Andrew Hamilton
Andrew Hamilton (1862-1934), managing director of Goodwin-Hamilton and Adamson
1934 Obituary [1]
THE sciences of naval architecture and marine engineering have alike suffered a great loss in the death of Mr. Andrew Hamilton, C.B.E., M.I.N.A., which took place at his home in Liverpool last week. Mr. Hamilton was the managing director of A. Goodwin-Hamilton and Adamson, Ltd., of Liverpool, and an outstanding consulting engineer and naval architect.
He was born in Govan in 1862 and was educated at private schools and the Andersonian University Technical College. After serving his apprenticeship with the London and Glasgow Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., he remained with that firm for a further nine years and then became assistant to Mr. Gilbert S. Goodwin, a Liverpool consulting engineer.
In 1895 he was made a partner in the firm, in 1907 he became the chief partner, and in 1921 the chairman of directors, when the company's name was changed to its present one.
Mr. Hamilton was an able and gifted leader, and he and his firm were responsible for the design and supervision under construction of a large number of varied types of cargo and passenger vessels for both British and foreign owners. During the war he was, from 1917 to 1918, assistant to the Controller of Standard Ships, and as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Shipping under the late Lord Maclay, he supervised the construction of many new vessels. In recognition of his services he was awarded the honour of C.B.E.
Mr. Hamilton was a member of Council of the Institution of Naval Architects, a Vice-President of the Liverpool Engineering Society, and of the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Naval Architects, and a member of several other institutions and technical societies, to which from time to time he contributed thoughtful and able papers on shipbuilding and engineering subjects and shipping economics.