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of [[Barry Docks|Barry Dock]], Cardiff | of [[Barry Docks|Barry Dock]], Cardiff | ||
1889 The company was registered on 8 April. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | 1889 The company was registered on 8 April.<ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> The company had a capital of £110,000, and proposed to purchase, lease, construct, or maintain graving docks, premises, etc. at Barry, and to trade as shipbuilders, engineers, and dry dock owners.<ref>South Wales Daily News 15 April 1889</ref> | ||
The company's first graving dock could accommodate 4 vessels simultaneously | The company's first graving dock could accommodate 4 vessels simultaneously | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 10 June 2024
of Barry Dock, Cardiff
1889 The company was registered on 8 April.[1] The company had a capital of £110,000, and proposed to purchase, lease, construct, or maintain graving docks, premises, etc. at Barry, and to trade as shipbuilders, engineers, and dry dock owners.[2]
The company's first graving dock could accommodate 4 vessels simultaneously
By 1898 2183 vessels had used the dock.
1898 The company constructed a new single graving dock alongside the original double dock.
1961 Ship repairers, iron founders and dry dock owners. [3]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ South Wales Daily News 15 April 1889
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE