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  2. Ferguson Marine - Wikipedia

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    Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited is a shipbuilding company whose yard, located in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, was established in 1903. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyde and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river.

  3. Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Previously it had been known as the Mercantile Marine or Merchant Service, although the term "Merchant Navy" was already informally used from the 19th century. The British Merchant Navy was historically one of the largest ship registries and source of crew in the world, with 33% of global tonnage registered in 1939.

  4. Royal Scots Navy - Wikipedia

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    Scottish naval efforts would again rely on privateering captains and hired merchantmen during the minority of James V. [18] In the Habsburg-Valois war of 1521–26, in which England and Scotland became involved on respective sides, the Scots had six men-of-war active attacking English and Imperial shipping and they blockaded the Humber in 1523 ...

  5. Upper Clyde Shipbuilders - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Scottish Maritime Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum with a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland. [1] It is located at two sites in the West of Scotland in Irvine and Dumbarton , with a focus on Scotland's shipbuilding heritage.

  7. James Malcolm (Royal Marines officer) - Wikipedia

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    Royal Marine Captain James Malcolm fought at sea under the command of Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet in the Battle of San Domingo. In the course of the fighting, in which Royal Marines played an important role, all of the enemy's ships of the line were either captured or destroyed.