Shipbuilding Industry

When Alexander Noble established his boatyard in 1898, he probably didnt realise he was also establishing a new Noble tradition. Alexanders yard wo...

At a time when the Royal Navy was the biggest and best in the world, Georgian London was the hub of this immense industrial-military complex, under...

Belfast has a long and proud shipbuilding heritage, this industry holding a strong place in Belfasts identity and popular culture. There were three...

From modest beginnings, Britain rose throughout the nineteenth century to become the greatest shipbuilding nation in the world, yet by the end of t...

The River Thames above London underwent a dramatic transformation during the Victorian period, from a great commercial highway into a vast conduit ...

The U.S. shipbuilding and repairing industry is comprised of establishments that are primarily engaged in operating shipyards, which are fixed faci...

The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in Asian waters in the 19th ...

This is the true story of a young man and his family experiencing life in Gibraltar in the 1960s, at a time when the relationship with the Spanish ...

After the end of hostilities in 1945, the fishing industry was quick to establish some semblance of recovery and a surge of new builds and restorat...

Founded in 1570, Chatham Dockyard quickly became one of the most important naval yards for the repair and building of warships, maintaining a pre-e...

...A Serf's Journal is a powerful and much-needed overdue call for solidarity today. Alfie Bown, Hong Kong Review of Books Recalling the JeffBoat i...

An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nations wartime need for...

Once, the output of such yards as Harland & Wolff and Workman, Clark was vital business of national and international importance. The Harland &...

The history of the Clyde and the great ships that were built there is well known. Less familiar and equally important, however, is the story of how...

Restoring a fibreglass yacht is not something for the faint-hearted, even if you dont intend to do all the work yourself (you still need to underst...

The Royal Dockyard at Pembroke Dock produced over 250 warships for the Royal Navy, including five royal yachts, between its founding in 1814 and it...

The brainchild of Admiral Sir John Fisher, battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as 'super...