Willoughby Brothers

1866.

Willoughby Bros winch at Cotehele Quay.

Drain cover.

of Central Foundry, Plymouth

The Willoughby Bros shipbuilding yard was located in Plymouth, Devon. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers.

1897 Novel refuse destructor was invented by S. Willoughby of Chiswick, a partner in the firm; the destructor was installed at Lewisham

It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century

1925 Messrs Willoughby of Plymouth replaced the gates on the Turf Lock of the Exeter Ship Canal.

1920s Company closed in the 1920s.

1971 Willoughby (Plymouth) was still in business.

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• Old cast lamp post seen at Fagin's (AIT)

See Also

• 1866 Post Office Directory of Devonshire
• 1870 Morris's Directory of Devonshire
• 1883 Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall
• 1890 White's Directory of Devonshire
• 1893 Kelly's Directory of Devon and Cornwall
• 1899 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
• 1914 Kelly's Directory of Devon and Cornwall
• 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades: Company W
• 1971 Dictionary of Shipowners, Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers
• Agnes Seed
• Bickle Engineering Co
• Christopher Lobb
• Daniel Adolphus Plenger Sanftleben
• Frederick Wilberforce Thompson
• George Webber Bird
• Murch and Willoughby
• Norman Lovell Wright
• The Engineer 1897/09/17
• The Engineer 1923/07/13
• The Engineer 1925/01/16
• William Lindsey-Badcock
• William Willoughby
• Willoughby Brothers: History by R. R. Laws

Sources of Information

• British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss