Difference between revisions of "T. W. Greenwell and Co"
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'''T. W. Greenwell and Co''', ship repairers, | '''T. W. Greenwell and Co''', ship repairers, South Dock, Sunderland | ||
1901 | 1901 Incorporated as a private company, initially using public dry docks | ||
1914 Listed as Marine Engineers. <ref>[[Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1914]] p660</ref> | 1914 Listed as Marine Engineers. <ref>[[Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1914]] p660</ref> | ||
1925 A new dry dock of 500 ft was opened | |||
1939 The company took a long lease on the No 1 dry dock from the River Wear Commissioners | |||
1952 A new dock of 675 ft, taking the place of the old No 1 dry dock and capable of taking tankers of up to 32,000 dwt was opened. At the same time, the No 2 dry dock was extended to 565 ft | |||
1954 [[Sunderland Shipbuilding, Dry Dock and Engineering Co]] was established, made up of the [[Joseph L. Thompson and Sons|Thompson]], [[Sir James Laing and Sons|Laing]] and [[John Crown and Sons|Crown]] yards and the repairer [[T. W. Greenwell and Co]]. | 1954 [[Sunderland Shipbuilding, Dry Dock and Engineering Co]] was established, made up of the [[Joseph L. Thompson and Sons|Thompson]], [[Sir James Laing and Sons|Laing]] and [[John Crown and Sons|Crown]] yards and the repairer [[T. W. Greenwell and Co]]. | ||
1961 Ship repairers. 400 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | 1961 Ship repairers. 400 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | ||
1977 Became part of British Shipbuilders | |||
1987 Company dissolved | |||
Revision as of 20:22, 6 January 2020
T. W. Greenwell and Co, ship repairers, South Dock, Sunderland
1901 Incorporated as a private company, initially using public dry docks
1914 Listed as Marine Engineers. [1]
1925 A new dry dock of 500 ft was opened
1939 The company took a long lease on the No 1 dry dock from the River Wear Commissioners
1952 A new dock of 675 ft, taking the place of the old No 1 dry dock and capable of taking tankers of up to 32,000 dwt was opened. At the same time, the No 2 dry dock was extended to 565 ft
1954 Sunderland Shipbuilding, Dry Dock and Engineering Co was established, made up of the Thompson, Laing and Crown yards and the repairer T. W. Greenwell and Co.
1961 Ship repairers. 400 employees. [2]
1977 Became part of British Shipbuilders
1987 Company dissolved
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