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The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a Britishshipbuilding company in the famous Govan area on the Clyde in Scotland. Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... Govan is a district and former burgh in the southwestern part of the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... Clyde may refer to: The River Clyde and Firth of Clyde in Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
History
The shipyard in Govan was founded in the 1860s as Randolph, Elder and Company, later John Elder and Company. In 1885 the yard was reorganised as the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. As this company it continued until 1965 when it filed for bankruptcy. In response, the yard was again reorganised in 1966 as Fairfields, under guarantee by the government. The following year Fairfields and the other major Clydeside yards, Stephens, Connels, YSL and Browns, were merged to form Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS). This was later formed into Govan shipbuilders which was nationalised as British Shipbuilders which was later privatised and the Govan yards went to Kværner, which was then purchased and is now part of BAE Systems Naval Ships. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Launch of Type 45 destroyer from the former YSL (now BAE) Scotstoun yard Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Naval Ships which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard. ... HMS Indefatigable being launched at Clydebank. ... Upper Clyde Shipbuilders was a group which amalgamated the major shipbuilders of the River Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... British Shipbuilders was a public corporation that owned and managed the UK shipbuilding industry from 1977 to 1986. ... Kværner is a Norway-based engineering and construction services company. ... Launch of HMS Daring from BAEs Scotstoun Shipyard. ...
Production
Fairfields was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Reference
Clyde built ships data base - lists all ships built on the Clyde - http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/index.asp
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.
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