Volume 4 — APPENDIX No. 4. Vol. iv., p. 71.
Reading edition
Shipbuilders on the Clyde, from 1st January to 31st December, 1871.
The following return from the ‘North British Daily Mail’ of 1st January, 1872, includes not merely the vessels built at Glasgow, but also at Greenock, Port-Glasgow, Dumbarton, and other places on the Clyde.
Names of Builders. Steamers. Sailing Ships. Tonnage. H.P. Nominal.
John Elder & Co., Fairfield 12 2 31,889 5,275
Caird & Co., Greenock 6 .. 18,400 2,820
William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton 7 .. 14,921 1,810
Archibald M’Millan & Son, Dumbarton 7 .. 9,720 500
London & Glasgow E. & I. S. Co., L., Glasgow 8 .. 8,740 1,220
J. & G. Thomson, Govan 6 .. 8,715 1,040
A. Stephen & Sons, Linthouse 5 2 8,529 965
Henderson, Coulburn, & Co., Renfrew 11 .. 7,386 1,200
Aitken & Mansel, Whiteinch 7 4 6,760 840
Blackwood & Gordon, Port-Glasgow 7 .. 6,284 870
Barclay, Curle, & Co., Stobcross and Whiteinch 7 1 6,070 500
Robert Duncan & Co., Port-Glasgow 4 .. 5,726 1,528
R. Napier & Sons, Govan 5 .. 5,709 860
Charles Connell & Co., Scotstoun 3 .. 5,560 385
Tod & M’Gregor, Patrick 2 .. 5,500 710
William Simons & Co., Renfrew 7 .. 5,450 1,050
Scott & Co., Greenock 7 .. 4,900 710
J. G. Lawrie, Whiteinch 4 1 4,760 800
John Reid & Co., Port-Glasgow .. 5 4,620 ..
Robert Steele & Co., Port-Glasgow 3 .. 4,389 611
A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse 6 2 4,322 730
Henry Murray & Co., Port-Glasgow 14 .. 3,780 569
Dobie & Co., Govan 5 .. 3,445 450
Thomas Wingate & Co., Whiteinch 12 5 2,947 395
William Hamilton & Co., Port-Glasgow 3 .. 2,304 308
J. & R. Swan, Dumbarton 6 5 2,000 230
Cunliffe & Dunlop, Port-Glasgow 4 3 1,381 210
Thomas B. Seath & Co., Rutherglen 6 9 1,000 100
Irvine Shipbuilding Co., Irvine .. 4 973 ..
John Fullarton & Co., Paisley 4 .. 916 173
Robert M’Lea, Rothesay .. 5 700 ..
J. & J. Fife, Rothesay .. 17 .. ..
Scott & M’Gill, Bowling 2 1 200 20
William Fyfe & Sons, Fairlie .. 3 175 ..
Peter Barclay & Sons, Ardrossan .. 1 117 ..
Note.—No reliable return similar to the above has been compiled since 1871 of the names of the builders, and the number of ships built by each firm, but the aggregate amount of tonnage launched on the Clyde each year since then, inclusive of 1874, has been quite as great (see preceding page), though the proportion to each builder has of course materially varied.