Clelands Shipbuilding Company

Clelands Shipbuilding Company
Private
Industry Shipbuilding
Fate Acquired
Successor Swan Hunter
Founded 1866
Defunct 1984
Headquarters Wallsend, UK
Key people
 K F Craggs (Chairman)[1]

Clelands Shipbuilding Company was a leading British shipbuilding company. The Company was based in Wallsend was nationalised by the British Government.

History

The Company was established by William Cleland in 1866 as Clelands Shipbuilding Company.[2] It was based at Willington Quay[3] in Wallsend and became one of the UK's leading builders of coastal vessels.[2] During the 1930s it got into financial difficulties and for a while was known as Clelands (Successors) Ltd.[2] It was acquired by Swan Hunter in 1967 and was nationalised in 1977 at which time it was subsumed into British Shipbuilders.[2] The yard closed down in 1984.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cumbria Archives
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tyne & Wear Archives: Report on Access to Shipbuilding Archives in the North East of England
  3. ↑ Tyne & Wear Archives: user guide

See also


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