Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British ship-building during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century. A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... This article is about Birkenhead in northwest England. ... This article is about the city in England. ...

Laird, Son & Co. was founded by John Laird in 1824, and became pre-eminent in the manufacture of iron ships. John's father William Laird had founded the Birkenhead Iron Works, and the company became internationally famous. 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Johnson Cammell & Co. was founded by Charles Cammell and Henry and Thomas Johnson. The company made, amongst many other metal products, iron wheels and rails for Britain's railways. There have been several people named Thomas Johnson. ...

The businesses of Messrs. Cammell and Laird merged to create a company at the forefront of shipbuilding. Between 1829 and 1947, more than 1,100 vessels of all kinds were launched on the Cammell Laird slipways into the River Mersey. Events January 8 - Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke - his associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released January 19 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust premieres March 4 - Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President of the United States of America. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ...

Among the many famous ships made by the companies were the world's first steel ship, the Ma Roberts, built in 1858 for Dr Livingstone's Zambezi expedition, and the first all-welded ship, the Fullagar built in the 1920s. 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Zambezi River in North Western Zambia The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is a river in Southern Africa. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. ...

The post-Second World War years were turbulent for Cammell Laird, and despite the efforts of a workforce which helped create one of the UK's largest commercial ship repair, conversion and shipbuilding companies, its Birkenhead operations were suspended in 2001. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Metro Cammell