Newport Shipbuilding Co
Newport Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
- The company was owned by the Bailey family who, in 1953, took over an abandoned shipbuilding yard in Newport. This led to the formation of Atlantic Shipbuilding Co in 1953.
- 1950s The yard almost immediately received orders for three Great Lakes traders for Canadian companies. This led on to coasters ordered for the Cuban Government.
- 1960s The yard then built trawlers for British and Ghanaian companies. The yard then got into financial difficulties and was restructured under new owners as the Newport Shipbuilding Co
- Shipbuilding ceased in 1970.
Sources of Information
British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss