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	Science Fair Projects - British Shipbuilders
		British Shipbuilders was a public corporation that owned and managed the UK shipbuilding industry from 1977 to 1986.
		The corporation was founded as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 which nationalised British shipbuilding companies.
		The same act nationalised the large British aviation companies and grouped them in an analogous corporation, British Aerospace.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/British_Shipbuilders (222 words)

	British Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Empire was, at one time, referred to as "the empire on which the sun never sets" because the empire's span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous colonies.
		The overseas British Empire (in the sense of British oceanic exploration and settlement outside of Europe and the British Isles) was rooted in the pioneering maritime policies of King Henry VII, who reigned from 1485 to 1509.
		British withdrawal from the southern and eastern parts of Africa was complicated by the region's white settler populations: Kenya had already provided an example in the Mau Mau Uprising of violent conflict exacerbated by white landownership and reluctance to concede majority rule.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Empire (7614 words)

	British Shipbuilders: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		British Shipbuilders was a public corporation Public company quick summary:
		British aerospace (bae) was a uk aircraft manufacturer, now part of bae systems....
		Vickers shipbuilding and engineering ltd (vsel) is based at barrow-in-furness, cumbria....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_shipbuilders.htm (253 words)

	Govan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It incorporates the districts of Kinning Park, Cessnock, Craigton, Drumoyne and the former shipbuilding village of Linthouse.
		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, Govan was sold to Kvaerner in 1988.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Govan (851 words)

	British Shipbuilders - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		British Shipbuilders Corporation was a public corporation that owned and managed the UK shipbuilding industry from 1977 to 1986.
		British Shipbuilders was privatised in 1983 under the terms of the British Shipbuilders Act 1983.
		British Shipbuilders, Assets subsumed by British Shipbuilders, Denationalisation, The evolution of British Shipbuilders, Incomplete lists, Defunct companies of the United Kingdom, Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom, Companies established in 1977 and 1986 disestablishments.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/British_Shipbuilders (440 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Govan
		Shipbuilding accelerated this change most prominently, with the deepening of the Clyde in 1759, the reclamation of the channels between the islands (The White Inch, The Black Inch, and The King's Inch), and the consturction of quays and docks.
		By the 1860s, it was obvious that a proper administration was required, and the village was made a burgh in 1864, under the General Police (Scotland) Act of 1862.
		British Shipbuilder's road to privatisation was not as swift, and the group was sold piece by piece throughout the decade.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Govan (5179 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 006b Shipyards > British shipyards
		It was nationalised along with the rest of the British shipbuilding industry as British Shipbuilders in 1977.
		The yard on Queen's Island was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1941 causing considerable damage to the shipbuilding facilities and destroying the aircraft factory.
		Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, often referred to simply as Scotts, were a British shipbuilding company based in Greenock, Scotland, on the River Clyde.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/photolibrary/index.php?cat=1123 (3580 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd
		Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow..
		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.
		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 Marconi Electronic Systems division.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Yarrow_Shipbuilders (327 words)

	British_Shipbuilders - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		British Shipbuilders Corporation was a public corporation that owned and managed the UK shipbuilding industry from 1977 and through the 1980s.
		The corporation was founded as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 which nationalised all major British shipbuilding companies.
		Harland & Wolff, the only shipbuilder based in Northern Ireland was a special political case and remained out with the control of the British Shipbuilders management, despite being in its ownership.
	www.thewordbook.com /British_Shipbuilders (510 words)

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		Nationalization (British English: nationalisation) is the act of transferring assets into public ownership.
		Examples from the last five years in the United Kingdom include the vesting of the British railway infrastructure firm Railtrack in the not-for-profit company Network Rail, and the divestment of much council housing stock to "arms-length management companies," often with mutual status.
		1950s British Petroleum's Iranian assets by their government (actually a nationalisation of part of a nationalised company), in addition the Egyptian Government nationalised the Suez Canal in 1956 which was owned by the Suez Canal Company which was part owned by the British State.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Nationalization (1869 words)

