Babcock Thorn
Part of Babcock International Group
1987 Manager of Rosyth Royal Dockyard, involved in ship repair and refitting for both commercial and MOD contract work[1] - the new commercial managers of Rosyth Dockyard won a multi-million contract to refit the 25,000 ton fleet tanker Olna. This was their first contract outwith the dockyard's core programme of nuclear submarine work...[2]
1991 Gained a contract to revamp 720 coaches for London Underground. Its parent company expanded after buying Tickfords...[3]
1991 In an effort to hold on to Rosyth Royal Dockyard after their seven-year contract runs out in 1994, Babcock Thorn Ltd made an offer to buy it from the Ministry of Defence. [4]
1994 Babcock International bought out the shareholdiné in Babcock Thorn held by Thorn EMI[5]