The Northumberland Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding business based at
Howdon
Howdon is a largely residential area in the eastern part of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. It consists of High Howdon and the smaller settlement of East Howdon. Much of the High Howdon area was formerly called Willington prior to post-World W ...
in
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcastl ...
.
![Northumberland Shipbuilding Company Ltd 1920](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Northumberland_Shipbuilding_Company_Ltd_1920.jpg)
History
The company was established by Harry S. Edwards in
Howdon
Howdon is a largely residential area in the eastern part of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. It consists of High Howdon and the smaller settlement of East Howdon. Much of the High Howdon area was formerly called Willington prior to post-World W ...
in 1883.
Following the death of the founder the business was bought by
Rowland Hodge
Sir Rowland Frederick William Hodge, 1st Baronet (15 September 1859 – 21 September 1950) was an English shipbuilder.
Early life
Hodge was born on 15 September 1859 in Sunderland, the son of Emily (née Davis) Hodge and John Rowland Hodge of N ...
in 1898. At that time
Furness Withy
Furness Withy was a major British transport business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
History
The company was founded by Christopher Furness and Henry Withy (1852–1922) in 1891 in Hartlepool. This was achieved by the amalgamatio ...
were both a major shareholder and a major customer.
[ In 1918 it became a public company and subsequently acquired controlling interests in ]William Doxford & Sons
William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding and marine engineering company.
History
William Doxford founded the company in 1840. From 1870 it was based in Pallion, Sunderland, on the River Wea ...
, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy ...
, Workman, Clark and Company
Workman, Clark and Company was a shipbuilding company based in Belfast.
History
The business was established by Frank Workman and George Clark in Belfast in 1879 and incorporated Workman, Clark and Company Limited in 1880. By 1895 it was the UK ...
, Blythswood Shipbuilding Company, Monmouth Shipbuilding Company and the Lancashire Iron and Steel Company.[ The combined business was the largest shipbuilding combine in the United Kingdom.] Following a collapse in demand and over-ordering of steel the business went into receivership in 1926. It briefly re-opened under new ownership in 1927 but closed again in 1930.[
]
References
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Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Northumberland
Defunct companies of England
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1883
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1930