Swan Hunter Shipbuilders
Formed at Wallsend in 1880 as C.S. Swan & Hunter. Merged in 1903 with Wigham Richardson to form Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Merged with Smith's Dock Co. in 1966 to form Associated Shipbuilders later becoming the Swan Hunter Group which subsequently acquired Clelands Shipbuilding Co., John Readhead & Sons, the High Walker and Hebburn yards of Vickers-Armstrongs and the Hebburn yard of Hawthorn Leslie. The group was nationalised in 1977, but privatised again in 1987. Forced into receivership in 1993, the company was bought out and subsequently undertook ship repair and limited shipbuilding, but these ceased in 2007 and the firm continues solely in design and engineering at Wallsend.
Olmeda
Bristol
Vistafjord
Caronia
Saga Ruby
Berlin Express
Ariana
Gold Rover
Black Rover
Newcastle
Glasgow
Exeter
Illustrious
Ark Royal
York
European Shearwater
Orelia
Coventry
Sir Galahad
Chatham
Marlborough
Fort George
James Clark Ross
Westminster
Richmond
Pride of the Tyne