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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.
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