She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. HMS Farndale was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. 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. The aircraft carrier was launched nine days later. All three were on the north side of River Tyne. 12 1970 Faraday D / H / P Hebburn At the end of hostilities the combined yards covered 80 acres with a river frontage of 4000 feet and seventeen building berths of up to 1000 feet and three dry-docks. 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? These were: Umtata (8141 grt) for Bullard, King; Explorer (6295 grt) for T&J Harrison; and Port Townsville (8661 grt) for Port Line. In 2002, whilst being broken up, she was boarded by Greenpeace campaigners protesting about conditions in the shipbreaking industry. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend 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. The centre island was extended to include a no. 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. The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from . 85-86 157,000 OBO - Cancelled 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. 3 hold was the cross-bunker hold between bridge and engineer accommodation. The last ship built at Wallsend was the Shields ferry "Pride of the Tyne". 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. In 2000 Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two Royal Navy Auxiliaries, called Landing Ship Docks, for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with two other ships being built by BAE Systems Naval Ships. 1940 de Havilland bought the shares in Airspeed. 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune H.R.H Princess Anne launched two ships,Esso Northumbria and World Unicorn. 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. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. All were steamers, mostly cargo carriers, and a few sailing ships. Ports of call were Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington. [3], In 1903, C.S. 1. 15 1971 Dart Atlantic D / H / P Walker 16. Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. [6]. 1961. 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields 5179 1979 Titan III barge D / H / P Hebburn Dock S.S. Peter G. Campbell. Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. [7]. The Wallsend Shipyard was the first in the world to construct tankers of over 250,000 tons on a slipway. 1337 1978 Starman Anglia D / H / P Neptune 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. These were single screw turbine steamers with room for 201 first class and 40 second class passengers on the London to Gothenburg service. [1]. 24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune 27. 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. Of the 73, two . 73 1977 Gudermes D / H / P Hebburn 138 Allocated to refit work This was a meaningless name which was quickly changed to Swan Hunter Group by November of the same year. long, 76ft. people who designed and built them. [5], 1914 Shipbuilders and repairers, engine manufacturers and floating docks. 51 1973 Moraybank D / H / P South Shields Leda began her twice-weekly run to Stavanger and Bergen from the Tyne in April 1953. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992). QSMV Dominion Monarch was a UK passenger and refrigerated cargo liner. Another notable vessel was Sirdhana (8608/47) which had room for 83 passengers in cabins. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Modern machinery has been laid down for the rapid execution of work, and in addition to the shipyard the premises comprise the yard for constructing floating docks; the engine and boiler works, which have together an annual output capacity of 60,000 ihp; a dry dock, 550ft. [1][23], In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. If you clocked in late at 7.31am the time was printed in red ink. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. 111 1985 York D / H / P Neptune This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 11. Its yards at Wallsend. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. She carried 730 tourist class, 125 first-class passengers. SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. 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 . 57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. It could carry 119 first-class and 384 tourist-class passengers. It was only the yards ability to build every type of ship that kept it going. The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. 26. [13] The receiver took steps to break up the business. 32 1970 Nigaristan D / H / P South Shields 1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. 53 1974 Clydebank 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). 112 1983 B P Achiever D / H / P Hebburn Dock 107 1980 Dunedin D / H / P Walker HMS Mendip (L60) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. 80 1978 Trinculo D / H / P Hebburn Dock Vindex survived the war and was reconditioned by the yard between August 1948 and June 1949 when she was renamed Port Vindex. 8. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the manufacturing in Britain. [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. Swan Hunter was also instrumental in establishing the North British Diesel Engine Works at Whiteinch on the Clyde and effectively competed with itself for diesel engine orders during the difficult period of the 1920s. 1961 The Portuguese liner Principe Perfeito of 19,393 grt was delivered by the Neptune Yard in 1961. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983) Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961) " I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep ". Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. 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. The workshop is lighted throughout by electricity and with accommodation for both workmen and crew. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune 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. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill People Policy. This page was last edited on 28 August 2021, at 15:35. 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? 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend It was bought by the National Shipbuilders Security and was due to be dismantled. 1091 1979 Cardiff D / H / P Hebburn 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. The ship was well-loved by passengers and won both Eastbound and Westbound . This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) 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. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the manufacturing in Britain. Photos These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. 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. A giant oil tanker was a common sight at the end of Leslie Street in Wallsend. Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. 76-77 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled Provence had room for 139 first class, 113 tourist class and 1052 third class passengers. 37 1971 Sheaf Field D / H / P South Shields It was a major employer for decades and some of the worlds most famous ships were built there. 139 Not allocated 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. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. During this period, merchant construction totalled 290,599 grt including a number of different ships, vessels and floating docks. Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. 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. 1931 The last ship to be built at the yard was Flathouse in 1931. 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. RM 2CGP4J8 - Tanker Tyne Pride, Leslie Street, Wallsend, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, 1975 He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . Oil cans with a piece of wood on top were used as seats on tea and lunch breaks. Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. Ships Built By Swan Hunter This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it . 140 1993 Pride of the Tyne D / H / P Wallsend 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. In 2006 Swan Hunter ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services. 127 1991 Marlborough D / H / P Wallsend This crane has been made by Messrs Joseph Booth and Brothers, of Rodley. 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. Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. 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. [21], Swan's performed the conceptual design of Pioneering Spirit, provisionally named Pieter Schelte, the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. 1961 Parent of group of five subsidiaries engaged as shipbuilders, marine engineers, ship repairers and builders of passenger liners, cargo ships, oil tankers, ore carriers and cable ships, warships and floating docks. 11 1970 Emiliano Zapata D / H / P Hebburn [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. She was captured in battle on 31 October 1956 by the Israeli Navy and re-commissioned as INS Haifa (K-38). That company was an early manufacturer of Parsons turbine engines, which enabled the Mauretania to achieve its great speed. 125 1987 Sir Galahad D / H / P Wallsend A buzzer signified the start of the working day at 7.30am, lunch at 12 noon and then when the day finished. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 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. 1941 In June King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Neptune yard and other Tyneside yards in an attempt to boost morale. 1920s Major customers were Ellerman Lines and British India Line owned by P&O: 13 liners were manufactured including: 1922 - City of Paris (10839/22) 349 passengers; City of Canterbury (8431/23 178 passengers; Commonwealth and Dominion Line (later to become Port Line in 1936) also ordered five cargo liners. 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