Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

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Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company was a British shipbuilder founded in 1864 by John Elder and Charles Randolph, becoming Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in 1885.

Their shipyard was located at Govan on the Clyde.[1]

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
H.M.S. Nelson armoured cruiser 4 Nov, 1876[2] Sold Jul, 1910
H.M.S. Comus corvette 3 Apr, 1878[3] Sold 1904
H.M.S. Curacoa corvette 18 Apr, 1878[4] Sold 1904
H.M.S. Champion corvette 1 Jul, 1878[5] Sold 1931
H.M.S. Cleopatra corvette 1 Aug, 1878[6] Sold 1931
H.M.S. Carysfort corvette 26 Sep, 1878[7] Sold 1899
H.M.S. Conquest corvette 28 Oct, 1878[8] Sold 1899
H.M.S. Rambler gunvessel 1880[9] Sold 1907
H.M.S. Ranger gunvessel 1880[10] Sold 1892
H.M.S. Australia armoured cruiser 25 Nov, 1886[11] 4 Apr, 1905
H.M.S. Magicienne second class protected cruiser 12 May, 1888[12] Sold 1905
H.M.S. Marathon second class protected cruiser 23 Aug, 1888[13] Sold 1905
H.M.S. Caribbean armed merchant cruiser 22 May, 1890[14] Foundered 27 Sep, 1915
H.M.S. Campania seaplane carrier 8 Sep, 1893[15] Foundered 5 Nov, 1918
H.M.S. Handy destroyer 9 Mar, 1895[16] Broken up 1916
H.M.S. Hart destroyer 27 Mar, 1895[17] Broken up 1912
H.M.S. Venus second class protected cruiser 5 Sep, 1895[18] Sold 22 Sep, 1921
H.M.S. Diana second class protected cruiser 5 Dec, 1895[19] Sold 1 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Hunter destroyer 28 Dec, 1895[20] Broken up 1912
H.M.S. Diadem first class protected cruiser 21 Oct, 1896[21] Sold 9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Gipsy destroyer 9 Mar, 1897[22] 1921
H.M.S. Osprey destroyer 17 Apr, 1897[23] Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Fairy destroyer 29 May, 1897[24] Foundered 5 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Argonaut first class protected cruiser 24 Jan, 1898[25] Sold 18 May, 1920
H.M.S. Hermes second class protected cruiser 7 Apr, 1898[26] Torpedoed 31 Oct, 1914
H.M.S. Highflyer second class protected cruiser 4 Jun, 1898[27] Sold Jun, 1921
H.M.S. Leven destroyer 28 Jun, 1898[28] Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Falcon destroyer 1899 Collision 1 Apr, 1918
H.M.S. Cressy armoured cruiser 4 Dec, 1899[29] Torpedoed 22 Sep, 1914
H.M.S. Ostrich destroyer 22 Mar, 1900[30] Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Aboukir armoured cruiser 16 May, 1900[31] Torpedoed 22 Sep, 1914
H.M.S. Good Hope armoured cruiser 21 Feb, 1901[32] Sunk 1 Nov, 1914
H.M.S. Bedford armoured cruiser 31 Aug, 1901[33] Sold 21 Aug, 1910
H.M.S. Donegal armoured cruiser 4 Sep, 1902[34] Sold 1 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Commonwealth pre-dreadnought 13 May, 1903[35] Sold 18 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Armadale Castle armed merchant cruiser 11 Aug, 1903[36] Scrapped 1936
H.M.S. Forward scout cruiser 27 Aug, 1904[37] Sold 27 Jul, 1921
H.M.S. Foresight scout cruiser 8 Oct, 1904[38] Sold 3 Mar, 1920
H.M.S. Cochrane armoured cruiser 20 May, 1905[39] Stranded 14 Nov, 1918
H.M.S. Empress of Britain armed merchant cruiser 11 Nov, 1905[40] Scrapped 1930
H.M.S. Indomitable battlecruiser 16 Mar, 1907[41] Sold 1 Dec, 1921
H.M.S. Otway armed merchant cruiser 1909[42] Torpedoed 23 Jul, 1917
H.M.S. Glasgow light cruiser 30 Sep, 1909[43] Sold 29 Apr, 1927
H.M.S. Grasshopper destroyer 23 Nov, 1909[44] Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Mosquito destroyer 27 Jan, 1910[45] Aug, 1920
H.M.A.S. Parramatta destroyer 9 Feb, 1910[46] Dismantled Oct, 1929
H.M.S. Scorpion destroyer 19 Feb, 1910[47] Oct, 1921
H.M.S. Cameleon destroyer 1 Jun, 1910[48] Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Comet destroyer 23 Jun, 1910[49] Torpedoed 6 Aug, 1918
H.M.S. Goldfinch destroyer 12 Jul, 1910[50] Wrecked 19 Feb, 1915
H.M.A.S. Warrego destroyer 4 Apr, 1911[51] Dismantled Oct, 1929
H.M.S. New Zealand battlecruiser 1 Jul, 1911[52] Sold 19 Dec, 1922
H.M.S. Empress of Russia armed merchant cruiser 28 Aug, 1912[53] Scrapped 1945
