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Ships built by Harland and Wolff (1 C, 340 P) Pages in category "Ships built on the River Clyde" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,445 total.
Balclutha was built in 1886 by Charles Connell and Company of Scotstoun in Glasgow, Scotland, for Robert McMillan, of Dumbarton, Scotland. Her name derives from the Gaelic Baile Chluaidh ("City on the Clyde", a poetic name for Dumbarton). Designed as a general trader, Balclutha rounded Cape Horn 17 times in thirteen years.
BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships (2008–present) [34] Isle of Wight. East Cowes. J Samuel White (1700s–1963) Wight Shipyard; Kent. Northfleet Shipyard (1788–1816) London. Chiswick: Thornycroft (1866–1908) Leamouth: Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company (1837–1912) Rotherhithe: The Pageants (1700s) [38] London and Glasgow ...
Pages in category "Ships built in Texas" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L. USS LCI(L)-326; S.
Lane Victory (Victory ship) California 14 December 1990: 66: Lettie G. Howard: New York 11 April 1989: South Street Seaport Museum: 67: USS Lexington: Texas 31 July 2003: 68: Lewis R. French: Maine 4 December 1991: 69: Lightship No. 87, "Ambrose" New York 11 April 1989: at South Street Seaport museum 70: Lightship No. 103, "Huron" Michigan 20 ...
From 1918 the Company became well known for high quality passenger and cargo ships. The yard closed from 1930 to 1937 due to the Great Depression , before rearmament efforts stimulated demand. In 1968 the yard passed from Connell family ownership after 107 years and became part of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders . [ 2 ]
But when the conflict known as "the war to end all wars" concluded in 1918, many of those newly built wooden ships had no use and were simply abandoned in places like the Neches River, the museum ...
PS Waverley was a Clyde-built paddle steamer that carried passengers on the Clyde between 1885 and 1887, then on the Bristol Channel from 1887 until 1916, when she was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve as a minesweeper during World War I.