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As shipbuilding centres in the north east of England expanded, those in East Anglia declined. Ship sizes increased in the 19th century due to the change from wood to iron and then steel. Yards in the north east and in Scotland became dominant. British yards produced the majority of the world's shipping at the end of the century, mostly tramp ...
The Gosport Shipyard was founded on November 1, 1767, by Andrew Sprowle on the western shore of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk County in the Virginia colony. [2] This shipyard became a prosperous naval and merchant facility for the British Crown.
Although Julius Caesar made brief exploratory sea-borne expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC, these were nearly a disaster because many of the boats were wrecked. The invasion fleet under the emperor Claudius in AD 43 was a large one, with 40000 men, and landed at Richborough, Kent.
Sheerness Dockyard (1665) Originally built for storing and refitting; for much of its history served as a support yard for Chatham. Shipbuilding began in 1720 (mostly smaller ships). Entire dockyard rebuilt to a single design by John Rennie Jnr in 1815–26. Closed 1960 (site taken over as a commercial port).
Komsomolsk-on-Amur: Amur Shipbuilding Plant (1932–) Nizhny Novgorod: Krasnoye Sormovo (1849–) Polyarny: Russian Shipyard Number 10 (1935–) Rybinsk: Vympel Shipyard (1930–) Saint Petersburg. Admiralty Shipyard (1704-) Almaz (1901–) Baltic Shipyard (1864–) Kronstadt Marine Plant (1858–) Petrozavod (1721-2001) Severnaya Verf ...
Ship repairing continued but they did not resume shipbuilding until 1935. During the Second World War, they built 85 small ships including minesweepers, 24 motor fishing vessels, a torpedo recovery ship, eight standard coasters and six Victualling Inshore Craft, a Royal Navy auxiliary vessel based on "Clyde puffers". They escaped any serious ...
By the end of 1982, British Shipbuilders had closed half of its shipyards in an effort to reduce over-capacity. The terms of the British Shipbuilders Act 1983 (c. 15) then required the company to begin a process of privatising its remaining assets. The various divisions that had remained under integrated nationalised ownership were divested ...
Andrew Sprowle (1710 – 1776) was a Scottish-born merchant, naval agent, landowner, shipyard owner, slaveholder and slave trader in Portsmouth, Virginia.Today Andrew Sprowle is best remembered for establishing the Gosport Ship Yard, now known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard.