Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. S. Watson

From Graces Guide

J. S. Watson was an inland Humber shipyard, situated 18 miles further up the Trent from the Richard Dunston Thorne yard.

1912 Gainsborough yard. Construction of lighters[1]

WWII Most of its output was during World War II, when it built standard tugs, "VIC" type Clyde puffers and naval craft.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss