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Vosper Thornycroft


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VT Group plc is the British defence and services company formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft. Founded by a merger between Vosper and Thornycroft in 1966, its original business was shipbuilding. It has since diversified into various engineering services. As of 2005 it had a turnover of £847.1 million and employed more than 13,000 people. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

For many years, the company had a shipbuilding yard in Southampton, Hampshire but in 2003 relocated it's shipbuilding operations to new facilities in the famous HMNB Portsmouth Naval Dockyard under the name VT Shipbuilding. Its headquarters are located in Hedge End, Hampshire.

VT Group is now involved in many areas of provision through five main operating groups: VT Communications, VT Defence, VT Education and Skills, VT Services Inc. and VT Shipbuilding.

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Willian Doxford and Sons



William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding company established in 1857 by William Doxford. From 1870 they were based in Pallion, Sunderland, on the River Wear in Northeast England. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Woolwich Dockyard


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Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grace a Dieu (Great Harry), the largest ship of its day.

Like its counterpart at Deptford, it was probably chosen for its position - on the south bank of the tidal River Thames conveniently close to Henry's palace at Greenwich.

Its facilities ultimately included two large dry docks, a substantial basin (now used by local anglers), numerous storehouses, a gatehouse and clockhouse, gun bastions, and, in later years, a large metal-working factory used to produce anchors and other iron items used in ship-building.

Engineer Samuel Bentham was an apprentice shipwright at the dockyard during the 1770s.

As ships grew bigger and the Thames began to silt up, the dockyard eventually closed in 1869, but some of its features still remain, while Woolwich Dockyard railway station reminds commuters weekly of the history of the area. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Yarrow Shipbuilders


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Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Naval Ships which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard. The shipyard is located in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow, Scotland on the River Clyde.

The company was founded by Alfred Yarrow, later Sir Alfred Yarrow, 1st Baronet, in the 1870's as Yarrow & Company Limited. Originally it was based in London but moved to Scotstoun, Glasgow in 1906. The Yarrow company was one of the world's leading builders of Destroyers from its inception until after World War 2, building ships for both the Royal Navy and export customers. Yarrow was also a builder of boilers, and a type of water-tube boiler developed by the company was known as the "Yarrow type boiler".

In 1977 the Labour government of James Callaghan passed the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act which nationalised YSL and grouped it with other major British shipyards as British Shipbuilders. In May 1979 Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister and her administration soon began its privatisation programme. British Aerospace, established by the same act, was privatised in 1981. British Shipbuilder's road to privatisation was not as swift and the group was sold piece by piece throughout the decade; though YSL was one of the early divestitures, it was sold in 1985 to GEC's GEC-Marconi division. Yarrow became Marconi Marine (YSL). In 1999 Marconi Electronic Systems was sold to British Aerospace, creating BAE Systems. Marconi Marine (YSL) became BAE SYSTEMS Marine (YSL). (Source: Wikipedia)

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Painting of the Dockyard as it appeared in the late 18th century, by Nicholas Pocock237 viewsOct 28, 2006
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Woolwich Dockyard around 1777190 viewsOct 28, 2006
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Swan Hunter307 viewsAug 29, 2006

 
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