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Hornsby took over the Willington Quay shipyard from Marshall Brothers
1871 Brothers H. A. B. Cole and R. F. Cole took over the Willington Quay shipyard of William B. Hornsby.
The yard later became Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co
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