Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company

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The Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company was a shipyard in the British port city of Goole / Yorkshire. The shipyard is best known for the construction of coastal freighters, tugs and trawlers for the fishing fleets from Hull and Grimsby.

history

Early and crisis years

The company was founded in 1901 on the Dutch River by the Craggs family and began manufacturing paddle-wheel-driven minesweepers for the British Admiralty. In 1917, after a fire at the shipyard, the company moved to a larger site on the River Ouse.

In the course of the 1920s, the size of the ships built, which were created for domestic and foreign shipping companies, grew. In 1927, due to the global recession, a financial restructuring of the company became necessary, after which repair work was carried out almost exclusively in the 1930s, as the global economic crisis did not allow any profitable construction activity. The Craggs family used these years to take over two more shipyards in 1934, including the successor company to Cleland's shipyard. In addition to the resurgent shipbuilding of coastal ships, barges, fishing and military vehicles, Goole's also built the yacht Bluebird for Sir Malcolm Campbell .

Second World War

In addition to 26 coastal freighters and 12 coastal tankers, the shipyard's construction list during the Second World War included a number of different types of ships, including mine sweeping trawlers, net layers, recovery vehicles , tugs, twin screw rescue and water boats and four Clyde buffers of the "VIC" type. The shipyard also completed a few more coastal freighters in its order book for civilian customers. In addition, the Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company carried out a large number of repairs to existing vehicles during the war years.

Post-war years

In the 1950s, the shipyard mainly continued to build coastal freighters and tankers. The shipyard's most important customer here was the Everard Company. Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing also produced series of these coasters for shipping companies around the world. Trawlers, colliers , minesweepers and smaller motor ships of all kinds also left the shipyard's Helgen.

In the course of the 1960s the shipyard specialized more and more in the construction of rear trawlers. In 1967 the Craggs family sold the Goole and Cleland's shipyards to Swan Hunter , both of which were incorporated into their small shipbuilding division . The shipyard in Goole received from Swan Hunter for the construction of larger tankers, stern trawlers, suction dredgers and coastal freighters.

British Shipbuilders and the End of the Shipyard

In July 1977, the shipyard was incorporated into the British Shipbuilders Corporation as part of Swan Hunter . Everard continued to be a major customer for the construction of coasters.

After the name of the company was changed to Goole Shipbuilders in 1982 , the shipyard continued to build Kümos, oil rig supplies and coastal tankers until it closed on April 27, 1984. The shipyard was revived in 1984 by Cochrane and Company to build another four ships, but closed again after the completion of the last ship in 1987. After that, the former shipyard was only used for ship demolition.

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