were completed for Swedish Lloyd (Britannia and Suecia both of 4631 grt). 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn Verily, the Indian has but a feeble hold on his bow now; but the curiosity of the white man is insatiable, and from the first he has been eager to witness this forest accomplishment. This crane has been made by Messrs Joseph Booth and Brothers, of Rodley. [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend Their bid was successful, and the new company, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, went on to build what was to become, in its day, the most famous ocean going liner in the world. [6] The firm expanded rapidly in the early part of the twentieth century, acquiring the Glasgow-based Barclay Curle in 1912. 6. 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. The former pair were in the three-quarters aft position. 28. Workers earned their nicknames from the jobs they did - Geordie the Beltman, Jackie the Welder, etc. Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. 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 [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. 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker Every Friday bars of Castle Soap were handed out to workers to take home. Policy. 126 1990 Chatham D / H / P Neptune Both ships were fitted with powerful oil engines by Wallsend Slipway Co. 119 Not allocated Two small cargo liners were made for China Merchants S.N. [4]. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock 90 1975 Strait of Canso D / H / P South Shields 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. Now with no p. 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields 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. 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. [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. 6 1969 Green Rover D / H / P Hebburn Motor liner Dominion Monarch. She left service in 1935. The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. Palm, Line and Ellerman Lines were the major customers of the yards during this period, they commissioned 22 cargo-liners in total including Ilorin Palm (5442/60) which launched 17 weeks ahead of schedule in 1960. 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune George Burton Hunter continued as chairman until 1928. These orders kept the company afloat for much of the 1920s. QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. SS Chancellor was a British cargo ship that was shelled and sunk by SMU-41 in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (159km; 99mi) south by east of the Fastnet Rock, while she was travelling from Liverpool to New Orleans. Albion in 1950s' and H.M.S. The Kharg entered the . [7] The former flagship of the Royal Navy, HMSArk Royal was built at Swan Hunter during this period, entering service in 1985. Give blue-eyed men their swivel chairsTo whirl in tall buildings.Allow them many ships at sea,And on land, soldiersAnd policemen.Arna Bontemps (19021973), Bring me my Bow of burning gold:Bring me my Arrows of desire:Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!Bring me my Chariot of fire!I will not cease from Mental Fight,Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,Till we have built JerusalemIn Englands green & pleasant Land.William Blake (17571827), But all is changed, that high horse riderless,Though mounted in that saddle Homer rodeWhere the swan drifts upon a darkening flood.William Butler Yeats (18651939), Miss J. 120 1984 Orelia D / H / P Neptune 8. Sugar soap was used to wash dirty hands. She was rebuilt in 1981 as a cruise liner and later became an accommodation vessel at a penal colony for terrorists and members of the Mafia. These latter two ships were powered by twin 6-cylinder 2SCSA Sulzer oil engines by Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. 94-97 Not allocated As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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) [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 basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. [26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. And ChronicleLive has pieced together a list of things you would only know if you worked at Swan Hunter. In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. . It was a major employer for decades and some of the world's most famous ships were built there. 1934 Took an interest in Airspeed in August 1934. [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. 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields A giant oil tanker was a common sight at the end of Leslie Street in Wallsend. Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). 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. 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. 4in. information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the H.R.H Princess Anne launched two ships,Esso Northumbria and World Unicorn. [10], Then in 1977, Swan Hunter Group was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. 16. Swan Hunter Built Warships Aurogra online no prescription and overnight JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. The follow on orders were Umtali (8135/36) and Umgeni (8180/38) both had accommodation for over 100 passengers on their South African run. 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. 47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 13. 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker Photos 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. 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. "Varicella". A total of 17 tankers were completed by the yard during the war and up to early 1946. 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. 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. New York: Collier Books. Hopemount 3300/05 was completed by the yard and was managed by Stamp, Mann and Co of Newcastle. Something went wrong, please try again later. The 1953. 81 157,000 OBO - Cancelled The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. She was of 10816 grt and 528 feet length and turbine-powered to twin propellers. Swan Hunter started to offer specialist equipment, design, engineering & project management services to the offshore renewables and subsea oil & gas energy markets. 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. 32 1970 Nigaristan D / H / P South Shields Policy. 1934 See Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, 1936 Subsidiary Tyne Plywood Works formed to manufacture gaboon plywood. 498 feet in length with room for 200 first class, 46 alternate first and second, 100 second class, 80 third class and 1642 emigrants. 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn 128 1989 Sir Eric Sharp D / H / P Wallsend ISBN -905617-67-3. 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. 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. Her twin Doxford-type oil engines constructed by the yard gave her a speed of 18 knots. 66 1976 Kyra Lynn D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker 4 1970 Esso Hibernia D / H / P Wallsend Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. 131 Allocated to refit work [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. 17 1970 Aska D / H / P South Shields 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker 3. 22 1971 Merkara D / H / P Neptune The largest were Thiare and Torinia, built for Shell at 15260 dwt. 2 1970 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Walker 72 1976 Makhachkala D / H / P Neptune 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock 1937 The Admiralty placed an order for a 30,000 ton destroyer. [24], Also in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. If you clocked in late at 7.31am the time was printed in red ink. Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. text of this web site is available under the Creative 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------, Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983), Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994), KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs. 11. 12 1970 Faraday D / H / P Hebburn 89 1978 Desdemona D / H / P Hebburn The centre island was extended to include a no. 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