SHIPBUILDING

ON THE RIVER TEES

 

 

A reference archive of ships built on the River Tees

1850 - 1990

 

ALL MAJOR SHIPYARDS NOW COMPLETED

Extra details and photos always welcome

 

MIDDLESBROUGH, SOUTH BANK and HAVERTON HILL

AVECO (TEESSIDE) LTD.. - launch W. HARKESS - W. HARKESS & SON LTD., Middlesbrough - launch
BACKHOUSE, DIXON & Co., Middlesbrough - launch JAMES JACKSON - launch
BENNIE & Co., Middlesbrough - launch FREDERICK LEACH - launch
CANDLISH, FOX & Co., Middlesbrough - launch RAKE, KIMBER & Co. - launch
CARR & DOBSON, Middlesbrough - launch SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY Ltd., Haverton Hill - launch
W. COOK, Middlesbrough - launch SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY Ltd., South Bank - launch
ROBERT CRAGGS / ROBERT CRAGGS & SONS, Middlesbrough and Stockton - launch SWAN HUNTER SHIPBUILDING Ltd., Haverton Hill - launch
SIR RAYLTON DIXON & Co., Middlesbrough - launch TEES INSHORE ENGINEERING - launch
FURNESS SHIPBUILDING Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill - launch TEESSIDE BRIDGE & ENGINEERING Co. Ltd - launch

 

THORNABY and STOCKTON-ON-TEES

BLACKETT'S CONCRETE SHIPS LTD., Thornaby-on-Tees - launch

ROPNER & SON - ROPNER SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO. (STOCKTON) LTD. - launch

CRAIG, TAYLOR & Co., Stockton-on-Tees - launch

SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD, Stockton-on-Tees - launch

F. J. HARKER, Stockton-on-Tees - launch STOCKTON CONSTRUCTION Co. Ltd. - launch
HEAD WRIGHTSON, Thornaby-on-Tees - launch WILLIAM TURNBULL, Thornaby-on-Tees - launch
M. PEARSE & Co., Stockton-on-Tees - launch SAMUEL WELCH, Stockton-on-Tees - launch
RICHARDSON, DUCK & Co., Thornaby-on-Tees - launch  

 

HARTLEPOOL and WEST HARTLEPOOL

 

LUKE BLUMER & Son - launch J. PILE  -  PILE, SPENCE & Co.  -  T. H. PILE  - launch
J. P. DENTON - launch PARKIN & RICHARDSON, T. RICHARDSON, RICHARDSON BROS. - launch
DENTON, GRAY & Co. (inc. Richardson, Denton, Duck & Co.) - launch JOHN WINSPEAR - launch
FURNESS, WITHY & Co. Ltd. - launch WITHY, ALEXANDER & Co. - launch
WILLIAM GRAY & Co. Ltd. - launch EDWARD WITHY & Co. - launch
IRVINE CURRIE & Co. - R. IRVINE & Co. - IRVINE & Co -

IRVINE'S SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCKS Co. Ltd. - launch

 

Builder's records of ships built at Hartlepool are also available on the PORTCITIESHartlepool website

 

RECENT UPDATES

09/03/2013

Smith's Dock, HANANUI II 1910, photo added

30/03/2013

James Jackson, JENNY LIND 1848 added

22/04/2013

Photos or paintings added

Irvine, MINNIE IRVINE 1872

Withy, LINDUS 1881

Raylton Dixon, ELLEN, ECHUNGA, KRONPRINS OLAF all 1907

Gray, ARAKAN 1911, ITINDA 1938, ITOLA 1940

Smith's, KOPALNIA MYSLOWICE 1980

 

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Founding Editors: George Robinson and Mike Ridgard

Co-editors: Ron Mapplebeck, Dave Waller

 

With acknowledgement to many sources of data including -

The Shipyard Lists and various Fleet Lists published by the World Ship Society

The Starke-Schell Registers and the 'Miramar' website

Lloyds Register of Shipping

"A to Z List of Steamships 1835-1875 in Contemporary Records" (P.N.Thomas / Waine Research Publications)

"British 19th. Century Steamships - Steamers to 1825" (F.W.Hawks / World Ship Society)

 

Can YOU help us?

- Photographs of Tees-built ships under original and later names.

- Additional information or amendments about vessels already showing in this website

Mail to : - teesbuiltships

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographs have been supplied by members of the Teesside branch of the World Ship Society and from many other supporters and sources including those published on the internet. If there are any copyright issues, let us know and we will add an acknowledgment with your permission, or replace or remove the photograph.

 

TEESSIDE SHIP SOCIETY (Teesside branch of the W.S.S.)

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