Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Willoughby Brothers

From Graces Guide

Little is known about the Willoughby Brothers shipbuilding yard based in Plymouth, Devon, England. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers. It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century and closed in the 1920s.

Sources of Information

British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss