Smiths Shiprepairers North Shields
From Graces Guide
of North Shields
1966 Swan Hunter (Dry Docks) Ltd was incorporated[1]
By 1975 had the name Swan Hunter Ship Repairers Tyne Ltd
1975 Identified as a firm to be nationalised[2]
1977 Swan Hunter was nationalised but the ship repair business seems to have been a part of the group that was not nationalised
1978 Name changed to Smiths Shiprepairers North Shields
1980 Said to be a "substantial business", one that had never been nationalised; almost opposite Tyne Dock Engineering Co on the opposite side of the river Tyne[3]
1981 The parent company, Gosforth Industrial Holdings was acquired by Ferguson International Holdings[4]
1988 Acquired by A&P Appledore Ship Repairers Ltd[5]
See Also
Loading...
Sources of Information
- Companies house filings