J. P. Rennoldson and Sons
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- 1863 - J. P. Rennoldson opened a slipway for small wooden craft in South Shields, near the Lawe.
- 1870s - The yard began iron shipbuilding
- 1890 - The yard was reconstructed to build paddle and screw tugs which had been engined at the yard.
- 1899 - A number of screw tugs were built for Australia.
- 1907 - Hercules, a screw tug was built for the Suez Canal Company
- 1914 Directory: Listed as Ship Builders of the Slipway, Shadwell Street, South Shields
- 1915 - George V, a screw tug, was built for service on the Tyne along with a number of other vessels, notably Protector a pilot-cutter.
- 1916 - The yard had four berths, the longest was 230 feet in length.
- 1929 - The yard failed financially.
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[edit] Sources of Information
- British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss
- Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1914 p771
