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1853 Established at the Inch Yard at Port Glasgow<ref>Yards And Dates Of Ownership [http://www.portglasgow4u.co.uk/Shipyards/Shipyard_Owners.html]</ref>. | |||
1857 Built the [[SS Admella]] | 1857 Built the [[SS Admella]] | ||
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1861 Laurence Hill (b.1817) was a shipbuilder, employer, living in Greenock East<ref>1861 census</ref> | 1861 Laurence Hill (b.1817) was a shipbuilder, employer, living in Greenock East<ref>1861 census</ref> | ||
1870 The company launched only two ships in the course of the year, by the end of which they were bankrupt. The | 1865 See [[1865 Clyde Shipbuilders]] for detail of the tonnage produced | ||
1866 [[Joseph Russell]] was appointed manager of Lawrence Hill's shipyard at Port Glasgow. | |||
1869 Russell left, because Hill was a poor businessman. | |||
1870 The company launched only two ships in the course of the year, by the end of which they were bankrupt. Laurence Hill was the sole partner.<ref>The Edinburgh Gazette 17 January 1871</ref> | |||
1871 Messrs Cunliffe and Dunlop purchased the Inch yard at Port Glasgow from Lawrence Hill for £13,500<ref>Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette 2 January 1871</ref> and began trading as [[Cunliffe and Dunlop]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:03, 19 October 2024
of Inch Works, Port Glasgow and of Laurence Poutney, London
Ship Builders
1853 Established at the Inch Yard at Port Glasgow[1].
1857 Built the SS Admella
1861 Laurence Hill (b.1817) was a shipbuilder, employer, living in Greenock East[2]
1865 See 1865 Clyde Shipbuilders for detail of the tonnage produced
1866 Joseph Russell was appointed manager of Lawrence Hill's shipyard at Port Glasgow.
1869 Russell left, because Hill was a poor businessman.
1870 The company launched only two ships in the course of the year, by the end of which they were bankrupt. Laurence Hill was the sole partner.[3]
1871 Messrs Cunliffe and Dunlop purchased the Inch yard at Port Glasgow from Lawrence Hill for £13,500[4] and began trading as Cunliffe and Dunlop.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- Fred M. Walker, Song of the Clyde: A History of Clyde Shipbuilding (2001)