PILE, HARTLEPOOL

John Pile came from a family of shipbuilders on the River Wear, and opened a shipyard at Jackson Dock in West Hartlepool in 1853, and at Swainson Dock from 1856. In 1859 he went into partnership with Joseph Spence and the joint company lasted until 1866 when it became bankrupt as a consequence of the failure of their bankers. John's brother Thomas Hunter Pile had re-opened the Middleton shipyard in 1863 but this fell victim to the same problem met by Pile, Spence.

N.B. yard numbers and other details vary between different sources, those used below are from the most recent yardlist from the W.S.S. team.

1859	24	NORMANBY
	25	DREADNOUGHT
	26	GUILLERMINA
1860	27	PETRO BEYS
	28	EPTANISSOS
	29	ALEXANDER II
	30	RANGOON
	32	CITY OF AGRA
1861	33	SAM MENDEL
		KING OF ITALY
	34	KING ARTHUR
	35	LOCH-NA-GAR
	36	CONQUEROR
	37	OSCAR
1862	31	SPARTAN
	38	BRAINTREE
	39	LLOYDS
	40	MORNA
	41	BENGOLLYNN
	42	TYTHONUS
	43	SCINDE
	44	MARLBOROUGH
1863	45	DARIEN
	46	COSSIPORE
	47	PERSIA
	48	MIRZAPORE
	49	NAPIER
	50	JOHN BELLAMY
	51	RATHFERN
	52	VICTORIA CROSS
	53	DINAPORE
1864	54	GLENNA
	55	GRANADIAN
	56	BERAMPORE
	57	KALIOUB
	58	WHISPER
	59	CELT
	62	INNISFALLEN
1865	60	LAMMERMUIR
	63	PRINCE OSCAR
	155	ASIE
	156	IN TE SPES
	157	NAGPORE
	158	SERAMPORE
	159	WEST INDIAN
	160	INDIAN EMPIRE
	161	PERSIAN EMPIRE
	164	GEORGE PYMAN
1866	162	CARIBBEAN
	163	ROMAN EMPIRE
	165	PIONEER
	166	CONSTANCE
	167	JOHN TAYLOR
	168	MURTON
	169	COLUMBIAN
1867	170	HIMALAYA
	171	AUSTRALIAN
	172	AVON

1855	1	MIRAGE
	2	FANNY NICHOLSON
1856	3	DEMETRIUS
	4	ISTANBOUL
	5	ETHEREAL
1857	6	CHRISTINA
	7	KINNAIRD
	8	LONDONDERRY
	9	PAULINA
1858	10	EARLY MORN
	11	ORILLA
	12	CHOW PHYA
	13	BOBOLINA
	14	MARCO BOZZARIS
	15	FAHRENHEIT
	16	ADMIRAL MIAOULIS
	17	OSBORNE HOUSE
	18	ATTALANTE
1859	19	BOTASSIS
	20	TZAMADOS
	21	STANLEY
	22	SUMMER CLOUD
	23	WEST AUSTRALIAN

1864	1	ROSETTA
	2	FIRE QUEEN
1865	3	BRITISH QUEEN
1866	4	MICHELE VUCETICH