G. L. Watson and Co
Founded by George Lennox Watson, the famous yacht designer.
1904 At the time of his death, Watson was sole partner; he entrusted the company to the hands of his Chief Draughtsman, James Rennie Barnett, who went on to design the firm's largest and most famous luxury steam yachts for the social elite. Barnett also furthered Watson's lifeboat work successfully developing the world's first self-righting lifeboat.
1925 Naval Architects of 153, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow. The firm had in recent years been prominently associated with lifeboats, as both the late Mr G. L. Watson and Mr J. R. Barnett - the present technical principal - have acted as consulting naval architects to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Subsequently the firm passed through the hands of three further managing directors, before a brief hiatus in the early 1990s. The firm is now based in Liverpool and is engaged in the design, restoration and replica builds of large yachts. The company still holds the original design archive which was temporarily housed in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow.
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- [1] Wikipedia