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		This division was privatised as Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) in 1986, later passing to the GEC group as part of Marconi Marine and survives to this day as part of BAE Systems; BAE Systems Submarines.
		The steelmaking division became part of British Steel and the remaining interests were divested as the public company Vickers plc, whose various components were later split.
		The Barrow yard later passed into the hands of the nationalised British Shipbuilders, was privatised as VSEL and remains in operation to this day as BAE Systems Submarines.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Vickers-Armstrong (838 words)

	Coffee and Tea Online News
		British shipbuilders give up their tea breaks in return for hefty pay rise
		Employees working in the Scotstoun and Govan yards have agreed to no longer down tools for a 15-minute brew-up in return for the lump sum and a 5.5 per cent hike in their salaries.
		John Wall, general secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, admitted the tea break was an "anachronism".
	www.coffee-tea-online.com /news_March_23_2006.asp (456 words)

	Nationalization
		The cost of legally buying a large business is such that many legal nationalizations have happened when firms of national importance run into trouble (close to bankruptcy), and could be acquired by the government for little or no money.
		A classic example is the UK nationalization in the 1970s of the car-maker British Leyland.
		Examples from the last five years in the United Kingdom include the vesting of the British railway infastructure firm Railtrack in the not-for profit company Network Rail, and the divestment of much council housing stock to 'arms-length management companies', often with mutual status.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2Fen%2Fnationalization (1484 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Armstrong Whitworth had developed along similar lines to Vickers, expanding into various military sectors and was notable for their artillery manufacture at Elswick and shipbuilding at a yard at High Walker on the River Tyne.
		Under the terms of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act BAC was officially nationalised in 1977 to become part of the British Aerospace group, which exists today in the guise of BAE Systems).
		The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act also led to the nationalisation of Vickers' shipbuilding division as part of British Shipbuilders.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Vickers (923 words)

	Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The bill was rejected by the House of Lords on three separate occasions.
		Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon (acquired in 1978, merged with Ferguson Shipbuilders to form Ferguson-Ailsa in 1981, assets later transferred to Scott Lithgow)
		Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977, List of assets subsumed by British Aerospace, List of assets subsumed by British Shipbuilders, Incomplete lists, Aviation in the United Kingdom, Water transport in the United Kingdom, Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and 1977 in law.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Aircraft_and_Shipbuilding_Industries_Act_1977 (323 words)

	The British Shipbuilders Regulations 1991
		Section 1(2)(b) of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 shall have effect with the substitution of the figure "2" for the figure "7".
		These Regulations amend section 1(2)(b) of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 by reducing the minimum number of members of British Shipbuilders in addition to the chairman from 7 to 2.
		The Act was amended by section 10 of the British Aerospace Act 1980 (c. 26).
	www.legislation.gov.uk /si/si1991/Uksi_19911560_en_1.htm (454 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Just WHERE was the Titanic's rudder left at after the collison?
		The springs outline can be seen drawn as the horizontal box on the telemotor receiver in the bottom drawing directly under the "S" in spare tiller at deck level.
		Shipbuilder does not mention resistance feedback to the ship's wheel, nor do the Brown Brother's instruction manuals.
		It appears that British shipbuilders were in the dark ages when it comes to switching steering engines.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/5664/1274.html?974725748 (1811 words)

	SparkNotes: The Civil War 1850–1865: The Confederate Side: 1861–1863
		British shipbuilders also agreed to build two ironclad warships with Laird rams, which the Confederates could use to pierce the hulls of enemy ships.
		Unfortunately for the South, however, Davis was never able to parlay this British assistance into a formal recognition or alliance.
		Although most of Britain’s cotton came from the South, it became clear that British textile manufacturers had bought from the South only because it was cheaper.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/civilwar/section6.rhtml (1147 words)

