Clelands Shipbuilding Company
| Private | |
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Swan Hunter |
| Founded | 1866 |
| Defunct | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Wallsend, UK |
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Key people
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K F Craggs (Chairman)[1] |
Clelands Shipbuilding Company was a leading British shipbuilding company. The Company was based in Wallsend was nationalised by the British Government.
History
The Company was established by William Cleland in 1866 as Clelands Shipbuilding Company.[2] It was based at Willington Quay[3] in Wallsend and became one of the UK's leading builders of coastal vessels.[2] During the 1930s it got into financial difficulties and for a while was known as Clelands (Successors) Ltd.[2] It was acquired by Swan Hunter in 1967 and was nationalised in 1977 at which time it was subsumed into British Shipbuilders.[2] The yard closed down in 1984.[2]
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