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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.
In 1968 the yard passed from Connell family ownership after 107 years and became part of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. [2] The Scotstoun yard continued to be operated by Upper Clyde Shipbuilders until 1971, when the company collapsed, [ 3 ] and from 1972 to 1980 by Scotstoun Marine Ltd , a subsidiary of Govan Shipbuilders .
In 1968 the yard merged into Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, [15] but this consortium collapsed in 1971. [16] The last ship to be built at the yard, the Clyde-class bulk grain carrier Alisa, was completed in 1972. [17] In 1972 UCS's liquidator sold the Clydebank shipyard to Marathon Manufacturing Company.
In 1968, Stephens was incorporated into Upper Clyde Shipbuilders [7] and was closed after the latter organisation collapsed in 1971. [8] The engineering and ship repair elements of Alexander Stephen & Sons were not part of the UCS merger and continued until 1976, with the Company eventually wound up in 1982, when the shareholders were repaid.
In 1966 Lithgows purchased the Inchgreen Drydock from Firth of Clyde Drydock Company. It occupied the site of Lithgows' former Gas works at Inchgreen. In 1967 Lithgows merged with Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company to form Scott Lithgow Ltd although Lithgows traded separately as Lithgows (1969) Ltd. [1]
In December 1999, after Kvaerner announced a withdrawal from the shipbuilding industry, the Govan yard was purchased by Clydeport and then taken on a long-term 20-year lease by BAE Systems Marine, which also owned the former Yarrow Shipbuilders yard in Scotstoun on the Clyde. It is now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships.
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In 1971, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders went into receivership and the Conservative government led by Edward Heath refused to give them a £6,000,000 loan. Rather than go on strike, which was the traditional form of industrial action, the union leadership of the yards decided to have a work-in and complete the orders that the shipyards had in place.