RICHARDSON, DUCK & Company Limited

(initially SOUTH STOCKTON IRON SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, then RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY from 1853 to 1912)

THORNABY (South Stockton)

1852 - 1924

 

The South Stockton Iron Shipbuilding Company was established on the former yard of engine builders Fossick of Stockton in 1852 to build the first iron ship on the Tees. However, before ADVANCE was completed the yard was bought by Joseph Richardson and George Nixon Duck.

Two vessels (indicated by **) were sub-contracted out to the former Rake, Kimber yard at Middlesbrough (see separate list), but in 1859 that yard was taken over by Richardson, Duck until its sale in 1862. Vessels built at this Middlesbrough yard are marked *.

Yard numbers up to 100 are unreliable and some may not be correct. Smaller vessels may not have been allocated yard numbers.

1854 1 ADVANCE 2 ROBERT STEPHENSON        
1855 3 COUNTESS OF DURHAM 5 ALICE JACKSON 6 ALEPPO 8 LÜTCKEN
    NO. 1 & NO. 2            
1856 7 VISCOUNT LAMBTON 9 TASMANIAN MAID   VOLGA   ELIZA CORRY
  13 IRONMASTER 14 KIELMANSEGGE 15 GLOMMEN   2 Canal Steamers
1857 12 EXPRESS   WESLEY   CLEVELAND   MIDDLESBROUGH
  19 MORTJE FLORS   Caisson 21 AIREDALE    
    GORCHAKOV   CHERDAK   NOVGORODEC    
1858 22 ELLA CONSTANCE 26 GONCALVES MARTIO 27 VALERIE DE SINIMBU    
1859   MODERN GREECE   LITTLE LUCY   PARAGASSU   PATRAS
    6 Paddle Steamers for India   7 Barges for India   Crane Barge for India   2 Paddle Steamers for India
    4 Barges   ROSSIYA **   NIKOLAY **    
1860   2 Troop Barges for India *   2 Barges for India *   ELLESMERE * 59 ZAIMIS
    GEORGE OLYMPIUS   LURLINE   AGNES FROOM *   LONDOS
    CUIRASSIER *   ANN        
1861   PALIKARI   SICILIA 68 ONWARD   RIVER QUEEN *
  70 NIÑA   TARTAR   HELLENIS   Barge *
1862 73 HARRIET PINCKNEY * 74 DOUS DE JULHO * 75 ELENA 76 JUMNA *
  77-86 10 Barges 87 JUSTITIA 90 CORCYRA   CORDOVA
    PUNJAUB            
1863 88-89 2 Hopper Barges 93 GLADSTONE 94 CITY OF SYDNEY 95 ALEXANDRA
  96 BOLIVAR 99 UNICORN 100 MARSHLAND    
1864 97 TANTAH 98 ROYAL ALEXANDRA 101 LEILA 102 BERENICE
  103 SYDNEY DACRES 107 THE GREEK        
1865 104 EL RAHMANIEH 108 EPTANISOS 109 COUMOUNDOUROS 110 SETUBAL
  111 LORD BYRON   PISANO 114-128 15 Barges (probably completed 1865)    
1866 105 COBDEN 106 VENUS 129 ORION 132 HOOGHLEY
1867 130 ASTRAEA 131 CITY OF BUENOS AYRES 133 NIOBE    
1868 135 DIONE 136 Caisson (probably completed 1868) 137-138 2 Barges (probably completed 1868) 139

VENCEDOR
  140 Hopper Barge 141 MIRANDA 142 FOGAETE 143 ESPERTO
  144 FOXGLOVE 145 FRANCIS THORPE        
1869 134 BURRIANO 146 EVADNE 147-148 2 Barges 149 ALONSO
  150 Barge (probably completed 1869) 151 ARTOS 152 SAVERNAKE 153 Barge
  154 GRAND DUCHESS 155 AVONA        
1870 156 VOLANTE 157 MOCANGUE 158 FLOS 159 MIMA THOMAS
  160 BURGOS 161 DELOS 162 INTERNATIONAL 163 T S WEBB
  164 AQUIDABAN 165 VIGILANT 167 ULSTER    
1871 166 EROS 168 JOSEPH DODDS 169 LUNEFIELD 170-172 3 Barges
  173 FE 174 BLADWORTH 175 AGNES WYLIE 176 IRIS
  177 PENELOPE 178 MARY DRIVER        
1872 179 SAINT GEORGE 180 ORMESBY 181 CALEDONIAN 182 THORNABY
  183 MANICOUGAN 184 GOMOS 185 BESSEMER 190 HUNTCLIFF
1873 186 EASBY 187 WIMBLEDON 188 ALFGAR 189 RIO TINTO
  191 MADURA 192 HELIOS 193 HALIFAX 194 CORNWALL
  195 Rock drilling barge            
1874 196 TURKESTAN 197 PETERBOROUGH 198 NORTHBROOK 199 Dredger
  200 DUCHESS OF ARGYLE 201-202, 205-206 4 Hopper Barges 203 GANOS    
1875 204 ALDBOROUGH 207 SOMERSET 208 RAVENSPUR 209 ABERCARNE
  210 ABERAMAN 211 T C C 29 212 SIERRA MADRONO 213 TAY
1876 214 ISPAHAN 215 LORD MAR 216 LORD ELGIN 217 Caisson
  218 SCOTTISH CHIEFTAIN 219 SAINT MIRREN 220 JESSORE 221 VELLORE
  222 BRITISH ENTERPRISE 226 T C C No 30 227 T C C No 31    
1877 223 IMBROS 224 T C C No 32 225 T C C No 33 228 T C C No 34
  229 T C C No 35 230 STAR OF THE SEA 231 CAPTAIN PARRY 232 CITY OF ROTTERDAM
  233 QUEEN OF SCOTS 234 CITY OF AMSTERDAM 235 SAINT MILDRED 236 HAROLD
  237 SCOTTISH MINSTREL 238 CASTELLO 239 GEORGE FISHER    
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

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