of Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, shipbuilders
1865 See 1865 Tyne Shipbuilders for detail of the tonnage produced
1867 'Ship Launch at Wallsend. — On Wednesday last, a fine iron screw steamer, called the Alster, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis, and Co., at Wallsend. This vessel, which is of about 1,000 tons burthen, has been built on Hamburg account, and will be furnished with engines of eighty horse-power by Messrs Thompson, Boyd and Co., of Newcastle, who supplied the engines for a sister ship, named Uhlenhorst, which was also launched from the Wallsend yard about six months since.'[1]
1872 of Wallsend[2].
1873 Coulson, Cooke and Co moved to a site at Wallsend bordering the yard of Schlesinger, Davies and Co[3]
1887 'Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis, and Co., of Wallsend-on-Tyne, have lately launched a new lightship for the Commissioners of Irish Lights. It is to be placed on a stormy part of the coast, and special care has therefore been exercised to render it seaworthy and a comfortable residence for the crew. The hull is composite, the iron frames having inside and outside skins of 3 in. teak. The dimensions of the vessel are: Length over all, 101 ft. 6in. ; length between perpendiculars, 93 ft. 6 in. ; breadth, moulded, 20 ft. 9 in. ; breadth over all, 22 ft. 7 in. ; depth moulded, 11 ft. 10 in. The iron used is of the Consett “best best” brand, and carries an inside skin of 3 in. teak fastened to the frames by 7/8 in. galvanised bolts, two in each plank in each frame ; the outer skin, of the same thickness and material, is fastened to the inner with 3/4 in. copper clenched bolts. As shown in Fig. 3, there are five keels, four bilge keels being used to prevent rolling ; these are formed chiefly of English elm, in pieces measuring 15 ft. by 9 in. The moorings consist of two lengths of 1 7/8 in. cable ; one of these will be connected to a large mushroom anchor, while the second will be held in readiness with a Trotman anchor lashed to the side, and ready to be cut away should the first fail. The signals are mounted on a steel mast in the centre of the deck. Those for the day consist of two large balls, each 6 ft. in diameter, mounted one over the other. For the night there is a lantern house 8 ft. in diameter, encircling the mast and capable of being raised and lowered. The light will revolve, and will be operated by clockwork in the ’tween decks. The vessel was inspected during construction by Mr. J. Cornwall and Captain Boxer.'[4]
1890 Schlesinger, Davis and Co, iron and steel ship builders of Wallsend[5]
1895/7 C. S. Swan and Hunter acquired the adjoining yard of Schlesinger, Davis and Co which increased the yard's total area by a further seven acres. The latter yard was re-equipped to handle a new type of construction - the construction of floating docks.
1902 the Schlesinger Davis yard was reorganised for two new building berths, 750 feet in length, for the construction of the largest types of ships.