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The west yard was used to build smaller ships such as destroyers. Associated with the shipyard was the engine works where the company built turbines and boilers both for its own ships and for other companies. Apart from a brief period in 1917, the works manager throughout the entire First World War was Thomas Bell. He was knighted in 1918 for ...
At the time of her construction Mohawk was the largest and finest ship ever built for the Clyde Line and was laid down at the William Cramp & Sons' Kensington Yard in Philadelphia (yard number 349) and launched on 28 July 1908, with Mrs. J.S. Raymond, wife of the treasurer and assistant general manager of Clyde Steamship Company, serving as the ...
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 ]
In 1861 Clyde's son, William P. Clyde took ownership till the 1906 sale. Clyde line ended in 1932, in the merger with Clyde-Mallory Line that ran from 1932 to 1949. Clyde Santo Domingo Line was a subsidiary of Clyde Line with service from New York City to West Indies. [5] [4] [10]
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The firm built over 500 ships in a period of just over 100 years. [2] Their Pointhouse Shipyard was at the confluence of the rivers Clyde and Kelvin . They constructed a wide range of ships, including Clyde steamers , paddle steamers and small ocean liners .
Clyde's Steamship Pier at the end of Roosevelt Street in 1893. Clyde Steamship Company was a steamship transportation company connecting New York City to Florida as well as routes to Boston and Providence, Cuba, New Orleans, and various Keys.
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) was a Scottish shipbuilding consortium, created in 1968 as a result of the amalgamation of five major shipbuilders of the River Clyde. It entered liquidation, with much controversy, in 1971. That led to a "work-in" campaign at the company's shipyards, involving shop stewards Jimmy Airlie and Jimmy Reid, among others.