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Pages in category "Ships built in Leith" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. ... Mobile view ...
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Leith–Jamaica LR ; repairs 1791 & 1792, & good repair 1795 On 13 June 1797, Lloyd's List ( LL ) reported that Roselle , Liddle, master, had arrived at Jamaica from Leith with an American brig that she had recaptured.
Ships built in Leith (60 P) Pages in category "History of Leith" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Mobile view ...
She was built in Leith at the Victoria Shipyard by the Ramage & Ferguson & Company and was launched on 21 March 1887. [1] The ship was measured at 2,260 gross register tons [ 6 ] and initially was powered by two triple-expansion steam engines capable of producing 173 nhp driving twin screws [ 1 ]
Unable to afford the installation of a dry dock in his Leith shipyards, Morton "resorted to the process of hauling up [ships] on greased ways". [2] As this method was both dangerous and time-consuming, in 1818 he invented and installed the first patent slip ; a slipway with cradle to haul ships out of the water.
In 1998, the company won contracts worth $454.7 million for the construction of two ships by the U.S. Navy (a landing platform dock ship and the Navy's newest amphibious assault ship). [ 6 ] In mid-2010, Northrop Grumman announced its intention to close the Avondale yard by 2013 and consolidate its Gulf Coast shipbuilding operations at its ...
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