William Beardmore & Company

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William Beardmore & Company was a private British shipbuilding firm with a yard at Dalmuir.[1]

History

The firm started constructing warships, armour and miscellaneous components around the turn of the century.

In 1913, it started building aircraft engines and Sopwith Pup fighter planes under licence.

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
H.M.S. Berwick armoured cruiser 1902[2] Sold 1920
H.M.S. Carnarvon armoured cruiser 7 Oct, 1903[3] Sold 8 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Agamemnon pre-dreadnought 23 Jun, 1906[4] Sold 24 Jan, 1927
H.M.S. Gloucester light cruiser 28 Oct, 1909[5] Sold 9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Falmouth light cruiser 20 Sep, 1910[6] Sold 19 Aug, 1916
H.M.S. Conqueror dreadnought 1 May, 1911[7] Sold 19 Dec, 1922
H.M.S. Goshawk destroyer 18 Oct, 1911[8] 4 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Dublin light cruiser 30 Apr, 1912[9] Sold Jul, 1926
H.M.S. Llewellyn destroyer 30 Oct, 1913[10] Mar, 1922
H.M.S. Benbow dreadnought 12 Nov, 1913[11] Sold Mar, 1931
H.M.S. Lennox destroyer 17 Mar, 1914[12] Oct, 1921
H.M.S. Galatea light cruiser 14 May, 1914[13] Sold 25 Oct, 1921
H.M.S. Inconstant light cruiser 6 Jul, 1914[14] Sold 9 Jun, 1922
H.M.S. Royalist light cruiser 14 Jan, 1915[15] Sold 24 Aug, 1922
H.M.S. E 25 submarine 23 Aug, 1915[16] Sold Dec, 1921
H.M.S. Lassoo destroyer 24 Aug, 1915[17] Mined 13 Aug, 1916
H.M.S. Lochinvar destroyer 9 Oct, 1915[18] Nov, 1921
H.M.S. E 26 submarine 11 Nov, 1915[19] Lost 6 Jul, 1916
H.M.S. Pelican destroyer 18 Mar, 1916[20]
H.M.S. Pellew destroyer 8 May, 1916[21]
H.M.S. E 53 submarine 1916[22] Sold Sep, 1922
H.M.S. E 54 submarine 1916[23] Sold Dec, 1921
H.M.S. Ramillies dreadnought 12 Sep, 1916[24] Sold 20 Feb, 1948
H.M.S. Satyr destroyer 27 Dec, 1916[25] 16 Dec, 1926
H.M.S. Sharpshooter destroyer 27 Feb, 1917[26] 29 Apr, 1927
H.M.S. Tancred destroyer 30 Jun, 1917[27] 17 May, 1928
H.M.S. Ulster destroyer 10 Oct, 1917[28] Apr, 1928
H.M.S. K 16 submarine 5 Nov, 1917[29] Sold Aug, 1924
H.M.S. Argus aircraft carrier 2 Dec, 1917[30] Sold 5 Dec, 1946
H.M.S. Vancouver destroyer 28 Dec, 1917[31] 4 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. L 6 submarine 14 Jan, 1918[32] Sold 1935
H.M.S. Vanessa destroyer 16 Mar, 1918[33]
H.M.S. Vanity destroyer 3 May, 1918[34]
H.M.S. Tactician destroyer 7 Aug, 1918[35]
H.M.S. Tara destroyer 12 Oct, 1918[36]
H.M.S. H 47 submarine 19 Nov, 1918[37] Collision 9 Jul, 1929
H.M.S. Tasmania destroyer 22 Nov, 1918[38]
H.M.S. L 69 submarine 6 Dec, 1918[39] Sold Feb, 1939
H.M.S. Tattoo destroyer 28 Dec, 1918[40]
H.M.S. H 48 submarine 31 Mar, 1919[41] Sold Aug, 1935
H.M.S. Vansittart destroyer 17 Apr, 1919[42] 25 Feb, 1946
H.M.S. H 49 submarine 15 Jul, 1919[43] Sunk 27 Oct, 1940
H.M.S. Raleigh cruiser 28 Aug, 1919[44] Wrecked 8 Aug, 1922
H.M.S. H 50 submarine 25 Oct, 1919[45] Sold 1945
H.M.S. Shropshire heavy cruiser 5 Jul, 1928[46] Broken up 1955
H.M.S. Olympus submarine 11 Dec, 1928[47] Mined 8 May, 1942
H.M.S. Orpheus submarine 26 Feb, 1929[48] Sunk 19 Jun, 1940

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 46.
  10. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  11. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
  12. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  13. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  14. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  15. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  16. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  17. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  18. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  19. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  20. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  21. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  22. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  23. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  24. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  25. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  26. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  27. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  28. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 82.
  29. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 91.
  30. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  31. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  32. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  33. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  34. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  35. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  36. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  37. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  38. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  39. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  40. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  41. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  42. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  43. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  44. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
  45. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 92.
  46. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  47. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 48.
  48. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 48.

See Also

Bibliography

  • Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

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