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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.
The brothers founded the Clyde Bank Foundry in Anderston in 1847. They opened the Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard at Cessnock, Govan, in 1851 and launched their first ship, Jackal, in 1852. They quickly established a reputation in building prestigious passenger ships, building Jura for Cunard in 1854 and the record breaking Russia in 1867.
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Map of the Glasgow docks in 1909 showing D & W Henderson & Co. David & William Henderson and Company was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding company, based on Clydeside. It was founded in 1872 and traded until 1936. Its shipyard was on the north bank of the River Clyde at its confluence with the River Kelvin. Scotway House in 2013
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Three Harland & Wolff shipyards on the Clyde in the 1930s: The former A & J Inglis (east) shipyards at the top right with the tripod crane, the former D & W Henderson's (on the west bank of the Kelvin) and opposite the company's yard in Govan (on the site of the Govan Old, Govan New and Middleton yards) is at the bottom, left. [3]
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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 .