Photo by Trevor Ermel. people who designed and built them. Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. 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. Anglo-Saxon/Shell (Mytilus 5716/16 and Oliva 5694/16) plus others 1918 The Shipping Controller took control of 18 WAR standard cargo ships consisting of 10 A and B tramps of 8300 dwt one of which was completed as an AO tanker, five Z tankers of 8800 dwt, one N type which was the first of 34 to be completed by British yards as War Climax on 28th September 1918 and one C1 coaster. [7] The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. 60 tankers were completed out of 180 ships built by the Company over this period. 1931 The last ship to be built at the yard was Flathouse in 1931. Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. Two other high class passenger ferries were completed for Swedish Lloyd (Britannia and Suecia both of 4631 grt). 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker 23 1971 Morvada D / H / P Neptune C.S. 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. 137 1995 Richmond D / H / P Wallsend She sailed on her maiden voyage on 30th March 1951 from Marseilles to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires via Barcelona and Lisbon. She was completed with four six inch guns as main armament. This latter acquisition gave the company an unbroken river frontage of some 4,000 feet, and works covering nearly 80 acres, 1904 Output of two yards combined. 7. text of this web site is available under the Creative 1913 Reina Victoria-Eugenia, a magnificent Spanish liner of 9726 grt was completed for Cia Transatlantica. A powerful cantilever crane having span of 40 feet and capable of lifting 15 tons is placed the forward end of the vessel. 34 1972 Lincolnshire D / H / P Hebburn Hague, Arnold (1993). A new toilet was installed for the Queen Mother's visit in 1981. Motor liner Dominion Monarch. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. These were: Umtata (8141 grt) for Bullard, King; Explorer (6295 grt) for T&J Harrison; and Port Townsville (8661 grt) for Port Line. 32 1970 Nigaristan D / H / P South Shields 4 hatch and no.5 hatch was in the aft well deck. [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. 1920 The yard was fully occupied completing B types. "El Lobo". If you clocked in late at 7.31am the time was printed in red ink. 40 1973 Remuera D / H / P Walker These were single screw turbine steamers with room for 201 first class and 40 second class passengers on the London to Gothenburg service. [7] The former flagship of the Royal Navy, HMSArk Royal was built at Swan Hunter during this period, entering service in 1985. 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. 59 1974 Gold Rover D / H / P Neptune The workshop is very easily handled, and steered remarkably well in the river. The launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. 17 1970 Aska D / H / P South Shields Other orders were completed for the Belgian Government, Polish Ocean Lines and the Turkish Government among others. 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. 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. 1960. [5], In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with Smiths Dock Company to form Associated Shipbuilders, which later became Swan Hunter Group. 10 1969 Vortigern D / H / P Neptune Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 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. 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. 5 1971 Texaco Great Britain D / H / P Wallsend It was like the Grand National when the dinner time buzzer went off as everyone raced to the canteen. 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. 4in. 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). 15. Sign up for free to get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Work on the Mauretania began as early as 1901, when Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson submitted plans for two ships. 1928 The car-carrier Seatrain (7624/28) was completed for Overseas Railway Inc of the U.S.A. and was a fore runner of the huge slab-sided car carriers of the present day. [3], In 1903, C.S. 8 1970 Blue Rover D / H / P Hebburn Her service speed to New York was 17 knots and she also had some refrigerated cargo capacity. These latter two ships were powered by twin 6-cylinder 2SCSA Sulzer oil engines by Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. 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. She was a 5,000 dwt and a conventional three-island tramp with five holds of which No. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from . Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983) The Mocambique had been launched in 1st December 1948 and had accommodation for 93 first class, 141 second class and 102 third-class passengers. Her twin stork engines gave her a speed of 20 knots but could also cruise in Winter and later became a single class liner. 56 1974 Alnwick Castle D / H / P Walker long, 76ft. 101 1980 Exeter D / H / P Neptune Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Contents 1 Ships Built 1903-1919 List of British tonnage ships built by Swan Hunter This is a list of British ships built by Swan Hunter in the last twenty years of the 19th century and the first three decades of the 20th. 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. 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. 