Appledore Shipbuilders
| Appledore Shipbuilders (2004) Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1855 |
| Seat | Appledore |
| Branch | Shipyard |
Appledore Shipbuilders Limited is a shipyard in Appledore , North Devon . Well-known products of the shipyard were small and medium-sized military ships , bulk carriers , gas tankers , utilities , dredgers and ferries .
history
The company was founded in 1855 as Richmond Shipyard by William Yeo on the Torridge Estuary . Under Yeo, the Richmond Dock was built in 1855/56, which was named after Richmond Bay in Prince Edward Island , where the Yeo family's shipping business was based. The dock remained the main dock of the shipyard until the new construction dock was completed in the early 1970s.
From around the beginning of the 20th century, the shipyard was managed by Philip Kelly Harris and operated under the name PK Harris & Sons until 1963, when it was sold to the Seawork Group in 1963, Appledore Shipbuilders . The mainstay of the shipyard at this time were the construction of tugs, suction and hopper dredgers, and tank barges.
In 1964 the shipping company Court Line acquired the shipyard together with Alltransport. In the late 1960s, six coastal ships were built for the Royal Navy . In 1970 the £ 4million-pound all-new construction of an Appledore shipyard on the "green field", called the "Ship Factory", opened. The new hall also made larger new buildings and section production possible. A series of coastal tankers for various owners, floating dredgers, container ships and mini bulkers were the products of this era. In 1972 Appledore Shiprepairers was dissolved and the repair business was given up.
When the Court Line collapsed in 1974, Appledore Shipbuilders was first nationalized and incorporated into the British Shipbuilders Corporation on July 1, 1977 . During this time, a series of five mini-bulkers, gas and oil tankers, as well as other excavators, but also oil suppliers, a research vessel and a marine supplier were produced. In 1986 Appledore merged with Ferguson Shipbuilders in Glasgow to form Appledore Ferguson . In the late 1980s, the relatively small Appledore and Ferguson shipyards were among the last remaining state-owned. Ferguson and Appledore were split again in 1989 and Langham Industries took over the Appledore shipyard.
Notable ships of the late 1990s were the two square-rigged sail training ships of the Tall Ships Youth Trust , the Prince William and Stavros S Niarchos , which consists of the externally supplied from Germany hulls emerged.
After the Appledore shipyard became insolvent in October 2003, it was acquired in spring 2004 by DML, the owners of the Devonport Dockyard shipyard .
In 2007 Babcock International took over the shipyard and operated it as a subsidiary of DML Appledore under the company Appledore Shipbuilders (2004) Limited . Main business was the installation of machinery and other systems in the company yachts Devonport Yachts Ltd .
After the shipbuilding company closed again in March 2019, the energy company InfraStrata acquired the shipyard in August 2020 for around seven million pounds in order to continue operating it.
Famous ships from Appledore Shipbuilders
- HMS echo
- MV Coruisk
- Britannia Beaver
- Star Hercules
- City of Chichester
Individual evidence
- ^ Receivers to take over the yard, BBC News, September 29, 2003
- ^ The story of the Dy Dock . Celebrating Appledore's Shipping Heritage. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
- ^ Appledore Parish Church Register of Marriages
- ^ Tribute to British Shipbuilding and Repair Industries 1914-18, Part 2 of 3
- ↑ a b James Venus: Obituary The Independent, September 2, 1992
- ^ Britain misses the boat after years in the doldrums The Independent, September 4, 1994
- ^ Specialization is the key . In: The Motor Ship , Mercatormedia, October 1, 1998. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ↑ Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World by Otmar Schäuffelen, p. 159
- ↑ Appledore in Jane's receivership , October 15, 2003
- ↑ Appledore Shipyard is saved . In: The BBC , February 13, 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
- ↑ Babcock International marine activities ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Appledore Shipyard to reopen after £ 7m InfraStrata deal at bbc.com , August 25, 2020 (English)
- ↑ HMS Echo website . In: The Royal Navy . Archived from the original on June 9, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
- ↑ Coruisk (III) . In: Ships of Calmac . Archived from the original on June 9, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
- ^ Britannia Beaver . In: www.ShipPhotos.co.uk . Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
- ^ The Evolution of Cable & Wireless . In: FTL Design . Retrieved May 28, 2008.
- ^ Pembroke Dock Visits (Port of Pembroke) . In: Pembroke Dock Community Web Project . Retrieved May 28, 2008.
