20 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 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). 58 1975 Windsor Lion D / H / P Wallsend 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 5 1971 Texaco Great Britain D / H / P Wallsend 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). [24], Also in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. 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. At its peak, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 22. 41-43 Container ships - Cancelled On the deck of the vessel and enclosed in a large house is placed the workshop machinery, which consists of punching and shearing machine, lathe, steam hammer, drilling shaping, and screwing machines, smiths fires, straightening blocks, vice bench and anvil, etc., the whole of which is driven by electric motive power, which has been supplied by Messrs J. H. Holmes and Co. List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built List of Shipbuilders & Ships Built : Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg, Denmark : Makati : A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany . Other directors included his son George Ernest Hunter, Charles Sheriton Swan and his son. 19 Not allocated 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. The ship is notable for seeing service in the navies of three other nations after her use by the Royal Navy. 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune 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. 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend "Varicella". Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. 1961. 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. 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. Specialities: floating docks of every type, ships from plain cargo boats to the highest-class of passenger liner such as the Cunard SS Mauretania. 12 1970 Faraday D / H / P Hebburn 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. 17 1970 Aska D / H / P South Shields 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. 1911 to 1913 Two liners completed for Cunard plus three others. The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. [5], In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with Smiths Dock Company to form Associated Shipbuilders, which later became Swan Hunter Group. 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. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. 87 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled [1]. All were steamers, mostly cargo carriers, and a few sailing ships. It was powered by two sets of steam turbines by Wallsend Slipway Co to give a speed of 22 knots. [6] The firm expanded rapidly in the early part of the twentieth century, acquiring the Glasgow-based Barclay Curle in 1912. 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. Photo by Trevor Ermel. and that's madness, Lear's song. Payday was always Friday and workers queued up to get their wage packets. Once a world leader. 33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker [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. 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. [16] 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. 26. and 26in.. with a stroke of 15in. RM 2CGP4J8 - Tanker Tyne Pride, Leslie Street, Wallsend, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, 1975 92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. 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Usually, in the company of the whale factory ships Sir James Clark Ross and C.A. The Times (Times Newspapers). The Wallsend Shipyard was the first in the world to construct tankers of over 250,000 tons on a slipway. RMS Mauritania was an ocean liner, built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter and designed by Leonard Peskett. 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. It was only the yards ability to build every type of ship that kept it going. 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. Oil cans with a piece of wood on top were used as seats on tea and lunch breaks. 53 1974 Clydebank D / H / P Hebburn More: 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) 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend 13 Not allocated 79 1978 Lagoven Quiriquire D / H / P Hebburn Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 1912 A new four berth yard was opened under the Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson name at Southwick on the Wear (see below) to take up excess orders for tramps, colliers and Great Lakes steamers. 1939. 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. 1946. 6. 70 1975 Groznyy D / H / P Neptune 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. [4]. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. 8 1970 Blue Rover D / H / P Hebburn 29. 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. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983) Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) More: History People Photos KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. 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. 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. 1932 The depression years saw the yards completing existing orders for Norwegian tanker owners as well as three destroyers Codrington, Brilliant and Bulldog and three sloops Folkestone, Scarborough and Hindustan for the Admiralty. 130 Allocated to refit work Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 126 1990 Chatham D / H / P Neptune Built at Swan Hunter in the United Kingdom and launched in 1977, she was delivered to Iran in 1984. The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. 1960. Vindex survived the war and was reconditioned by the yard between August 1948 and June 1949 when she was renamed Port Vindex. This was the tenth ship completed for SGTM and reached speeds of 19 knots in early 1951. Swan Hunter: Wallsend: 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn 1956 Norwegian America Line took delivery of their new Transatlantic liner Bergensfjord in May 1956, having been launched by Princess Astrid of Norway in July 1955. [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. There were four aircraft carriers built at Wallsend, H.M.S. The follow on orders were Umtali (8135/36) and Umgeni (8180/38) both had accommodation for over 100 passengers on their South African run. . 1085 1974 Copenhagen D / H / P Neptune 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. John Robert Harbottle with pals at Swan Hunter shipyard, Lib - The rush home as workers finish their shift at Swan Hunter Shipyard in Wallsend 29 November 1977, The Queen Mother meets well-wishers at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, June 2, 1981, Esso Northumbria under construction at Swan Hunter, Wallsend, as seen from Leslie Street. In 2006 Swan Hunter ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services. we . 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? 129 1993 Fort George D / H / P Wallsend During this period, merchant construction totalled 290,599 grt including a number of different ships, vessels and floating docks. 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. 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. 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. 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). As always you can unsubscribe at any time. "Vistafjord". In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. The dock had been built earlier for John Shearer and Sons. 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. 60 1974 Black Rover D / H / P Neptune 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. 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. Maxtone-Graham, John (1972), Page 25, The Only Way to Cross. 1954 The light aircraft carrier Albion was completed, having lain incomplete since being launched at the yard in 1947. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock As result of this, the second ship RFALyme Bay was transferred to BAE Systems Govan in Glasgow for completion. Work on the Mauretania began as early as 1901, when Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson submitted plans for two ships. 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. The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. ISBN -905617-67-3. Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 12:29. 55 1975 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 24 1971 Mulbera D / H / P Neptune 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. 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. Built in 1965 as a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry, she spent much of her later life as one of the permanently moored Tuxedo floating nightclubs before being laid up, latterly on the River Tees in Middlesbrough. 120 1984 Orelia D / H / P Neptune .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). Hunt class 19 knots in early 1951, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls,! 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