Gourlay Brothers and Co
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- 1854 The Gourlay family established their shipbuilding yard in 1854 on Marine Parade in Dundee, Scotland. Prior to this the yard had traded as a foundry. The main customer of the yard was the Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Co who ordered a dozen steamers from the yard.
- 1870 The yard was moved to a new site in 1870; the Camperdown Yard. Here, the Gourlay's made steel steamers for a couple of local companies. This kept them in business for the following twenty years or so.
- 1890s The yard was now building cargo liners for countries such as Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Australia and Argentina.
- 1904 The orders for cargo-liners continued to come in along with the initial commission for tramps. In 1904 the business was of limited liability status.
- From 1905 onwards the slump in freight orders led to orders drying up.
- The Camperdown yard closed in 1908.
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Sources of Information
British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss
