William Doxford & Sons

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William Doxford & Sons was a British shipbuilding firm founded in 1840. It is often referred to as just Doxford.

Shipbuilding

During February and March of 1889, Doxford ran a series of successful trials of an oil-burning torpedo boat at Portsmouth. Both the torpedo boat and her engines were built by the company.[1]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 4 March, 1889. Issue 32637, col A-B, p. 7.

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