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  • John Readhead & Sons was a shipyard on the River Tyne in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England founded in 1865. John Readhead and John Softley founded...
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  • It was created on 20 January 1922 for James Readhead. He was chairman and managing director of John Readhead and Sons, shipbuilders, of South Shields. The...
    2 KB (123 words) - 04:34, 1 July 2022
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    shipbuilding, the Company went on to acquire Clelands Shipbuilding Company and John Readhead & Sons in 1967. Meanwhile, Swan Hunter inherited both the Naval Yard...
    29 KB (2,662 words) - 20:00, 11 November 2024
  • Limited, Wallsend (later renamed Swan Hunter) - also incorporating John Readhead & Sons, South Shields, Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company, Wallsend...
    11 KB (1,132 words) - 14:35, 16 November 2024
  • South Shields: John Readhead & Sons (1865–1984) Southwick: Austin & Pickersgill (1838–1988) Sunderland Bartram & Sons (1838–1978) John Crown & Sons (1847-1947)...
    36 KB (2,931 words) - 09:54, 17 December 2024
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    Westoe (redirect from Readhead Park)
    hubs of the area. Robert Readhead was a local businessman and was the eldest son of John Readhead, who founded John Readhead and Sons Limited, a noted...
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    John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including RMS Lusitania...
    28 KB (3,146 words) - 13:26, 11 October 2024
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    from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018. Mullin, John (11 March 2000). "Harland & Wolff locks horns with DTI". The Guardian. London...
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    Freemen of Newcastle, became another prominent industry in the town, with John Readhead & Sons Shipyard the largest. During World War I, German Zeppelin airships...
    74 KB (7,503 words) - 14:11, 24 December 2024
  • to consolidate. In June 1997, British Aerospace Defence managing director John Weston commented "Europe ... is supporting three times the number of contractors...
    131 KB (12,433 words) - 19:33, 26 December 2024
  • Works in 1824. When he was joined by his son, John Laird in 1828, their first ship was an iron barge. John realised that the techniques of making boilers...
    21 KB (2,117 words) - 18:05, 3 December 2024
  • retired from the firm, and John Elder became sole partner. The company became known as John Elder & Co in 1869. When John Elder died in September 1869...
    28 KB (3,185 words) - 13:21, 11 October 2024
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    & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall Russell A&P Austin & Pickersgill North...
    8 KB (657 words) - 03:48, 2 July 2024
  • & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall Russell A&P Austin & Pickersgill North...
    19 KB (2,031 words) - 15:21, 16 June 2024
  • rolled armour-plate for warships. In 1865 Alderman John Readhead founded his shipyard John Readhead & Sons in South Shields, which built small cargo ships...
    20 KB (2,630 words) - 22:51, 21 December 2024
  • products, gypsum, quartzite, or sand. The vessel was constructed by John Readhead & Sons in the United Kingdom in 1967 for the Cambay Steamship Company...
    7 KB (685 words) - 14:33, 7 March 2023
  • & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall Russell A&P Austin & Pickersgill North...
    25 KB (2,461 words) - 20:29, 26 September 2024
  • & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall Russell A&P Austin & Pickersgill North...
    17 KB (1,205 words) - 15:29, 8 October 2024
  • 1961, sold and renamed in 1978, and scrapped in 1987. In 1937 and 1938 John Readhead & Sons built three sister ships in their shipyard at South Shields on...
    18 KB (1,958 words) - 07:27, 19 July 2023
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    & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall Russell A&P Austin & Pickersgill North...
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