This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. 13. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. Alas for the Hunter Race! 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 . 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune [6]. 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. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. Southampton Castle was launched by Princess Alexandria and reached speeds of 23 knots and this one vessel replaced two passenger liners on the weekly South African schedule. She was scrapped in 1962. 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. 41-43 Container ships - Cancelled 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. 135 1994 Westminster D / H / P Wallsend Both operated on the two-stroke cycle and used blast fuel injection. Photos Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961) " I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep ". 49 1973 Corabank D / H / P South Shields [7]. 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 113 Not allocated 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). [7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. 60 tankers were completed out of 180 ships built by the Company over this period. Maxtone-Graham, John (1972), Page 25, The Only Way to Cross. The last ship built at Wallsend was the Shields ferry "Pride of the Tyne". 1903 Took a majority holding in Wallsend Slipway Co, which built the engines for some of its greatest ships. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. Illustrious & Ark Royal. we . The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. She was later converted into a commando carrier. 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. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) 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. 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 . "El Lobo". 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. [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. 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. 33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker 120 1984 Orelia D / H / P Neptune [26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. Ships built by Swan Hunter All items (83) # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other A SS Abukir CSS Acadia Greek destroyer Adrias Greek destroyer Adrias (L67) HMS Albion (R07) America Maru HMS Anson (79) HMS Ark Royal (R07) SS Atlantic Causeway SS Atlantic Conveyor B HMS Barfleur (D80) RFA Black Rover (A273) One social media user slammed their neighbour's decision to leave traffic cones out, in a bid to continually reserve a parking spot on their street. [15], 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. 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. 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker 33 extinct Geordie sayings which are so funny they should be brought back, 22 things that have gone - or are going - from our High Streets, North East news LIVE: A1 now clear following crash near Seaton Burn, Chronicle Live's breaking news service including today's traffic, travel, weather, sport and more covering Newcastle and the North East, Heartbroken family pay tribute to young Sunderland dad after he takes his own life, aged 19, Travis Brash was sadly found dead at his home in Sunderland on January 6 this year, Stacey Dooley and Strictly star Kevin Clifton announce birth of baby daughter, The new parents posted sweet messages on social media on Tuesday, telling fans they had welcomed their daughter Minnie into the world, This Morning's Craig Doyle gets sympathy from fans over 'unfair' treatment amid job switch calls, This Morning viewers were left sympathizing with presenter Craig Doyle when he appeared on Monday's show, Gateshead dealer arrested after Newcastle student deaths had a 'veritable candy store of drugs', James Newark, of Gateshead, was caught with high purity and high value drugs at his home and has now been jailed, Martin Lewis explains 'snowball' tip as faster way to clear your debts. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from 1953. 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 117 1983 Thorseggen D / H / P Wallsend 100 Not allocated [16] 15 1971 Dart Atlantic D / H / P Walker And ChronicleLive has pieced together a list of things you would only know if you worked at Swan Hunter. 99 1976 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 1946 Tanker production resumed, which was a major feature of the yards output until they amalgamated with the other yards on the river in 1968. Duce, Richard (1993-05-12). [5], 1914 Shipbuilders and repairers, engine manufacturers and floating docks. people who designed and built them. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. At the time, the company had 40 employees and contractors. 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. 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. Their premises were adjacent to one another on the deep bend of the Tyne on its north bank, about three miles east of Newcastle, together an area of 78 acres, with a river frontage of some 4,000ft, the shipyard and engine and boiler shops of the Neptune works being nearest to Newcastle, the dry docks department at Wallend east and north of them, and the Wallsend Shipyard at the end of the bend nearest to the sea. 127 1991 Marlborough D / H / P Wallsend Handles were welded on, then fill with lard, potatoes were cut and fried off on a hot ring. The workshop is very easily handled, and steered remarkably well in the river. The company was registered on 15 June. The liner was launched as Sobieski of 11030 grt as a twin-screw motorship and was completed during 1939 with room for 44 first-class, 250 third-class and 850 emigrants. 