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1897 Works covers 75 acres and employ 6,500 men. | 1897 Works covers 75 acres and employ 6,500 men. | ||
1897 Description and drawings of engines and boilers of | 1897 Description and drawings of engines and boilers of [[HMS Pelorus]]<ref>[[Engineering 1897/02/19]]</ref> | ||
1898 Launch of [[PS Juno]] <ref>Glasgow Herald, Wednesday, July 6, 1898</ref> | 1898 Launch of [[PS Juno]] <ref>Glasgow Herald, Wednesday, July 6, 1898</ref> |
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of Clydebank, near Glasgow.
1897 A slump in orders led to the Thomson family selling the J. and G. Thomson yard to a consortium, which renamed the yard as the Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. A further dozen ships were completed under this new name.
1897 Trials of HMS Jupiter and mentions George Thomson and J. G. Dunlop as representing the Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. [1]
1897 Works covers 75 acres and employ 6,500 men.
1897 Description and drawings of engines and boilers of HMS Pelorus[2]
1899 The yard was then taken over by John Brown and Co who were Sheffield steel makers. This strengthened the yard's reputation for building armoured plate. The price was £933,925. [4] [5] [6]