The Decline of Shipbuilding on the Clyde
Most recent update: March 24, 2008.
Primary Source: George O'Hara's wonderful history of the post-war Clyde, "Ironfighters, Outfitters and Bowler Hatters"
Additional Sources: Fred Walker's "Song of the Clyde", Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the U.S. Naval Institute's "Combat Fleets of the World", and World Oil magazine's "Marine Drilling Rigs"
|
Shipbuilder |
Location | Output Since WWII |
Peak Employ-ment |
Closed |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of Ships | Tons | ||||
|
William Denny & Bros. Ltd. |
Dumbarton | 101 | 280,321 | 1,500 |
1963 |
| Scott & Sons (Bowling) Ltd. | Bowling | 82 | 28,800 | 200 | 1979 |
| John Brown & Co. (Clydebank) Ltd. | Clydebank | 115 | 1,498,042 | 5,000 | 1987 |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd. | Scotstoun | 166 | 212,766 | 2,000 | Active (1) |
| Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Scotstoun | 48 | 490,835 | 1,000 | 1964 |
| Chas. Connell & Co. Ltd. | Scotstoun | 89 | 915,198 | 1,000 | 1980 |
| Barclay Curle & Co. Ltd. | Whiteinch | 51 | 513,065 | 3,000 | 1968 |
| A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Pointhouse | 60 | 33,897 | 600 | 1963 |
| Harland & Wolff Ltd. | Govan | 54 | 504,481 | 2,000 | 1963 |
| Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Govan | 158 | 2,330,652 | 4,000 | Active (2) |
| Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Linthouse | 89 | 603,540 | 2,400 | 1969 |
| Simons-Lobnitz Ltd. | Renfrew | 99 | 114,468 | 2,000 | 1964 |
| Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. | Paisley | 48 | 41,848 | 400 | 1970 |
| James Lamont & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | 73 | 52,011 | 400 | 1979 |
| Ferguson Bros. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | 127 | 165,046 | 700 | 2003 |
| William Hamilton & Co. Ltd. | Port Glasgow | 57 | 454,974 | 1,000 | 1964 |
| Lithgows Ltd. | Port Glasgow | 180 | 2,764,628 | 4,000 | 1988 |
| George Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd. | Greenock | 46 | 34,462 | 300 | 1983 |
| Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. | Greenock | 70 | 649,942 | 800 | 1980 |
| Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Greenock | 93 | 845,994 | 2,000 | 1984 |
| Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. | Ardrossan | 35 | 33,202 | 700 | 1965 |
| Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Troon | 111 | 141,913 | 800 | 2000 |
|
Totals |
1,952 | 12,710,085 | 35,800 | ||
Notes:
(1) Yarrows is now the Scotstoun division of BAE Systems plc and is still building frigates.
(2) Fairfield is now the Govan division of BAE Systems plc and is building frigates.