Scottish Lion Ship Repairing and Engineering Co
of 133 Finnieston Street, Glasgow
1948 The Scottish Lion Ship Repairing and Engineering company Limited was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £250,000. The company was a subsidiary of Clan Line Steamers Limited and was to carry on business in Glasgow as engineers and repairers.[1]
1954 In order to co-ordinate the shipbuilding and ship repairing interests of the Clan Line, the whole share capital of the Scottish Lion Ship Repairing and Engineering Co was transferred to the Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd.[2]
1966 The company went into voluntary liquidation.[3] At the same time a new company, the Scottish Lion Ship Repairing and Engineering Company (1966) Limited, was incorporated as a private company with share capital of £150,000.[4]
1971 Closure of the company was announced, with the loss of nearly 250 jobs.[5]
1989 The company, now styled Scottish Lion Engineering Limited, went into voluntary liquidation.[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Scotsman 23 December 1948
- ↑ Dundee Courier 20 September 1954
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/18445/page/291
- ↑ https://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/SC043242
- ↑ Liverpool Echo 5 November 1971
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/22689/page/54
- National Records of Scotland BT2/1968/348