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Closure Dates of Clyde Yards

1900 - Robert Napier & Sons Ltd., Govan

1900 - Taylor & Mitchell, Greenock

1902 - T.B. Seath, Rutherglen

1905 - W. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Govan

1912 - Mackie & Thomson, Govan

1912 - London & Glasgow Eng. & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Govan

1912 - A. Rodger, Port Glasgow (Bay Yard merged with Russell & Co.)

1918 - Russell & Co., Port Glasgow (renamed Lithgows Ltd)

1921 - W.Chalmers & Co. Ltd., Rutherglen

1922 - Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.,

1925 - Ross & Marshall Ltd., Port Glasgow

1926 - Dunlop, Bremner & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow (Inch Yard)

1927 - Murdoch & Murray Ltd., Port Glasgow

1928 - Caird & Co. Ltd., (Harland & Wolff Ltd.) Greenock

1929 - John Fullerton & Co., Paisley

1929 - Clyde Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow (Castle Yard)

1929 - Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Ayr

1931 - W. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Dalmuir

1931 - Napier & Miller Ltd., Old Kilpatrick

1931 - Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. (South Yard)

1931 - R. Duncan & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow

1932 - A. McMillan & Sons Ltd., Dumbarton

1932 - Bow, McLachlan & Co. Ltd., Paisley

1935 - Lithgows Bay Yard

1936 - Ayrshire Dockyard, Irvine

1936 - D & W Henderson & Co. Ltd., Meadowside

1958 - J. & J. Hay, Kirkintilloch

1962 - Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. (North Yard)

1963 - W. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow (merged with Lithgows)

1963 - G. Brown & Co. Ltd., Greenock

1963 - W. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton

1963 - Harland & Wolff Ltd., Govan

1964 - Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Scotstoun

1964 - Simons Yard, Renfrew

1964 - Lobnitz Yard, Renfrew

1964 - Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Paisley

1966 - Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd., Greenock (merged with Scotts)

1967 - Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd., Campbeltown

1969 - Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Linthouse

1973 - Brown Clydebank yard

1978 - James Lamont & Co., Port Glasgow (Castle yard)

1979 - Scott & Sons, (Bowling) Ltd.

1980 - Connell Scotstoun yard

1983 - Lithgows Kingston/Glen/East yards (re-opened as rig builder)

1984 - Scotts' Cartsburn and Cartsdyke yards

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