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'''Brooke Marine Ltd.''' was founded by [[John Walter Brooke]] and was based in Suffolk, East Anglia, England | '''Brooke Marine Ltd.''' was founded by [[John Walter Brooke]] and was based in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. | ||
* 1911 Originally, Brooke had been a foundryman and went into the boat building business in 1911. | |||
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* | * 1934 Initially, the company made yachts and speedboats and it was renamed as '''Brooke Marine Construction Co''' | ||
* | * 1940 It became part of the Dowsett Group and was renamed again, Brooke Marine Ltd. | ||
* WWI The company mainly made small tugs and naval craft. | |||
* 1950s The yard was modernised and refurbished and made hopper barges, and coasters. | |||
* 1960s The yard began making larger vessels during the 60s but still retained its core business of smaller ships such as fire-fighting tugs. in the late 60s, the yard also made oil rig supply vessels and salvage vessels. | |||
* 1970s The key work of the yard during the 70s was a series of stern trawlers for the Ranger Fishing Co. This led on to trawler work for Norwegian and Icelandic companies. | |||
* In July 1977, the yard was nationalised, and became part of [[British Shipbuilders]]. Work was started on a naval coaster training craft of the "Archer" class. | |||
* In 1985 the yard's own management team successfully made a private buy-out. Unfortunately the following year, a lack of orders led to the yard being closed. | |||
* It reopened as a yacht builder in 1987 under the name '''Brooke Yachts International''' | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss | British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss | ||
Revision as of 17:27, 16 September 2007
Brooke Marine Ltd. was founded by John Walter Brooke and was based in Suffolk, East Anglia, England.
- 1911 Originally, Brooke had been a foundryman and went into the boat building business in 1911.
- 1934 Initially, the company made yachts and speedboats and it was renamed as Brooke Marine Construction Co
- 1940 It became part of the Dowsett Group and was renamed again, Brooke Marine Ltd.
- WWI The company mainly made small tugs and naval craft.
- 1950s The yard was modernised and refurbished and made hopper barges, and coasters.
- 1960s The yard began making larger vessels during the 60s but still retained its core business of smaller ships such as fire-fighting tugs. in the late 60s, the yard also made oil rig supply vessels and salvage vessels.
- 1970s The key work of the yard during the 70s was a series of stern trawlers for the Ranger Fishing Co. This led on to trawler work for Norwegian and Icelandic companies.
- In July 1977, the yard was nationalised, and became part of British Shipbuilders. Work was started on a naval coaster training craft of the "Archer" class.
- In 1985 the yard's own management team successfully made a private buy-out. Unfortunately the following year, a lack of orders led to the yard being closed.
- It reopened as a yacht builder in 1987 under the name Brooke Yachts International
Sources of Information
British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss