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	Glimpses of old Glasgow: Shipbuilding and Engineering [ebook chapter] / Andrew Aird, 1894
		In shipbuilding the Clyde occupies one of the first positions in the world; the workmanship, too, has always been reckoned superior, so that "Clyde-built" means a warrant for excellence.
		Business was at first confined to engineering, the works being situate in Finnieston Street, but in 1851 the sister industry of iron shipbuilding was begun in a yard on the south bank of the Clyde at Govan.
		To marine engineering the brothers for several years devoted their attention, and being men of inventive genius the firm took root and rapidly spread.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /airgli/airgli0112.htm (3004 words)

	Govan: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In 1885 the yard was reorganised as the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
		Upper clyde shipbuilders was a group which amalgamated the major shipbuilders of the river clyde, glasgow, scotland....
		The general electric company plc or gec was a uk company involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications and engineering....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/go/govan.htm (2202 words)

	The Allan Line - Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway-Heritage
		The company was later known as the Allan Line after one of its founders, Hugh Allan.
		The company also conveyed passengers of other lines from norway to UK, but this was not always a smooth cooperation.
		The Allan Line was one of the first transatlantic steamship companies to establish a network of agents in Norway.
	www.norwayheritage.com /p_shiplist.asp?co=allan (785 words)

	The New Zealand Maritime Record: T. S. S. Maunganui 1911 - 1947 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		As a reward for this contretemps, he was relegated to the company's cargo fleet for 15 months.
		Captain W Whitefield commanded the ship for the first two years of her war service until he was succeeded in turn by Captains Jaunay, Toten, Prosser and Collins.
		She was staffed by Union Company deck and engineer officers with New Zealand merchant seamen and a large staff of stewards.
	www.nzmaritime.co.nz /maunganui1911/history.htm (2416 words)

	Oregon
		She was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and launched on the Clyde in 1883.
		On her first trip she crossed the Atlantic in 7 days, 8 hours and 33 minutes, and on her third homeward voyage reduced this to 6 days, 16 hours and 57 minutes at an average speed of 17.48 knots.
		She was to be paid for in instalments but, due to these not being met, she was repossessed by Fairfield Engineering and sold to Cunard.
	www.theblueriband.com /oregon.html (208 words)

	Hoboken Fire
		The Saale was constructed in 1886 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Glasgow.
		She was 5,267 tons register, and her engines, which were of the triple-expansion type, developing 8,000 horse power, were the largest that had been build up to that time.
		Each engine is in a separate water tight compartment and the whole vessel is divided into eighteen watertight compartments, sixteen transverse and one longitudinal bulkheads.
	www.maggieblanck.com /JPetermann/Fire.html (6742 words)

	St Silio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		She replaced a number of steam engine ships such as "The Snowdon" which where used as a pleasure cruisers from Llandudno.
		She was 314 gross tons and 150 feet in length built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and started work on 27th May 1936.
		She was licensed to carry 568 passengers and was specially designed to cater for short sea excursions from Liverpool to Amlwch and the Menai straits.
	www.amlwchdata.co.uk /Ships/stsilo.htm (154 words)

	Headlines/Breaking News from Washington Business Journal - bizjournals.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The combined company, which would carry the Dominion name and be based in Richmond, would generate about $8.8 billion in annual revenue and serve nearly 4 million retail customers in five states.
		Company shares increased $1.63 to $36.13, a gain of 4.7 percent, on the news.
		The company spent $2.8 billion on acquisitions last year but is cutting back in part because its shares have fallen 42 percent in the past 12 months.
	www.bizjournals.com /site_map/washington_sitemap_29.html (9266 words)

	The Indian summer of the inner London docks: the Grierson Collection - - Port Cities
		Built by the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd, she was scrapped in 1967.
		She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd and was sold to a Hong Kong line in 1978.
		Built by the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd, she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and was returned in 1948.
	www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/ConGalleryCollection.12/chapterId/88/The-Indian-summer-of-the-inner-London-dockstheGrierson-Collection.html (596 words)

	JOHN WATT v. FAIRFIELD SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED+UPPER CLYDE SHIPBUILDERS LTD+ENERGY & MARINE ...
		"'shipbuilding yards', that is to say, any premises in which any ships, boats or vessels used in navigation are made, finished or repaired."
		It does not follow that, because the list of non-textile factories and workshops for the purposes of the 1901 Act included shipbuilding yards, every shipbuilding yard was a factory or workshop for the purposes of regulations made under section 79.
		Moreover, it is difficult to see why the Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Regulations 1960, so far as they related to asbestos, were introduced for those industries if, as counsel for the pursuer contended, the Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931 already applied to them.
	www.scotcourts.gov.uk /opinions/GIL0210.html (2558 words)

	A Bonny Day at Carrick Castle
		Fairfields also built many fine passenger ships including the Cunarder Campania, the beautiful Union Castle liner Balmoral Castle, the Donaldson Lines Athenia and the Anchor Lines famous three fl funneller Transylvania and very many fine passenger vessels for the Canadian Pacific line including the handsome liners Empress of Russia and Empress of Japan.
		Within a few weeks she will slide into the Clyde's cold winter waters having been christened with a two part name, the first being that of her owners 'Stirling' and the second being that of a Scottish river or island in the style of her predecessors.
		The ship, which is owned by the Westminster Dredging Company of London, has been an occasional visitor to the Clyde since Clydeport disposed of its own dredging plant (dredgers and self-propelled silt-bearing hopper barges) a few years ago.
	www.btinternet.com /~Paddlers/MVBalmoral/articles/2001/010923/abonny.htm (997 words)

	Encyclopedia entries starting with HMA
		HMAS Stuart was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales on 20 March 1959, launched on 8 April 1961 by Mrs.
		She was laid down by the London and Glasgow Engineering Company at Govan, Scotland, in February 1911, launched on 29 August 1912 by Lady Henderson, wife of Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson and commissioned on 26 Ju..
		She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 10 October 1916, launched on 21 May 1917, completed on 22 September 1917 and commissioned into the Royal Navy, transferred to the R..
	encycl.opentopia.com /H/HM/HMA (10584 words)

	USQUE AD MARE - A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
		The machinery, also built at Levis by Carrier, Lane and Company, was a compound steam engine designed to give a service speed of fourteen knots in smooth water with a towing capability for icebound vessels in winter.
		The Stanley came from the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, then rising to a prominent place as builders of high class passenger liners, and achieved a reputation as a superior vessel.
		Like most Fairfield ships, she had nicely proportioned masts and, with her clipper bow, she looked more like a yacht than a working icebreaker, although she was built of Siemens-Martin steel and lasted till 1936 when she was sold for scrapping.
	www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca /usque-ad-mare/chapter04-03_e.htm (1664 words)

	Empress History
		The company’s global system of transportations ranked as the largest in the world.
		Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Glasgow, the two sisters were more or less identical in appearance, although the Empress of Ireland beat her older sister in size by just a glance – she was two tons larger.
		It took only a short moment before the engine room was flooded, making it impossible for the crew to operate the ship’s watertight doors.
	progressivediving.com /extreme/empress_history.htm (1646 words)

	New Palace Steamers - Thames Excursion Paddle Steamers
		They were delivered to separate companies over the three years 1892-1894, and were the finest fleet of excursion ships on the River Thames.
		After the 1894 season, the Victoria Steamboat Association was unable to pay its instalments, and Fairfields foreclosed and took possession of their three steamers.
		was built by, and owned, by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, one of three vessels delivered to separate companies over the three years 1892-1894, which formed the finest fleet of excursion ships on the River Thames, managed by the Victoria Steamboat Association (VSA).
	www.simplonpc.co.uk /NewPalace.html (1024 words)

	The Mediadrome - History
		As the gangplank was raised and the ship slowly departed, the cat reappeared on the wharf and watched intently as The Empress made her way into the St. Lawrence Seaway for the last time.
		In contrast, third class and steerage was hardly extravagant, but the CPR insisted on comfortable berths for the many immigrants who came to Canada from Europe.
		The company hoped that someday, these same travelers would proudly book their return passage home in one of The Empress' upper classes.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/articles/history_articles/forgotten_empress.htm (1665 words)

	- Union Castle Liner R.M.S. CARISBROOK CASTLE - Full Dockyard Builders Model - Vallejo Maritime Gallery - Specialists ...
		The final single-screw vessel of the line, she was built of steel and carried three masts to supplement her Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company’s own quadruple-expansion four-cylinder steam engine that put out an amazing nominal 1,490 H.P. and 8,500 indicated horse power.
		The hull is painted in the company red and gray, and the single four-blade propeller is smartly ready to cut.
		The liner was built in Glasgow by Fairfield’s, and she registered at 7,626 gross tons for her 485 foot length with a 56 foot beam.
	www.vallejogallery.com /item.php?id=181 (524 words)

	Swallowed in 14 Minutes : ET Research (2001) by Gavin Murphy - 20 June 2001
		The Empress of Ireland, pride of the Canadian Pacific white empress fleet, was designed by Francis Elgar and built at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.
		Kendall had the latest newspapers aboard (and a "keen eye", as he said) and soon realized Crippen was a passenger on the Montrose.
		Kendall shouted through a megaphone for the Storstad to keep going ahead on its engines, in the faint hope it would serve as a giant plug.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /item/1505 (1679 words)

	TssFairstar.com - dedicated to the Sitmar/P&O Fairstar
		One particular shipping company, The Bibby Line, had a long history of transporting troops; in fact from as early as 1854 during the Crimean War.
		The company sold the original 1912 Oxfordshire and plans for the new ship were underway with the vessel to be built at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Glasgow.
		The shipbuilder eventually assigned the Govan yard, located on the Clyde River, not far from Glasgow.
	www.tssfairstar.com /history (276 words)

