R.& W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co

Formed in 1886 by the merger of the shipbuilder A. Leslie and Company in Hebburn with the locomotive builder R. and W. Hawthorn in Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1968 the shipyard was merged with that of Swan Hunter and the Vickers Naval Yard to create Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders. The yard was privatised as part of British Shipbuilders in 1977 and subsequently closed in 1982.

Tidespring
Yard no. 752

Olwen
Yard no. 755

Olna
Yard no. 756

Sir Percivale
Yard no. 762