28. manufacturing in Britain. 4in. 1927 See Aberconway and Aberconway for information on the company and its history. She was the largest Neptune ship when launched in September 1960 for Cia Nacional of Lisbon. The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. The Wallsend Shipyard was the first in the world to construct tankers of over 250,000 tons on a slipway. The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. 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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. 23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune [5], In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with Smiths Dock Company to form Associated Shipbuilders, which later became Swan Hunter Group. A total of 17 tankers were completed by the yard during the war and up to early 1946. The shipyards for which the operating company Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd was made responsible to the Corporation were Wallsend Shipyard, Neptune Shipyard, Walker Shipyard, Hebburn Shipyard and Hebburn Shipbuilding Dock. These were single screw turbine steamers with room for 201 first class and 40 second class passengers on the London to Gothenburg service. 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker Albion in 1950s' and H.M.S. 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. The launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in . Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long. text of this web site is available under the Creative 64 1977 Everett F Wells D / H / P Wallsend 16 1969 Amra D / H / P South Shields 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. Also Marina and Manistee both 3,868 grt, as well as the Yacht Albion (1116/04) for Sir George Newnes. Both engine-building works went onto produce many sets of diesel and oil engines. 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. 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. 27. The ship is notable for seeing service in the navies of three other nations after her use by the Royal Navy. Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. [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. SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. Policy. Scindia Line of India, Black Star Line of Ghana, Nigeria National Line, Indo China Steam Navigation Co. and Union Castle Mail Co also took delivery of cargo-liners. 74-75 LNG Tanker - Cancelled 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd", Fears for Tyneside tradition as Swan Hunter ship is towed to Govan for completion, Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2004-05: Sixth Report of session 2005-06, Ten years ago Port Clarence was an empty shell - now it's a hive of activity, "Pioneering Spirit Heavy Lift Construction Vessel, Switzerland", People blame the MoD for Swan Hunter's decline, not me, "Swan Hunter owner Jaap Kroese has died in his native Holland, aged 76", "Swan Hunter to return to Tyneside under the son of former owner", "Swan Hunter issue Letter of Intent to Motive Offshore Group for Basket Carousel Loading Tower", "Swan Hunter Grows Installation Equipment Pool with 15Te Tensioner and 450Te Reel Drive System", "Swan Hunter announce the completion of new 450Te Reel Drive System", "Swan Hunter Mobilisation of Flexlay Spread onto Lewek Constellation", Iconic images of tankers being built at Swan Hunter 1970s, Oral histories from ex-Swan Hunter shipyard workers and images of the site, collected by Tyne & Wear Museums & Archives Service, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swan_Hunter&oldid=1119136642, Manufacturing companies established in 1880, Former defence companies of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 22:40. 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. Employees 6,000 to 7,000. Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. 2 1970 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Walker 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. 80 1978 Trinculo D / H / P Hebburn Dock Including two banana boats completed for Elders & Fyffes. 1937 The Admiralty placed an order for a 30,000 ton destroyer. 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. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Motor liner Dominion Monarch. [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. 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. 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. The unusual prefix "QSMV" stood for quadruple-screw motor vessel. All three were on the north side of River Tyne. 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. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. These two ships were super cargo-liners and had much of their cargo spaces refrigerated and they could carry 11,034 tons of cargo. Sugar soap was used to wash dirty hands. 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'. 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. 69 1975 Maykop D / H / P Hebburn The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. [4]. The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. From the mid 30s the renewed demand for oil reinvigorated the tanker building programme with 20 tankers built between 1935 and 1939. [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. The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. 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. 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. people who designed and built them. 52 1973 Forthbank D / H / P Hebburn Cunard Line took delivery of a cargo-liner for Transatlantic services. 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. Her twin stork engines gave her a speed of 20 knots but could also cruise in Winter and later became a single class liner. manufacturing in Britain. Tanker "Helicina". There were four aircraft carriers built at Wallsend, H.M.S. 19. She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock The dry docks in Govan (also owned by Barclays) were also acquired as was Barclaay's Clydeholm yard. 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. 78 1978 Lagoven Santa Rita D / H / P Hebburn 594 1977 Singularity D / H / P South Shields By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Hopemount 3300/05 was completed by the yard and was managed by Stamp, Mann and Co of Newcastle. 6. There was also a veranda cafe, music room, smoking room and de-luxe suites. 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune 1946. 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. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. There were also descendants of the Swan and Wigham Richardson families on the board at this time (S. C. Swan and George Wigham Richardson) as well as Peter Denham Christie, whose grandfather had been the first manager of the Neptune yard and whose father John Denham Christie had died in October 1950. The All were steamers, mostly cargo carriers, and a few sailing ships. Other directors included his son George Ernest Hunter, Charles Sheriton Swan and his son. 1947. Maintained by Sapere Software. 46 1972 Joseph R Smallwood D / H / P Hebburn 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. 110 1980 Pacific Crane D / H / P Hebburn Dock 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). New York: Collier Books. General Transportes Maritimes (SGTM) as a replacement for their Campana built at the Neptune Yard in 1929. Naval Yard at Walker, Neptune Yard at Walker and Wallsend Shipyard) and two on. 37 1971 Sheaf Field D / H / P South Shields Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. Even a minute late meant you were docked quarter of an hour pay. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company of Canada also had a similar sized ferry built by the yard in the same year: Prince Rupert 3379/09 and then a larger ferry two years later Princess Alice 5099/11. 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 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. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. . 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. 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) A number of tramps were also manufactured which were ideal as grain carriers as they had steel, centre line bulkheads in their six holds, and plenty of portable wooden grain boards and trunks for their 9700 ton cargo. Other SGTM vessels: Sidi del Abbes of 5226 grt (1948 95 first- class, 226 tourist-class, 573 third-class passengers, President de Cazalet (an exact sister ship also built in 1948 for the Cie de Navigation Mixte fleet). A new toilet was installed for the Queen Mother's visit in 1981. The follow on orders were Umtali (8135/36) and Umgeni (8180/38) both had accommodation for over 100 passengers on their South African run. information and 236,926 images on early companies, their products and the 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker History The Times (Times Newspapers). WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. She was of 10816 grt and 528 feet length and turbine-powered to twin propellers. Specialities: floating docks of every type, ships from plain cargo boats to the highest-class of passenger liner such as the Cunard SS Mauretania. 137 1995 Richmond D / H / P Wallsend It was only the yards ability to build every type of ship that kept it going. 13 Not allocated [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. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. Other orders were completed for the Belgian Government, Polish Ocean Lines and the Turkish Government among others. 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. These latter two ships were powered by twin 6-cylinder 2SCSA Sulzer oil engines by Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. 88 1978 Begonia D / H / P Walker 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. In addition the Admiralty building programme of orders for two destroyers and an Australian cruiser also kept the yards busy during 1935 too. James Elroy Flecker (1884-1919) " Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell. 1930 When the Depression started the yard had completed fifty ships. HMS Farndale was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. 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. 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. people who designed and built them. 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. Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Clan Ross 5897 grt), British Tanker Co. Ltd (British Admiral 6842/17 and British Empress 6847/17). long, 76ft. The only battleship built at Wallend was HMS. Her service speed to New York was 17 knots and she also had some refrigerated cargo capacity. 1913 Reina Victoria-Eugenia, a magnificent Spanish liner of 9726 grt was completed for Cia Transatlantica. 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). The tanker building programme with 20 tankers built between 1935 and 1939 clan list of ships built by swan hunter grt! Addition the Admiralty building programme with 20 tankers built between 1935 and.... Turkish Government among others 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / Neptune! 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