	American Welding Society - Past Presidents
		His professional career was in shipbuilding and, at one point, he was in charge of all submarine boat construction at the Fall River (Quincy, MA) facilities.
		Crowe was Engineer in Charge of Apparatus Research and Development for the Air Reduction Company in Jersey City.
		Pierce was sent to study Japanese shipbuilding by the War Department "in connection with reparations and determination of minimum industrial levels of shipbuilding." He became an honorary member of the Japan Welding Society.
	www.aws.org /about/past_prez.html (3656 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: David Cobb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		He retired from Fishers in January 2002 and was appointed CBE in 1999, having served as President of the Chamber of Shipping and in recognition of his services to shipbuilding and ship-owning in the United Kingdom.
		Mr Cobb was apprenticed in the ship design office of Fairfield Shipbuilding, Glasgow and while there obtained an HNCD in Naval Architecture from Royal Technical College (now University of Strathclyde).
		Mr Cobb, who is a Chartered Engineer, is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, a Member of the Institute of Marine Engineers and is an Honorary Doctor of Laws, Strathclyde University.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Cobb_David_29882866.htm (496 words)

	SS Ardmore
		The Irish Registered vessel SS Ardmore [No 140454] owned by the City of Cork Steam Packet Company went missing with her crew of 24 on the 11th of November 1940 while on a voyage from Cork to Fishguard in Wales.
		In August 1997 following a request by Mr Con Galvin from Carrigaline Co Cork seeking to register the death of his grandfather Mr Edward Bruland, research was initiated to establish the cause of the loss of the SS Ardmore and to establish the final location of her wreck.
		In May of 1923 she was transferred to the City of Cork Steam Packet Company and renamed the SS Ardmore.
	www.irishseamensrelativesassociation.org /Ardmore_crew.htm (1569 words)

	Headlines/Breaking News from Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - bizjournals.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Alaska Electrical Pension, the investment company that owns the Key Bank Building in downtown Bellevue, is preparing to close the sale of the building, possibly by the end of the day Tuesday, according to a longtime tenant of the building.
		The key distinguishing factor: the companies' ability to catch whatever the next wave of demand may be.
		It will be tougher for companies to buy corporate-owned life insurance policies on low-level employees in Washington state because of a new law signed this week by Gov. Christine Gregoire.
	www.bizjournals.com /site_map/seattle_sitemap_135.html (6896 words)

	Aircraft carrier Shipyard profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		Shipbuilding is one of the oldest industries in the
		In the early 1980s the company had completed the conversion of two container ships -- Denebola and Capella -- to Fast Sealift Ships, which are vehicle cargo ships.
		By the end of the war, Sun Shipbuilding was a city of its own, sprawling along the Delware river.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Shipyards/Shipyards.html (2224 words)

	Empress of Ireland - An Essay
		Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, located near Glasgow, England and launched on January 27, 1906, the triple-screw steamer "Hull No. 443"-- christened Royal Mail Steamer Empress of Ireland, was just over 548 feet long, 65 feet wide and weighed in at 14,500 tons.
		The pride of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Atlantic fleet, the Great Ship could carry in excess of 1500 passengers as she was graced with eight decks that afforded first, second and even third class passengers some of the best accommodations for the day.
		Referred to as a three-deck shelter deck ship, the Empress, with her grandeur, elegance and graceful lines, epitomized the sleepy tranquility of the Edwardian age– a time of unprecedented social and economic prosperity.
	www.northernatlanticdive.com /empress-essay.htm (3245 words)

	National Liberty Ship Memorial -- S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien -- The Last Liberty
		Driven by an obsolete reciprocating engine with coal burning fire-tube boilers, the vessel had been built, year after year, on the River Tyne and had proven its reliability in trades where speed was secondary to reliability.
		Known as the Six Services or Six Companies it included the general contracting firms that built the Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams and was headed by Henry Kaiser.
		The same was true of the engine's steam boilers, especially considering the relatively moderate pressures associated with reciprocating engines.
	www.ssjeremiahobrien.org /lastliberty.html (2055 words)

	HMAS Warrego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Warrego.
		The first HMAS Warrego (D-70) was a River class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited at Govan in Scotland, launched 4 April 1911 and commissioned on 1 June 1912.
		HMAS Warrego paid off 19 April 1928 and sank while being dismantled in 1931.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hmas_warrego.html (92 words)

	Hatboro-Horsham High School Display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The New Jersey was built in 1862 by Fardy Brothers of Baltimore, Maryland, as a 494 ton steam packet, 165.5' long,22.6' wide with 9' deep holds.
		6:3 [Fall 1990] Maritime and Natural History Division: The Empress of Ireland, a 14,191 ton ocean liner, was especially designed and built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and engineering Company, Ltd. of Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. (CPRC) and launched from Clyde shipyard on 1/27/1906.
		Powered by two coal fed quadruple expansion engines, which propelled by her twin bronze screws, she made through the water at 19 knots (almost 22 mph).
	www.millbrooksociety.org /hhhs01b.html (1140 words)

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