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The Wight Shipyard is a
shipbuilding company A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...
and shipyard based in
East Cowes East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. The two towns are connected by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry operated by the Isle ...
on the
Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a Counties of England, county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the List of islands of England#Largest islands, largest and List of islands of England#Mo ...
in the UK, with their facilities occupying and including the historic
Saunders-Roe Saunders-Roe Limited, also known as Saro, was a British aero- and marine-engineering company based at Columbine Works, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. History The name was adopted in 1929 after Alliott Verdon Roe (see Avro) and John Lord took a c ...
flying boat hangar. The company was originally known as Shemara Refit LLP, and was formed to undertake the refit of the historic MY ''Shemara''. They now specialise in the construction and refit of high speed craft and aluminium ships.


Ships built


Ships refitted

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Thames Clippers Thames Clippers (since July 2020 branded as Uber Boat by Thames Clippers for sponsorship purposes with Uber) is a river bus service on the Thames in London, England. The company operates both commuter services between eastern and Central Lon ...
ferries **''Sky Clipper'' **''Star Clipper'' **''Storm Clipper'' *
Red Funnel Red Funnel, the trading name of the Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited,MV ''Red Eagle'' (In conjunction with Southampton Marine Services)


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* Companies based on the Isle of Wight Shipbuilding companies of England Shipyards of England {{UK-company-stub