1943 The yard was known as the National Shipbuilding Corporation (Wear) yard and began launching its own ships from December 1943. 1946. Swan Hunter put Wallsend on the map and those who were employed at the yard formed life long friendships. Alas for the Hunter Race! However, the small coaster Peter G. Campbell, launched on 13th April 1933 was significant as she was the first all-welded ship from the yard. General Transportes Maritimes (SGTM) as a replacement for their Campana built at the Neptune Yard in 1929. and that's madness, Lear's song. In 2002, whilst being broken up, she was boarded by Greenpeace campaigners protesting about conditions in the shipbreaking industry. All three were powered by six steam turbines driving twin screws. But in 2006 Swan Hunter stopped building vessels on Tyneside, but continued to provide design engineering services. This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 12:29. 1909 a new design of train and passenger ferry completed for the Swedish Government. 116 1982 Pacific Teal D / H / P Hebburn Dock [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. They had four cylinder Doxford-type opposed piston oil engines constructed at the Neptune Works, except for Hopestar which was experimentally turbine-powered. 121 1985 Atlantic Conveyor D / H / P Wallsend 22. 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune 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. 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], In 2001, Swan Hunter acquired Kvrner's Port Clarence offshore yard at Teesside[18] but then in 2006 sold it to Wilton Engineering Group. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Now with no p. 62 1979 Glasgow D / H / P Neptune Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Contents 1 Ships Built 1903-1919 information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the 5179 1979 Titan III barge D / H / P Hebburn Dock 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. Anson and there was a pub on the High Street named after her. It could carry 119 first-class and 384 tourist-class passengers. He was the person who got your Woodbine cigarettes during the week and was reimbursed with cash when you got paid. 1939. There were eight 250,000 dwt tankers built, the first Esso Northumbria , the last Tyne Pride, 20. TSS Dover, (later the Earl Siward, Sol Express and now the Tuxedo Royale), is a British retired ferry. 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 . Another notable vessel was Sirdhana (8608/47) which had room for 83 passengers in cabins. More: ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------, Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd (1969-1983), Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994), KEY BELOW: D - Dimensions; H - History; P - Photographs. 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker Maintained by Sapere Software. manufacturing in Britain. 30. Swan Hunter amalgamated with Wigham Richardson in 1903 so that they could tender for the Mauretania. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. 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 . 138 Allocated to refit work 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. Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961) " I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep ". 89 1978 Desdemona D / H / P Hebburn Sugar soap was used to wash dirty hands. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend Shipbuilders Ships River Views About Copyright Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. [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. 1960. 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. 56 1974 Alnwick Castle D / H / P Walker 127 1991 Marlborough D / H / P Wallsend 19 Not allocated Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard The Kharg entered the . During this period, merchant construction totalled 290,599 grt including a number of different ships, vessels and floating docks. The trials of the floating workshop which has been constructed by Swan, Hunter, and Wigham-Richardson, Limited, to the order of the Natal Government, took place in the presence of the consulting engineer for the Natal Government. 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. The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. 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. [14] However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. She was under repair for the next year and a half, after which she rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet.During the first few months of the Second World War . All were steamers, mostly cargo carriers, and a few sailing ships. 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. 1927 See Aberconway and Aberconway for information on the company and its history. The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. Aircraft carriers, passenger liners, cargo liners, ferries, ice breakers, destroyers, frigates and submarines and other vessels were constructed by Swans' skilled workforce. This was a meaningless name which was quickly changed to Swan Hunter Group by November of the same year. Duce, Richard (1993-05-12). 115 1981 Mediterranean Shearwater D / H / P Hebburn Dock This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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. 84 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled 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). 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. 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. 17. 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. Shipbuilder: Swan Hunter Ltd (1983 - 1994) 114 1982 Osco Ingram Osprey D / H / P Neptune This web publication contains 151,660 pages of Larsen. In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. Cunard Line took delivery of a cargo-liner for Transatlantic services. 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. 59 1974 Gold Rover D / H / P Neptune Photo by Trevor Ermel. [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. 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. 25. 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The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. There were four aircraft carriers built at Wallsend, H.M.S. people who designed and built them. 60 1974 Black Rover D / H / P Neptune 107 1980 Dunedin D / H / P Walker 104 1979 Crown Prince D / H / P Walker 7. 23. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Two small cargo liners were made for China Merchants S.N. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. "Bamburgh Castle". The last ship built at Walker shipyard was the container ship Dunedin. Both engine-building works went onto produce many sets of diesel and oil engines. The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. Swan Hunter: Wallsend: The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detail design of the hulls by May 2010. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 100 Not allocated Robert Hunter (his younger brother) was appointed manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Department in succession to his elder brother in 1957. Other customers included New Zealand Companies, Federal Steam navigation (Northumberland 12160/15) and Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Armagh 12159/17). She was rebuilt in 1981 as a cruise liner and later became an accommodation vessel at a penal colony for terrorists and members of the Mafia. 64 1977 Everett F Wells D / H / P Wallsend Her name was a reference to the Dominion of New Zealand. H.R.H Princess Anne launched two ships,Esso Northumbria and World Unicorn. 29. 4. This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. 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. Motor liner Dominion Monarch. 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It was a major employer for decades and some of the worlds most famous ships were built there. 63 1976 Opportunity D / H / P Wallsend 1938 Dominion Monarch (27155 grt) a flagship for Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. Ltd was launched on 27th July, it was completed in January 1939 and sailed on her maiden voyage to Wellington on 17th February 1939. 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 . 29 1972 London Lion D / H / P Wallsend 88 1978 Begonia D / H / P Walker The Mocambique had been launched in 1st December 1948 and had accommodation for 93 first class, 141 second class and 102 third-class passengers. The Iranian ship Kharg is a modified Ol-class replenishment oiler of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named after Kharg Island. The only battleship built at Wallend was HMS. It was a major employer for decades and some of the world's most famous ships were built there. 1954 The light aircraft carrier Albion was completed, having lain incomplete since being launched at the yard in 1947. [6]. The aircraft carrier was launched nine days later. 21. The largest were Thiare and Torinia, built for Shell at 15260 dwt. (2000). A powerful cantilever crane having span of 40 feet and capable of lifting 15 tons is placed the forward end of the vessel. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 74-75 LNG Tanker - Cancelled Sign up for free to get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox. long, 76ft. 120 1984 Orelia D / H / P Neptune A total of 17 tankers were completed by the yard during the war and up to early 1946. 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. 1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of Southwick, Sunderland. This equates to one third of output. 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." Built at Swan Hunter in the United Kingdom and launched in 1977, she was delivered to Iran in 1984. 1957 E. John Hunter, grandson of the founder, was appointed Chairman in May 1957. If you clocked in late at 7.31am the time was printed in red ink. Port Chalmers of 8535 grt in December 1933 and six small orders. 48 1972 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. The yard covered 80 acres with river frontage of 4,000 feet. The last liner built in the UK was built at the Neptune yard, the Norway - America cruise liner Vistafjord in 1973. 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. 45 1972 Zira D / H / P South Shields WW1 Twenty five large tankers were also completed by the yard before the outbreak of World War 1. Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926-1946. Usually, in the company of the whale factory ships Sir James Clark Ross and C.A. 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. There was also a veranda cafe, music room, smoking room and de-luxe suites. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 30th March 1951 from Marseilles to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires via Barcelona and Lisbon. 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). Ships Built By Swan Hunter This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it . Other directors included his son George Ernest Hunter, Charles Sheriton Swan and his son. 70 1975 Groznyy D / H / P Neptune The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. The last of these Z tankers was completed as the engines-aft War Krishna in November 1919, the only one of its type. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. 1930 When the Depression started the yard had completed fifty ships. 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. Albion in 1950s' and H.M.S. 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) [4]. TS Leda was operated by Bergen Line between Britain and Norway as a North Sea ferry for over 20 years from 1953. 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. Of different ships, vessels and floating Docks to wash dirty hands could for... 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