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Catgorie:Navire construit par Swan Hunter; Luokka:Swan Hunterin valmistamat alukset; Category:Ships built by Swan Hunter; : ; Kategoria:Statki i okrty zbudowane w stoczni Swan Hunter; ; ; :; Wikimedia kategooria; kategori e Wikimedias; Wikimedia-Kategorie; Kategoriya ning Wikimedia; Wikimedia-luokka; kategori Wikimedia; categorie n cadrul unui proiect Wikimedia; Wikimedia-categorie; categora de Wikimedia; Wikimedia category; ; ; kategoria w projekcie Wikimedia; Vikimedya kategorisi; ; ; Wikimedia-kategorie; kategria projektov Wikimedia; ; ; kawan Wikimdia; ; ; Wikimedia-Kategorie; ; Wikimedia-blkur; kategorio en Vikimedio; ; kategorija na Wikimediji; Wikimedia:Ronnaghys; ; page de catgorie d'un projet Wikimedia; kategori Wikimedia; kategorija na Wikimediji; kategorya ng Wikimedia; ; ; categoria de Wikimedia; ; kategorija w projektach Wikimedije; th loi Wikimedia; Wikimedia-kategori; Wikimedia projekta kategorija; kategoria ti Wikimedia; ; categura 'e nu pruggette Wikimedia; ; categoria de um projeto da Wikimedia; Wikimedia category; ; Wikimedia-kategori; Wikimedia-kategori; kategori Wikimdia; kategori Wikimedia; kategori Wikimedia; ; ; Wikimedia category; ; pajenn rummata eus Wikimedia; ; Wikimedia:; ; Wikimedia ; ; Wikimdia-kategria; Wikimediako kategoria; categora de Wikimedia; categora de Wikimedia; Wikimedia-Kategorie; Wikimedia-Kategorie; Wikimedia-Kategorie; ; Vicimid catagir; ; Wikimedia-kategorie; Wkmediya:Kategor; ; ; categoria Wikimedia; ; ; ; ; ; ; Vikipidiya:Shopni; Wikimedia-categorie; Wikimedia-kategoriija; ; Wikimedia-categorie; Wikimedia-kategori; ; categoria di un progetto Wikimedia; gurhi Vikimedia; kategorie na projektech Wikimedia; Wikimedia category; ; Vikimdia emohenda; ; ; categoria Vicimediorum; ka Wikimedia; catigura di nu pruggettu Wikimedia; categoria de um projeto da Wikimedia; Wikimedia-Kategorie; :; tumbung Wikimedia; ; kategorija Wikimedije; Wikimedia proyektnda trkem; tudalen categori Wikimedia; ; kategori Wikimedia; jamii ya Wikimedia; ; Wikimedia:Kategorija; kategori Wikimedia; Wikimedia-kategory; : ; Wikimedia-Kategorie; categora de Wikimedia; Wikimedia:Klassys; Wikimedia; Wikimedia-Kategorie, StateLibQld 1 145575 Politician (ship).jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Ships_built_at_Swan_Hunter_(Wallsend)&oldid=530632962, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Mum of Cramlington woman falls ill while supporting her daughter through major surgery in Spain, Melanie Hartshorn's mum Molly has been diagnosed with heart failure, Resident fumes at neighbour who 'keeps reserving street parking with cones'. 26. 83 1976 Gandara D / H / P Hebburn 3in., the extreme breadth inside the fenders is 40ft., and the depth moulded is 8ft. Of the 73, two . Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. John Robert Harbottle with pals at Swan Hunter shipyard, Lib - The rush home as workers finish their shift at Swan Hunter Shipyard in Wallsend 29 November 1977, The Queen Mother meets well-wishers at Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, June 2, 1981, Esso Northumbria under construction at Swan Hunter, Wallsend, as seen from Leslie Street. Also Marina and Manistee both 3,868 grt, as well as the Yacht Albion (1116/04) for Sir George Newnes. After many mergers and takeovers, nationalisation and de-nationalisation, the Swan, Hunter name continues as engineering consultants to the ship-building industry.. Perhaps the last cableship built by Swan Hunter was the Sir Eric Sharp, launched in 1988.Named after the chairmain of Cable & Wireless, the ship is still in service today, but under the new name of CS IT Intrepid after its purchase . The launch of HMS York from Swan Hunters, Wallsend, in 1982. 40 1973 Remuera D / H / P Walker At various times Swan Hunter also owned Palmers Hebburn Yard, Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Yard and Readheads at South Shields which were all on the south side of the River Tyne. The company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century, most famously RMS Mauretania which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and RMS Carpathia which rescued survivors from RMS Titanic. Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. British India Line and Clan Line were also good customers, commissioning 11 cargo-liners including, Dwarka (4851/47). This was a large liner of 22576 grt, with room for 2530 passengers (244 first class with deluxe staterooms featuring private baths, showers and oak parquet flooring and tiled luxury bathrooms. 1959/60 The cruiser Lion was completed, having lain incomplete since the War. The workshop is very easily handled, and steered remarkably well in the river. That elastic piece of wood with its feathered dart, so sure to be unstrung by contact with civilization, will serve for the type, the coat-of-arms of the savage. Motor liner Dominion Monarch. 