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William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British
William Doxford founded the company in 1840. From 1870 it was based in Pallion, 
In the 1970s a new all-weather Pallion yard was built which could build two ships of up to 30,000 tons deadweight side-by-side. The steel came in at one end, and the completed ship left from the other with engines installed and sometimes with the machinery running.
Court Line collapsed in 1974 and the company was
Doxford was a major British shipbuilder. It also made marine diesel engines, the last of which it built in 1980.
Doxford Engine Friends Association
William Doxford and Sons
page on Ships Nostalgia website. Membership (free) is required. * Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom Former defence companies of the United Kingdom Marine engine manufacturers Engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom Shipbuilding companies of the City of Sunderland Manufacturing companies established in 1840 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1986 British Shipbuilders {{industry-company-stub
shipbuilding
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and marine engineering company.
History
William Doxford founded the company in 1840. From 1870 it was based in Pallion, Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
, on the River Wear
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in Northeast England
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. The Company was managed by William Doxford's four sons following his death in 1882. It was acquired by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company
The Northumberland Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding business based at Howdon in Tyne and Wear.
History
The company was established by Harry S. Edwards in Howdon in 1883. Following the death of the founder the business was bought by Rowlan ...
in 1918.
It was renamed ''Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd'' in 1961 and ''Doxford & Sunderland Ltd'' in 1966. Court Line
Court Line was a 20th-century British tramp shipping company that was founded in 1905. In the 1960s it diversified into shipbuilding and charter aviation. Its merchant shipping interests were based in London. Its shipyards were at Appledore in ...
took it over in 1972 and renamed it ''Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd''.
In the 1970s a new all-weather Pallion yard was built which could build two ships of up to 30,000 tons deadweight side-by-side. The steel came in at one end, and the completed ship left from the other with engines installed and sometimes with the machinery running.
Court Line collapsed in 1974 and the company was nationalised
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...
. It was privatised in 1986 when it was merged with Austin & Pickersgill to form North East Shipbuilders. However, the last ship built at Pallion was floated out of the yard in 1989 after which it closed as a shipbuilding yard. The old shipyard is now occupied by Pallion Engineering Limited, whilst the former marine engine
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works is occupied by W.H.Forster (Printers) Ltd.
Operations
Doxford was a major British shipbuilder. It also made marine diesel engines, the last of which it built in 1980.
See also
* List of shipbuilders and shipyards *Turret deck ship
A turret deck ship is a type of merchant ship with an unusual hull, designed and built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The hulls of turret deck vessels were rounded and stepped inward above their waterlines. This gave some advantages i ...
*
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* ''Badagry Palm'' (1979) – the last Doxford marine engine (J-Type)
References
External links
Doxford Engine Friends Association
William Doxford and Sons
page on Ships Nostalgia website. Membership (free) is required. * Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom Former defence companies of the United Kingdom Marine engine manufacturers Engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom Shipbuilding companies of the City of Sunderland Manufacturing companies established in 1840 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1986 British Shipbuilders {{industry-company-stub