92-93 112,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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. text of this web site is available under the Creative Ships Built By Swan Hunter This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it . 12. 2 1970 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Walker Now with no p. They were also tramp owners at this time. The Mixte Company also ordered Djebel Diro (4180/48) 56 first class, 100tourist class, 100 tourist class and 430 third class passengers. 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. 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. The yard covered 80 acres with river frontage of 4,000 feet. 32 1970 Nigaristan D / H / P South Shields 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. 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 ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. 1911 Launch of Cunard liner SS Laconia [2]. On 1 May 2006, British pop-duo Pet Shop Boys performed their soundtrack to the 1925 Soviet silent-film Battleship Potemkin alongside the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the shipyard. 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 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. 89 1978 Desdemona D / H / P Hebburn You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. . 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'. 17 1970 Aska D / H / P South Shields 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. 1918 Cunard liner Aurania 13936/17 with a capacity of 2022 passengers was torpedoed and destroyed on 4th February. 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). 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune 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. 112 1983 B P Achiever D / H / P Hebburn Dock 123 1988 Sheffield D / H / P Neptune The latter Company received Good Hope Castle and Southampton Castle (both 10,538 grt). 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. This also coincided with the abandonment of Treaty limitations on battleship size. 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. The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock [21], Swan's performed the conceptual design of Pioneering Spirit, provisionally named Pieter Schelte, the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. wide at the entrance, and with a depth of water over the sill of 26.5ft; and two floating docks lifting vessels up to a length of 350ft [3]. Whitley, M. J. This crane has been made by Messrs Joseph Booth and Brothers, of Rodley. [13] The receiver took steps to break up the business. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. She could also carry 8600 tons of cargo and was sold for cruising in 1976. Ports of call were Tenerife, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington. The weight of this cable and repeaters was so great that Monarch had to make three loadings on her drums to complete the task. Of the 73, two . Photo by Trevor Ermel. 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. Along with her two sisters Blake and Tiger (completed on the Clyde), these ships were the last Royal Navy Cruisers. 60 tankers were completed out of 180 ships built by the Company over this period. Employees 6,000 to 7,000. Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961) " I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep ". Illustrious & Ark Royal. She was named after the Heythrop Hunt. 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. [1], 1903 The directors at the company formation were:[2]. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 64 1977 Everett F Wells D / H / P Wallsend 52 1973 Forthbank D / H / P Hebburn 2. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the Two other high class passenger ferries were completed for Swedish Lloyd (Britannia and Suecia both of 4631 grt). 1921-23 The yard closed in 1921 until 1923 and then focussed on building Great Lakes Steamers. 10. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. 1960. Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 1903 'A FLOATING WORKSHOP FOR NATAL. 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. [26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. [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 cost of the two Swan Hunter ships was to be 210 million including 62 million for lead yard services, with an inservice date of . By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy In 2002, whilst being broken up, she was boarded by Greenpeace campaigners protesting about conditions in the shipbreaking industry. The trio of vessels made for Bowring ( Regent Lion, Regent Panther and Regent Tiger) could carry 14540 tons of petrol. 8. 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. Policy. 59 1974 Gold Rover D / H / P Neptune 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune and 26in.. with a stroke of 15in. 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. 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. 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. 21. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. A total of 17 tankers were completed by the yard during the war and up to early 1946. These latter two ships were powered by twin 6-cylinder 2SCSA Sulzer oil engines by Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. RMS Mauritania was an ocean liner, built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter and designed by Leonard Peskett. 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend 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. This meant the company had the capability of producing many sets of steam turbines, Bauer-Wach exhaust turbines and triple expansion steam reciprocating engines both on the Clyde and at the Neptune Engine Works on the Tyne. 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. 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. [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]. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 1939. 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. 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend Renamed Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd in 1995, it refocussed on commerical and offshore vessels but it had lost its expertise in naval shipbuilding and in dealing with the UK MoD. 1936 The Admiralty further built up their strength from 1936 with six destroyers completed over the next three years: Hunter, Hyperion, Janus, Khartoum, Somali and Tartar. The following are the principal particulars of this floating factory:The overall length is 129ft. 