Marine Technology Special Collection, Newcastle University, … · 2019. 2. 7. · Marine Technology Special Collection, Newcastle University, United Kingdom Companies: Introduction

MarineTechnologySpecialCollection,NewcastleUniversity,UnitedKingdom.Companies

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MarineTechnologySpecialCollection,NewcastleUniversity,UnitedKingdomCompanies:IntroductionDefinition:“Acompanyisanassociationorcollectionofindividuals.Companymembersshareacommonpurposeanduniteinordertofocustheirvarioustalentsandorganizetheircollectivelyavailableskillsorresourcestoachievespecific,declaredgoals.Typicallyaninstitutiontoconductbusinesssuchasashipbuildingyard”.BasedonRef:Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company[accessed06-04-2017]Companies:HoldingsTheCollectionholdscompanymaterials(unpublishedcompanyrecords),mostlycorporate,financial,technicaltogetherwithship,yard,plant,equipmentplansandphotos,etc.Including:-

Company OurholdingsBritishShipbuilders.NewcastleuponTyne,NEEngland,UK.ThenationalisedUKshipbuilder.

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HughesBolckow.Blyth,Northumberland,NEEngland.Shipbreaker.


MiddleDocks&Engineering.SouthShields,ontheRiverTyne,CountryDurham,NEEngland,UK.Shiprepairing.


NorthEasternMarine.Wallsend&Sunderland,Tyneside&Wearside,NEEngland,UK.Marineengine-building.


ShipbreakingIndustries,FaslaneFaslane,FirthofClyde,Scotland.Shipbreaking.


SwanHunter.Wallsend,Walker,Hebburn,Tyneside,allontheRiverTyne,nearNewcastleuponTyne,NEEngland,UK.Shipbuilder.


T.W.WardofSheffield.Yorkshire,NorthernEngland,UK.Shipbreaking.


WallsendSlipway&Engineering,Wallsend,ontheRiverTyne,nearNewcastleuponTyne,NEEngland,UK.Shipbuilding.


WilliamAllan,ScotiaEngineWorksSunderland,ontheRiverWear,CountyDurham,NEEngland,UK.Marineengine-building.


Additionallysmallamountsofmaterialsfrommanyothercompanies.


PleasesearchtheCollection’swebsiteforSearchCollectionthenCataloguewhichwilllistsomeofthematerialsfromtheabovecompanies.AlsoSearchCollectionthenShipbreaking,Shipbuilding,Shiprepairing,andMarineEngineering.AlsoSearchCollectionthenCompanyDocuments.Companies:ExamplePages• BritishShipbuildersCorporation,NewcastleuponTyne,England,1977-1989.



Introduction:“ThecorporationwasfoundedasaresultoftheAircraftandShipbuildingIndustriesAct1977,whichnationalised27majorshipbuildingandmarineengineeringcompaniesinGreatBritain.Afurther6shiprepaircompaniesandafurthershipyardwerealsoacquiredbythecorporation,withBritishShipbuildersinitiallycomprising32shipyards,6marineengineworksand6generalengineeringplants.Collectively,BritishShipbuildersaccountedfor97%oftheUK'smerchantshipbuildingcapacity,100%ofitswarship-buildingcapacity,100%ofslowspeeddieselenginemanufacturingandapproximately50%ofship-repaircapacity.Harland&Wolff,theonlyshipbuilderbasedinNorthernIrelandwasdeemedtobeaspecialpoliticalcaseandremainedoutofthecontroloftheBritishShipbuilders'management,despiteitalsobeinginstateownershipfrom1977”.Ref:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Shipbuilders[accessed14-02-2017]

TheCollectionhasvariousmaterialsincludingBSproductdatasheetsofshipdesigns,bothactualandproposed.

• T.W.WardofSheffield

Introduction[underconstruction] TheCollectionholdsvariousmaterialsincludingthesalescatalogueforthebreakingoftheoceanlinersMajesticandtheOlympic.





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