7 1970 Grey Rover D / H / P Hebburn 1929 The twin-funnelled Frenchliner Campana was completed in 1929 for Soc. Leviathan in WWII, H.M.S. Warship construction was intense including the battleship Anson (June 1942) along with four cruisers ordered in 1937: Mauritius (1940), Newfoundland (1941), Gambia (1942) and Superb (1943). 106 1979 Pacific Swan D / H / P Hebburn 27. A giant oil tanker was a common sight at the end of Leslie Street in Wallsend. Give blue-eyed men their swivel chairsTo whirl in tall buildings.Allow them many ships at sea,And on land, soldiersAnd policemen.Arna Bontemps (19021973), Bring me my Bow of burning gold:Bring me my Arrows of desire:Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!Bring me my Chariot of fire!I will not cease from Mental Fight,Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,Till we have built JerusalemIn Englands green & pleasant Land.William Blake (17571827), But all is changed, that high horse riderless,Though mounted in that saddle Homer rodeWhere the swan drifts upon a darkening flood.William Butler Yeats (18651939), Miss J. 19. [20] During this time, Lyme Bay's earlier sister ship, Largs Bay, was noted as the last ship to be built and fully completed by Swan Hunter. [13] The receiver took steps to break up the business. These orders kept the company afloat for much of the 1920s. The Wallsend Shipyard was the first in the world to construct tankers of over 250,000 tons on a slipway. 1961. Ships built by Swan Hunter All items (83) # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other A SS Abukir CSS Acadia Greek destroyer Adrias Greek destroyer Adrias (L67) HMS Albion (R07) America Maru HMS Anson (79) HMS Ark Royal (R07) SS Atlantic Causeway SS Atlantic Conveyor B HMS Barfleur (D80) RFA Black Rover (A273) Drottning Victoria travelled between Sweden and Germany with room for 96 first class and 44 third class passengers as well as being able to carry trains. 28. 1911 Launch of Cunard liner SS Laconia [2]. ISBN -905617-67-3. It was launched in 1906 and was the world's largest ship until 1911 when the RMS Olympic was built - a sistership of the Titanic which was completed in 1912. 122 1984 Pacific Guardian D / H / P Neptune Illustrious & Ark Royal. He led the group through the 1960s and 1970s and died in retirement in 1981 at the age of 71 years. 1949 John W. Elliott elected Chairman of the Company. During this period, merchant construction totalled 290,599 grt including a number of different ships, vessels and floating docks. 16 1969 Amra D / H / P South Shields This category has the following 145 subcategories, out of 145 total. The last liner built in the UK was built at the Neptune yard, the Norway - America cruise liner Vistafjord in 1973. This latter acquisition gave the company an unbroken river frontage of some 4,000 feet, and works covering nearly 80 acres, 1904 Output of two yards combined. Larsen. 134 Allocated to refit work They were also tramp owners at this time. The yard was now the world leader in floating gravity docks, it had a 33,000 ton lift for use at Portsmouth Dockyard. More: Kharg entered the Suez Canal on 22 February 2011, with the frigate Alvand, on a deployment reported to be a training mission to Latakia, Syria. [19], In November 2006, after the failure to complete Lyme Bay within budget and resulting exclusion from future Royal Navy shipbuilding projects, Jaap Kroese announced that the business was effectively finished and placed the Wallsend Yard's iconic cranes up for sale. manufacturing in Britain. 3 hold was the cross-bunker hold between bridge and engineer accommodation. 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The public rooms featured tapestries, paintings, mosaics and glass-panelled walls. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. She could reach a speed of up to 20 knots powered by geared turbines manufactured by Wallsend Slipway Co. Other liners completed by the yard in the early 1920s included two for Cunard, and three others for French companies. The ship featured an all-welded aluminium superstructure for lightness and was one of the first liners to make use of this metal. She was powered by four Doxford oil engines linked to four propellers and at times made 20 knots during her maiden voyage which took 24 days to complete. 108 1980 Kopalnia Gottwald D / H / P Hebburn Dock 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker [24], Also in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the [6]. [1]. Southampton a Type 42 destroyer was brought to the Tyne on a heavy lift ship, after it collided in the Persian Gulf , and re-built at Hebburn yard. She was completed with four six inch guns as main armament. 14 1970 Dart America D / H / P Walker Yd No Year Ship Name D / H / P Yard William Milburn also had five ships built by the Company (he had been a key customer in the 1880s) marking a shift to motor ships. Maxtone-Graham, John (1972), Page 25, The Only Way to Cross. [1][23], In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. The follow on orders were Umtali (8135/36) and Umgeni (8180/38) both had accommodation for over 100 passengers on their South African run. 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