	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
		Now BAE Systems Marine Ltd, VSEL was acquired during the merger of British Aerospace and GEC's defence business.
		1977's Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act saw Vickers Shipbuilding nationalized and incorporated into British Shipbuilders.
		Vickers was the first shipyard of this group to return to the private sector.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/v/vi/vickers_shipbuilding_and_engineering_ltd.html (170 words)

	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Ltd (VSEL) was a shipbuilding company based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria in northwest England that built warships and armaments.
		Through a complicated history the company's shipbuilding division is now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions and the armaments division is now part of BAE Systems Land Systems.
		The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 saw nationalisation into British Shipbuilders.
	www.1bx.com /en/VSEL.htm (550 words)

	Asbestos sufferers emerge victorious in Pleural Plaques litigation - 15 February 2005
		The Pleural Plaques Test Litigation was brought by a number of sufferers of pleural plaques — lung scarring caused by asbestos exposure — against British Shipbuilders and several insurers.
		Sitting in Newcastle Crown Court, Mr Justice Holland found that pleural plaques should be compensated for, because the risk of developing a full-blown asbestos-related disease was increased and therefore the plaques lead to anxiety.
		British Shipbuilders were represented by Eversheds, instructing 5 Paper Buildings’ Antonio Bueno QC.
	www.thelawyer.com /cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=114088&d=pndpr&h=pnhpr&f=pnfpr (248 words)

	Shipbuilders sought for asbestos pay-outs
		British workers are entitled to claim because thousands of them worked during the war refitting American ships at ports around Britain and Ireland.
		Some were merchant ships which had to be converted to military use, while others needed modification to fit British conditions before being put into service.
		It was so toxic that contact with an infected air supply was often enough to cause illness, she said.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/09/29/nasb29.html (390 words)

	Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Summary
		He had to contend not only with the British, who disliked the disruption in trade caused by the war, but also with Confederate agents, who, believing that British aid to the South could assure its success, sought diplomatic recognition and material aid.
		Adams was elected member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1831, served in the state senate 1835-1840, founded and edited the journal Boston Whig in 1846, and was an unsuccessful candidate of the Free Soil Party for Vice President of the United States in 1848.
		Britain had already recognized Confederate belligerency, but Adams was instrumental in maintaining British neutrality, preventing British diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
	www.bookrags.com /Charles_Francis_Adams%2C_Sr. (876 words)

	Washington Navy Yard History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It evolved from a shipbuilding center to an ordnance plant and then to the ceremonial and administrative center for the Navy.
		The waters of the Anacostia River were too shallow to accommodate larger vessels, and the yard was deemed too inaccessible to the open sea.
		In 1898, David W. Taylor developed a ship model testing basin which was used by the Navy and private shipbuilders to test the effect of water on new hull designs.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq52-1.htm (1119 words)

	Maryland Historical Society: Fell's Point Maritime Museum School Programs
		Shipbuilders began to design lighter, swifter vessels with shallow drafts that could outrun bulkier British warships.
		The British and the French were at odds with each other.
		Shipbuilders in Fells Point began to arm their swift ships with cannons.
	www.mdhs.org /learn_shipbuild_lesson.html (1704 words)

	The British Shipbuilders Borrowing Powers (Increase of Limit) Order 1988
		The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made.
		This Order may be cited as the British Shipbuilders Borrowing Powers (Increase of Limit) Order 1988 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.
		[1] 1977 c. 3; section 11(7) was last amended by the British Shipbuilders (Borrowing Powers) Act 1987 (c. 52), section 1(1).
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1988/Uksi_19881401_en_1.htm (518 words)

	Insurers fail in bid to stop compensation for thousands of asbestos victims
		Insurers have failed in their attempt to evade responsibility for compensating thousands of victims of asbestos exposure according to a landmark judgment in a test case announced today in the High Court in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
		Norwich Union and British Shipbuilders challenged the right of people exposed to asbestos to claim compensation for pleural plaques, scarring of the lining of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos.
		The insurance industry and British Shipbuilders stood to save millions of pounds had they been successful in defeating the claims.
	www.thompsons.law.co.uk /ntext/n150205a.htm (317 words)

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