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Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan (1905–1975) Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania; Derecktor Shipyards, Mamaroneck, New York; Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Edward F. Williams, Greenpoint, Brooklyn; Edward Knight Collins and the Collins Line, New York City (1818–1858)
In 1875 she set the record of 35 days for a passage from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. According to McKay, [ 1 ] until 1885 under Captain McLaughlin Glory carried general cargo from New York to San Francisco and wheat from there to Britain, and was nearly wrecked in a storm when arriving in Britain in 1880.
RMS Tayleur was a short-lived, full-rigged iron clipper ship chartered by the White Star Line. She was large, fast and technically advanced. She was large, fast and technically advanced. She ran aground off Lambay Island and sank, on her maiden voyage, in 1854.
Early side-lever engine designed by Napier, from PS Leven (1823), on display at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton. Messrs Robert Napier and Sons was a famous firm of Clyde shipbuilders and marine engineers at Govan, Glasgow founded by Robert Napier in 1826.
Launch of MSC's first ship, SS Sudbury, on 29 September 1917. The Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation launched its first ship, a freighter named Sudbury, at the Chester yard on 29 September 1917, and delivered it to the USSB on May 5, 1918. In spite of the company's best efforts however, only four ships of the 68 ordered by the USSB were ...
A builder's plate is usually a metal plate that is attached to railway locomotives and rolling stock, bogies, construction equipment, trucks, automobiles, large household appliances, bridges, ships and more.
J. Crichton and Company was a ship building company based at Saltney, Flintshire, North Wales. The company was set up by James Crichton in 1913. In 1918, the company acquired another shipyard, at Connah's Quay. The company built stern-wheelers, coasters, barges, ferries, lightships, launches, tugs, and yachts. The Saltney Yard closed in 1935.
In 1902, control of the yard passed to Thomas Dunston following the death of his father, and in 1910 to the 20-year-old grandson of the founder. He set about modernising the business to enable the construction of iron and steel ships, the first of which was completed in 1917. The company built three wooden drifters for the Admiralty in 1918.