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'''Austin and Pickersgill''' of Southwick and Wear Dock Yard, Sunderland were shipbuilders | '''Austin and Pickersgill''' of Southwick and Wear Dock Yard, Sunderland were shipbuilders | ||
1826 | 1826 [[Samuel Peter Austin]] founded a yard on the north side of the river | ||
1899 Became public company | 1899 Became public company | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 31 October 2014
Austin and Pickersgill of Southwick and Wear Dock Yard, Sunderland were shipbuilders
1826 Samuel Peter Austin founded a yard on the north side of the river
1899 Became public company
1954 The company was formed by the merger of S. P. Austin and Son and W Pickersgill and Sons. The Wear Dock Yard of S. P. Austin was subsequently used for repair, while shipbuilding was concentrated at Pickersgill's Southwick yard.
1961 Shipbuilders and repairers. 1,200 employees
1968 The firm took over Bartram and Sons
1968 Announce a complete modernisation of the Southwick shipyard
1977 They became a member company of British Shipbuilders
1986 Austin and Pickersgill merged with Sunderland Shipbuilding Co to form North East Shipbuilders Ltd (NESL)
1988 The company closed
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia
- The Engineer of 3rd May 1968 p691
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE