British Shipbuilders Corporation
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British Shipbuilders Corporation was a public corporation that owned and managed the UK shipbuilding industry from 1977 and through the 1980s.
- 1977 The corporation was founded as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 which nationalised all major British shipbuilding companies. The same act nationalised the three large British aviation companies and grouped them in an analogous corporation, British Aerospace.
- Harland and Wolff, the only shipbuilder based in Northern Ireland was a special political case and remained outside the control of the British Shipbuilders management, despite being in its ownership.
- 1983 British Shipbuilders was privatised in 1983 under the terms of the British Shipbuilders Act 1983. The various divisions that had survived under nationalised ownership were divested throughout the 1980s as the company wound up operations.
[edit] Assets subsumed by British Shipbuilders
- Ailsa Shipbuilding Co
- Austin and Pickersgill
- John Brown and Co
- Cammell, Laird and Co
- William Doxford and Sons
- Ferguson Shipbuilders
- Falmouth Docks Co
- Govan Shipbuilders
- Hall Russell and Co
- Harland and Wolff
- Hawthorn, Leslie and Co
- Northwestern Ship Repairers and Shipbuilding
- John Readhead and Sons
- Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co
- Robb Caledon Shipbuilders
- Smiths Dock Co
- Swan Hunter
- Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group
- Vosper Thornycroft
- Wallsend Slipway Co
- Yarrow Shipbuilders
[edit] Sources of Information
[1] Wikipedia