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. Swan Hunter obtained a licence from the Swedish engine designer AB Diesel Motorer of Stockholm that became the basis for two different designs of Neptune engines introduced during the early 1920s, the so-called "A" and "B." 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. 1920 the yard was fully occupied completing B types. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard 1947. In 1945 the ship caught fire in the harbour of Ketchikan, Alaska. She was scrapped in 1962. 4. 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. Its yards at Wallsend. 18. In 2002, whilst being broken up, she was boarded by Greenpeace campaigners protesting about conditions in the shipbreaking industry. Families worked at the shipyard - fathers, sons, cousins, and friends became brothers. 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. . 37 1971 Sheaf Field D / H / P South Shields 1950 In August, Provence of 15889 grt was launched at the Neptune Yard for Soc. More: The ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. Steamship Leda. 28. 130 Allocated to refit work 33 1972 Rangatira D / H / P Walker The 1091 1979 Cardiff D / H / P Hebburn Wives back home listened out for the finishing buzzer so they could get the tea on for the blokes coming home. 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. 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. Whitley, M. J. 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. Photos 122 1984 Pacific Guardian D / H / P Neptune 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? 14. Leda began her twice-weekly run to Stavanger and Bergen from the Tyne in April 1953. This was a meaningless name which was quickly changed to Swan Hunter Group by November of the same year. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992). 119 Not allocated 29. She saw service in the Second World War and later as an Egyptian Navy ship in the Suez Crisis. 124 1988 Coventry D / H / P Wallsend The Times (Times Newspapers). and 26in.. with a stroke of 15in. 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Kendal, England: World Ship Society. 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. 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. [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. Swan Hunter amalgamated with Wigham Richardson in 1903 so that they could tender for the Mauretania. 9. manufacturing in Britain. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. 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. Handles were welded on, then fill with lard, potatoes were cut and fried off on a hot ring. 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. 1934 See Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, 1936 Subsidiary Tyne Plywood Works formed to manufacture gaboon plywood. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 498 feet in length with room for 200 first class, 46 alternate first and second, 100 second class, 80 third class and 1642 emigrants. She has been the only British Warship so far to bear this name. 36 1972 Chemical Explorer D / H / P Hebburn 21 1970 Manora D / H / P Neptune Other directors included his son George Ernest Hunter, Charles Sheriton Swan and his son. 44 1972 Zaida D / H / P South Shields Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. 35 1971 Stolt Lion D / H / P Hebburn The follow on orders were Umtali (8135/36) and Umgeni (8180/38) both had accommodation for over 100 passengers on their South African run. 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. Swan Hunter started to offer specialist equipment, design, engineering & project management services to the offshore renewables and subsea oil & gas energy markets. 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. RM 2CGP4J8 - Tanker Tyne Pride, Leslie Street, Wallsend, Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, 1975 In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. William Milburn also had five ships built by the Company (he had been a key customer in the 1880s) marking a shift to motor ships. Swan & Hunter merged with Wigham Richardson (founded by John Wigham Richardson as Neptune Works in 1860), specifically to bid for the important contract to build RMSMauretania on behalf of Cunard. 28 1974 World Unicorn D / H / P Wallsend 85-86 157,000 OBO - Cancelled Construct warships and many kinds of vessels for special purposes, laying submarine cables, carrying oil in bulk, fruit, frozen meat, cattle, railway trains etc. The Chinese train ferry Changkiang (2362/32), the Norwegian fruiter Crawford Ellis (2161/30) for H. Staubo. 39 1973 Vistafjord D / H / P Neptune 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. "Bamburgh Castle". 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. Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. 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. Both engine-building works went onto produce many sets of diesel and oil engines. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from 1953. 1960. [21], Swan's performed the conceptual design of Pioneering Spirit, provisionally named Pieter Schelte, the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. 23. The last liner built in the UK was built at the Neptune yard, the Norway - America cruise liner Vistafjord in 1973. Ships Built By Swan Hunter This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it . Maintained by Sapere Software. 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. The last ship built at Wallsend was the Shields ferry "Pride of the Tyne". 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. 1939. Illustrious & Ark Royal. Usually, in the company of the whale factory ships Sir James Clark Ross and C.A. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. 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 Mixte Company also ordered Djebel Diro (4180/48) 56 first class, 100tourist class, 100 tourist class and 430 third class passengers. It could carry 119 first-class and 384 tourist-class passengers. 1959/60 The cruiser Lion was completed, having lain incomplete since the War. These orders kept the company afloat for much of the 1920s. Vindex survived the war and was reconditioned by the yard between August 1948 and June 1949 when she was renamed Port Vindex. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. 3 1970 Esso Northumbria D / H / P Wallsend 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. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker we . 1940 de Havilland bought the shares in Airspeed. Swan Hunter: Wallsend: [4]. The company was registered on 15 June. 15 1971 Dart Atlantic D / H / P Walker 132 1991 James Clark Ross D / H / P Wallsend Both operated on the two-stroke cycle and used blast fuel injection. 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. 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. 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. 38 1972 Chemical Venturer D / H / P Hebburn Date Country Builder Location . 25. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and "Barrow ship order dismays Tyneside". 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. The launch of the 42,000 ton cargo carrier Hoegh Duke at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend 6 September 1983. He became a Director of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1945. 8. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Port Sydney (9847/43) was completed as the escort carrier Vindex in December 1943 with a flight deck of 495 length and complement of 18 aeroplanes. 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. 90 1975 Strait of Canso D / H / P South Shields She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. 53 1974 Clydebank D / H / P Hebburn [10], Then in 1977, Swan Hunter Group was nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders. There was also a veranda cafe, music room, smoking room and de-luxe suites. 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. 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) . Now with no p. The vessel could also carry 9243 tons of cargo. 25-27 1971 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. 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'. At that time Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. owned and operated three shipyards on the north bank of the Tyne (i.e. Other vessels included 30 destroyers and destroyer escorts including 16 of the Hunt class. It was launched in 1969, Children playing in the shadow of the giant oil tanker Esso Northumbria being built by Swan Hunter at the end of Leslie Street, Wallsend, in April 1969, The giant cranes at Wallsend at work at Swan Hunter yard in December 1978. 79 1978 Lagoven Quiriquire D / H / P Hebburn James Elroy Flecker (1884-1919) " Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell. 68 1977 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill She was later converted into a commando carrier. 1939. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill The workshop is to be lifted to-day and secured for the voyage out, on to the deck the new floating dock, which has been built by Swan, Hunter, and Wigham-Richardson, Ltd., to the order the Natal Government.' In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. 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. 109 1985 Ark Royal D / H / P Wallsend 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 27. New York: Collier Books. 12. 30. 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. 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. people who designed and built them. 1939 A second liner was completed for Polish Ocena Lines as sister for their Chrobry of 1939. 102 1982 Illustrious D / H / P Wallsend 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. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. This equates to one third of output. Also in 1903 the Company took a controlling interest in the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, which was an early licensed manufacturer of Parsons steam turbine engines, which enabled Mauretania to achieve her great speed. 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune Paper notes stuck out from your wage packet so you could count your pounds before your coins. Leviathan in WWII, H.M.S. People Employees 6,000 to 7,000. List of ships built at Swan Hunter (Neptune) Login to Edit: From: 1965: Support Ship: OL class: 1966: Support Ship: Ness class: 1973: Guided-Missile Destroyer: Type 82 . That elastic piece of wood with its feathered dart, so sure to be unstrung by contact with civilization, will serve for the type, the coat-of-arms of the savage. 123 1988 Sheffield D / H / P Neptune There were four aircraft carriers built at Wallsend, H.M.S. 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