The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. He was the person who got your Woodbine cigarettes during the week and was reimbursed with cash when you got paid. He had a book published with many of his observations of life in the yards. SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. 84 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune 1939 A second liner was completed for Polish Ocena Lines as sister for their Chrobry of 1939. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. Once a world leader. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 100 Not allocated 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 . "Bamburgh Castle". The Mixte Company also ordered Djebel Diro (4180/48) 56 first class, 100tourist class, 100 tourist class and 430 third class passengers. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. 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. 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. But in 2006 Swan Hunter stopped building vessels on Tyneside, but continued to provide design engineering services. 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn 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. Specialities: floating docks of every type, ships from plain cargo boats to the highest-class of passenger liner such as the Cunard SS Mauretania. 74-75 LNG Tanker - Cancelled A new toilet was installed for the Queen Mother's visit in 1981. manufacturing in Britain. This was a large liner of 22576 grt, with room for 2530 passengers (244 first class with deluxe staterooms featuring private baths, showers and oak parquet flooring and tiled luxury bathrooms. The launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker Larsen. In 2002, whilst being broken up, she was boarded by Greenpeace campaigners protesting about conditions in the shipbreaking industry. people who designed and built them. 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. Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Contents 1 Ships Built 1903-1919 The centre island was extended to include a no. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. The ship was well-loved by passengers and won both Eastbound and Westbound . Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926-1946. This page was last edited on 23 April 2019, at 09:41. She was fitted with reciprocating engines and exhaust turbines on separate shafts. The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. 46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. HMS Farndale was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. 130 Allocated to refit work 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. Photos 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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. HMS Heythrop (L85) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy She was ordered as part of the 1939 War Emergency programme. 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. 1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of Southwick, Sunderland. Motor liner Dominion Monarch. List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built : Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg, Denmark : Makati : A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany . During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. 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. 133 Allocated to refit work C.S. 128 1989 Sir Eric Sharp D / H / P Wallsend 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. 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill and that's madness, Lear's song. Of the 73, two . From the mid 30s the renewed demand for oil reinvigorated the tanker building programme with 20 tankers built between 1935 and 1939. Port Line also took delivery of four refrigerated cargo-liners for their Australian meat trade and Shaw, Savill & Albion took delivery of three cargo-liners for their New Zealand trade. 1903 C. S. Swan and Hunter merged with Wigham Richardson and Tyne Pontoons and Dry Docks Co specifically to bid for the prestigious contract to build the Mauretania for Cunard. 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. 82 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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. [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. 131 Allocated to refit work 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. 64 1977 Everett F Wells D / H / P Wallsend 57 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 58 1975 Windsor Lion D / H / P Wallsend 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. Oil cans with a piece of wood on top were used as seats on tea and lunch breaks. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. 16. 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. 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). All were steamers, mostly cargo carriers, and a few sailing ships. 76-77 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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. Also Marina and Manistee both 3,868 grt, as well as the Yacht Albion (1116/04) for Sir George Newnes. Hopemount 3300/05 was completed by the yard and was managed by Stamp, Mann and Co of Newcastle. Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. . Other orders were completed for the Belgian Government, Polish Ocean Lines and the Turkish Government among others. Mum of Cramlington woman falls ill while supporting her daughter through major surgery in Spain, Melanie Hartshorn's mum Molly has been diagnosed with heart failure, Resident fumes at neighbour who 'keeps reserving street parking with cones'. 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. [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. 1947. 40 1973 Remuera D / H / P Walker 137 1995 Richmond D / H / P Wallsend Steamship Leda. She was completed with four six inch guns as main armament. Bergen Lines main competitors Swedish Lloyd previously took delivery of Patricia 6644/51 form the Neptune Yard for their Gothenburg to London service. 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn 52 1973 Forthbank D / H / P Hebburn 72 1976 Makhachkala D / H / P Neptune 1937 The Admiralty placed an order for a 30,000 ton destroyer. Photo by Trevor Ermel. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. 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. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. Tanker "Helicina". She was of 10816 grt and 528 feet length and turbine-powered to twin propellers. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock The former pair were in the three-quarters aft position. 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 . The dry docks in Govan (also owned by Barclays) were also acquired as was Barclaay's Clydeholm yard. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. The yard covered 80 acres with river frontage of 4,000 feet. He also said that he was actively looking for a buyer for the land. 7 1970 Grey Rover D / H / P Hebburn 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. Further vessels were made for T&J Harrison (for their West-Indies to London route) and Greece and Australia. 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 Its yards at Wallsend. The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. 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. The latter Company received Good Hope Castle and Southampton Castle (both 10,538 grt). 1911 Launch of Cunard liner SS Laconia [2]. 47 1973 Frank D Moores D / H / P Hebburn WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. This was a meaningless name which was quickly changed to Swan Hunter Group by November of the same year. Even a minute late meant you were docked quarter of an hour pay. 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. She was a member of the first subgroup of the class. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. [5] Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on 20 September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. 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. 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. 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. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long. 1960. 19. 41-43 Container ships - Cancelled 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. 67 1977 Geroi Novorossiyska D / H / P Hebburn Dock 19 Not allocated Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 25. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from 1953. As result of this, the second ship RFALyme Bay was transferred to BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow for completion. 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