McTay Marine

McTay Marine Ltd
Private Company
Industry Shipbuilding
Founded 1974
Founder James McBurney, Jim Taylor
Headquarters Bromborough, Merseyside, England
Area served
 United Kingdom South Africa
Website (http://www.mctaymarineservices.com)

McTay Marine is a shipbuilder in Bromborough, Merseyside.

History

McTay Marine Ltd was founded in 1974 as a subsidiary of McTay Engineering Ltd, of Bromborough, Wirral, with the intention to build small ships. Over the following 39 years the company went on to build over 120 vessels, many of them being complex and innovative designs. Among the company's successes is the building of the first beam trawler in the United Kingdom, which was also the largest built up till that time. The first tug built by the company was the United Kingdom's first "Voith" tug, and the second built was the UK's first "Azimuth" fitted tug to be built. The McTay built tug Trafalgar became the worlds most powerful "Voith" tug on its completion and delivery in 1998.

McTay Engineering had been set up in 1963 by James McBurney and Jim Taylor. McTay Engineering specialised in the construction of storage tanks and associated plant. Taylor and McBurney had, prior to the formation of McTay Engineering been employed by another shipbuilding company, and in 1973 they began to consider the building of small workboats and launches, which led to the formation of the subsidiary McTay Marine Ltd in 1974.

Facilities

McTay Marine Limited has a world-renowned reputation in the design, build and delivery of specialised ships and workboats since its inception back in 1974. Located at its 6 acre site at Bromborough on the banks of the River Mersey this longstanding icon in small ship construction has built over 120 complex vessels over a period spanning well over thirty-years.

The shipyard has a fully equipped build hall and engineering workshop, build hall is 80 metres in length by 25 metres in height with 10.4 metre high doors opening directly onto the slipway. Engineering shop is 50 metres in length and is directly adjacent. Overhead cranage is available in the form of one 25 and two five ton travelling cranes; engineering shop has similar capacities to hand.

The slipway is again fully equipped and has a maximum 300 tonne capacity, and can be used for both vessel repairs and also launch activities.

Mobile cranes, elevating work platforms and forklifts are also available to support both build and repair activities.

The build hall can comfortably accommodate a new build in either steel or aluminium to 80 metres LOA and 20 metres in beam; modifications in build methodology are such that these constraints can also be flexed to suit the individual project requirements.

In summary the following is available;

Ships built

Shannon is a harbour and coastal tug, originally built in 1981 as the Eldergarth. The tug is noteworthy as the first British-built Azimuthing Stern Drive tug.[1] Shannon has been acquired by Emu Limited and re-equipped in Southampton with a suite of specialist winches and a stern mounted ‘A’ frame.[1]

During heavy rain, London's sewage storm pipes overflow into the River Thames, sending dissolved oxygen levels plummeting and threatening the species it supports.[2] Two dedicated McTay vessels, oxygenation barges Thames Bubbler and Thames Vitality are used to replenish oxygen levels, as part of an ongoing battle to clean up the river, which now supports 115 species of fish and hundreds more invertebrates, plants and birds.[2]

The £ 6.5M contract, to build the superstructure and assemble CRV Leonardo for NATO, safeguarded the jobs of McTay's 60-strong workforce.[3] The Coastal Research Vessel now monitors submarine activity in the Mediterranean.[4]

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Yard No Name Date Type Owner
1 Unknown 1973 Launch TImbacraft Ltd.
2 Quintail 1973 Workboat Tarbert Boatyard
3 Unknown 1974 Survey Launch Scott Watson
4 Sterling Steel 1974 Yacht R Talbot-Smith
5 Sue Anne 1974 Workboat T H Jones
6 Sharon Vale 1974 Fishing Vessel Geo Moody
7 Unknown 1974 Workboat Grangemouth Boatmen
38 Canada[5] 1981 Tug Currently Svitzer
40 Eldergarth/Shannon[6] 1981 ASD Tug Currently Emu
41 Rowangarth[7] 1981 ASD Tug Currently Svitzer
45 Hendra 1982 Ferry Shetland Islands Council
46 Bon Marin de Serk 1983 Ferry Isle of Sark Shipping Co.
49 Stirling Elf 1983 Offshore Supply Vessel Stirling Shipping Co. Ltd
52 Deft 1984 Voith Tug Dover Harbour Board
53 Dextrous 1984 Voith Tug Dover Harbou Board
54 Bramley Moore 1984 Tug now Smit Liverpool[8]
75 Cathy M 1986 Ferry James Molinary Ltd, Gibraltar
79 Thames Bubbler II 1988 Oxygenation barge Thames Water Utilities
82 Moorhen 1989 Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
83 Moorfowl 1989 Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
84 Chartwell 1989 Survey Vessel Osiris Hydrographic
87 MV Earl Sigurd 1990 45m ro-ro ferry Orkney Ferries
88 MV Earl Thorfinn 1990 45m ro-ro ferry Orkney Ferries
115 Fidra 1995 Firefighting tug
116 MV Loch Bhrusda 1996 35m ro-ro ferry Caledonian MacBrayne
117 Lyndhurst[9] 1996 Tug
118 Lady Alma 1996 Tug
119 Trafalgar 1998 Tug now Smit Trafalgar[8]
120 Thames Vitality[2] 1997 Oxygenation barge Thames Water Utilities
121 MV Eilean Dhiura 1998 Ferry Argyll and Bute Council
122 Marigold 1998 Trawler
123 Oban 2000 Tender Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
124 Oronsay 2000 Tender Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
125 Omagh[10] 2000 Tender Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
127[11] MV Portaferry II[12] 2001 Ferry Strangford Lough ferry
128 CRV Leonardo 2002 30m coastal research vessel NATO
129 MV Loch Portain 2003 50m ro-ro ferry Caledonian MacBrayne
130 Vital Multi-Role Vessel 17m 2013 CARMET TUG Company Limited Sources: Ferry Photos[13] and Miramar[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Jack Gaston (2009-09-08). "A new lease of life for Shannon". Maritime Journal Online. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "A tale of two rivers". BBC News. 20 April 2001. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  3. ↑ "Submarine Hunter A Challenge For McTay Marine". Liverpool: Daily Post. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  4. ↑ "CRV Leonardo". NATO Undersea Research Centre. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Picture Gallery 4 - Mersey Tugs 1966-2008". Philip B. Parker. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  6. ↑ "Shannon (formerly Eldergarth)". Classic Tugs. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  7. ↑ "Rowangarth". Classic Tugs. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  8. 1 2 "Smit Invest Heavily in Liverpool". Maritime Journal. 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  9. ↑ "Lyndhurst". Maritime Info UK Ltd. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  10. 1 2 "Shipyard search results for "1613"". Miramar. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  11. ↑ "9237436". Miramar Ship Index. (subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ "A History of Roads Service 1973 - 2005" (PDF). Department for Regional Development. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "McTay Marine". Ferry Photos. Retrieved 2009-09-13.

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