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Scotstoun Marine Ltd was a
shipbuilding
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company in
Glasgow
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,
Scotland
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, on the
River Clyde
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, formed in 1972 to operate the former shipyard of
Charles Connell and Company
Charles Connell and Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Scotstoun in Glasgow on the River Clyde.
History
The company was founded by Charles Connell (1822-1894) who had served an apprenticeship with Robert Steele and Co before ...
following the collapse of
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) was a Scottish shipbuilding consortium, created in 1968 as a result of the amalgamation of five major shipbuilders of the River Clyde. It entered liquidation, with much controversy, in 1971. That led to a " work-in ...
into which it had been amalgamated. Scotstoun Marine Ltd operated as a subsidiary of Govan Shipbuilders. The yard constructed 15 ships between 1972 and 1980 when the yard closed after 119 years of shipbuilding in which 535 ships had been built.
The site was cleared of craneage although some evidence of the building berths remained visible until ca 2004. Part of the yard's covered facilities are utilized by steel stockholders GKN whilst the riverside berth has been utilised by Motherwell Bridge Engineeringhttp://motherwellbridge.com/ for heavy fabrication work.