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). HMS Heythrop (L85) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy She was ordered as part of the 1939 War Emergency programme. 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. [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. 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. 23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. 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. All three were powered by six steam turbines driving twin screws. 88 1978 Begonia D / H / P Walker Further vessels were made for T&J Harrison (for their West-Indies to London route) and Greece and Australia. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) [10], Then in 1977, Swan Hunter Group was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders. 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. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 5179 1979 Titan III barge D / H / P Hebburn Dock The S.S. Peter G. Campbell. 12 1970 Faraday D / H / P Hebburn He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. [7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. 19 Not allocated "Barrow ship order dismays Tyneside". The last ship built at Wallsend was the Shields ferry "Pride of the Tyne". She was later converted into a commando carrier. 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. Albion in 1950s' and H.M.S. The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. 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. 125 1987 Sir Galahad D / H / P Wallsend Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. The Mocambique had been launched in 1st December 1948 and had accommodation for 93 first class, 141 second class and 102 third-class passengers. 122 1984 Pacific Guardian D / H / P Neptune 33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker 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. [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. TSS Dover, (later the Earl Siward, Sol Express and now the Tuxedo Royale), is a British retired ferry. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. people who designed and built them. Both operated on the two-stroke cycle and used blast fuel injection. These were single screw turbine steamers with room for 201 first class and 40 second class passengers on the London to Gothenburg service. 1091 1979 Cardiff D / H / P Hebburn It was bought by the National Shipbuilders Security and was due to be dismantled. 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker 1920 The yard was fully occupied completing B types. 1930 When the Depression started the yard had completed fifty ships. 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. Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. For those who were employed there, best pals grew and memories formed. "Varicella". 119 Not allocated In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. If you clocked in late at 7.31am the time was printed in red ink. RM 2CGP4J8 - Tanker Tyne Pride, Leslie Street, Wallsend, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, 1975 He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. Tanker "Helicina". 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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson:_Ships_Built&oldid=1093483, Creative 1941 In June King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Neptune yard and other Tyneside yards in an attempt to boost morale. 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. [5] Mauretania was launched from Wallsend on 20 September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. 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. 137 1995 Richmond D / H / P Wallsend [17], In 2001, Swan Hunter acquired Kvrner's Port Clarence offshore yard at Teesside[18] but then in 2006 sold it to Wilton Engineering Group. 1912 The Elderslie Dockyard at Scotstoun on the Clyde (owned by Barclays) was taken over in May, with a 500 foot dry dock. ". 117 1983 Thorseggen D / H / P Wallsend Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). 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. Once a world leader. He had a book published with many of his observations of life in the yards. 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 9 1969 Tabaristan D / H / P South Shields 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. Other directors included his son George Ernest Hunter, Charles Sheriton Swan and his son. 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn 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. 1939 A second liner was completed for Polish Ocena Lines as sister for their Chrobry of 1939. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the 1961 The Portuguese liner Principe Perfeito of 19,393 grt was delivered by the Neptune Yard in 1961. Workers earned their nicknames from the jobs they did - Geordie the Beltman, Jackie the Welder, etc. 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? 79 1978 Lagoven Quiriquire D / H / P Hebburn 17. WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. Swan Hunter Built Warships A look at the hundreds of ships built by one of the main builders of the British naval vessels over a hundred years. 25. 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend 120 1984 Orelia D / H / P Neptune The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. 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. WWI The yard's key output was for the War effort. HMS Farndale was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. 136 1994 Northumberland D / H / P Wallsend [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend 1910/11 Hopemount made their greatest trading profit of 8,711. 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 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. 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. 1947. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from 1953. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 134 Allocated to refit work 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) 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. 13 Not allocated The workshop is very easily handled, and steered remarkably well in the river. 1939. [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. [6]. Date Country Builder Location . British India Line and Clan Line were also good customers, commissioning 11 cargo-liners including, Dwarka (4851/47). 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