H.M.S. Fortune destroyer 17 Mar, 1913[54] Sunk 31 May, 1916
H.M.S. Laforey destroyer 28 Mar, 1913[55] Mined 25 Mar, 1917
H.M.S. Lawford destroyer 30 Oct, 1913[56] Aug, 1922
H.M.S. Louis destroyer 30 Dec, 1913[57] Mined 31 Oct, 1915
H.M.S. Lydiard destroyer 26 Feb, 1914[58] Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Undaunted light cruiser 28 Apr, 1914[59] Sold 9 Apr, 1923
H.M.S. Valiant dreadnought 4 Nov, 1914[60] Sold 19 Mar, 1948
H.M.S. Medea destroyer 30 Jan, 1915[61] 9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Medusa destroyer 27 Mar, 1915[62] Collision 25 Mar, 1916
H.M.S. Mandate destroyer 27 Apr, 1915[63]
H.M.S. Manners destroyer 15 Jun, 1915[64]
H.M.S. Mindful destroyer 24 Aug, 1915[65]
H.M.S. E 37 submarine 2 Sep, 1915[66] Lost 1 Dec, 1916
H.M.S. Mischief destroyer 12 Oct, 1915[67]
H.M.S. Onslaught destroyer 4 Dec, 1915[68]
H.M.S. Onslow destroyer 15 Feb, 1916[69]
H.M.S. Renown battlecruiser 4 Mar, 1916[70] Sold 19 Mar, 1948
H.M.S. Observer destroyer 1 May, 1916[71]
H.M.S. E 47 submarine 29 May, 1916[72] Lost 20 Aug, 1917
H.M.S. Offa destroyer 7 Jun, 1916[73]
H.M.S. E 38 submarine 13 Jun, 1916[74] Sold Sep, 1922
H.M.S. Orcadia destroyer 26 Jul, 1916[75]
H.M.S. E 48 submarine 2 Aug, 1916[76] Sold Jul, 1928
H.M.S. Oriana destroyer 23 Sep, 1916[77]
H.M.S. Pheasant destroyer 23 Oct, 1916[78] Mined 1 Mar, 1917
H.M.S. K 13 submarine 11 Nov, 1916[79] Sold Dec, 1926
H.M.S. Phoebe destroyer 20 Nov, 1916[80]
H.M.S. Tempest destroyer 26 Jan, 1917[81] Handed over 28 Jan, 1937
H.M.S. K 14 submarine 8 Feb, 1917[82] Sold Dec, 1926
H.M.S. Undine destroyer 22 Mar, 1917[83] Apr, 1928
H.M.S. Cardiff light cruiser 12 Apr, 1917[84] Sold 23 Jan, 1946
H.M.S. Vendetta destroyer 3 Sep, 1917[85]
H.M.S. Venetia destroyer 29 Oct, 1917[86] Mined 19 Oct, 1940
H.M.S. Irvine minesweeper 8 Dec, 1917[87] Sold 21 Feb, 1923
H.M.S. Walrus destroyer 27 Dec, 1917[88] Stranded 12 Feb, 1938
H.M.S. L 15 submarine 16 Jan, 1918[89] Sold Feb, 1932
H.M.S. Kendal minesweeper 9 Feb, 1918[90] Sold 3 Oct, 1928
H.M.S. Wolfhound destroyer 14 Mar, 1918[91] 18 Feb, 1948
H.M.S. L 16 submarine 9 Apr, 1918[92] Sold Feb, 1934
H.M.S. Sikh destroyer 7 May, 1918[93]
H.M.S. Kinross minesweeper 4 Jul, 1918[94] Mined 16 Jun, 1919
H.M.S. Sirdar destroyer 6 Jul, 1918[95]
H.M.S. Carlisle light cruiser 9 Jul, 1918 Sold 1948
H.M.S. Somme destroyer 10 Sep, 1918[96]
H.M.S. L 55 submarine 21 Sep, 1918[97] Sunk 9 Jun, 1919
H.M.S. Lydd minesweeper 4 Dec, 1918[98] Sold 13 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Colombo light cruiser 18 Dec, 1918 Sold 22 Jan, 1948
H.M.S. Spindrift destroyer 30 Dec, 1918[99]
H.M.S. Wanderer destroyer 1 May, 1919[100][101] 31 Jan, 1946
H.M.S. L 56 submarine 29 May, 1919[102] Sold Mar, 1938
H.M.S. Despatch light cruiser 24 Sep, 1919[103] Sold Apr, 1946
H.M.S. Spear destroyer 9 Nov, 1919[104]
H.M.S. Berwick heavy cruiser 30 Mar, 1926[105] Broken up 1948
H.M.S. Norfolk cruiser 12 Dec, 1928[106] Broken up 1950
H.M.S. Dainty destroyer 3 May, 1932[107] Sunk 24 Feb, 1941
H.M.S. Delight destroyer 2 Jun, 1932[108] Sunk 29 Jul, 1940
H.M.S. Garland destroyer 24 Oct, 1935[109] Transferred 1947
H.M.S. Gipsy destroyer 7 Nov, 1935[110] Sunk 21 Nov, 1939
H.M.S. Gurkha destroyer 7 Jul, 1937[111] Bombed 9 Apr, 1940
H.M.S. Maori destroyer 2 Sep, 1937[112] Bombed 12 Feb, 1942

Footnotes

  1. Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 64.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 52.
  9. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  10. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  11. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 65.
  12. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  13. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  14. Wikipedia.
  15. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 66.
  16. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  17. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  18. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 40.
  19. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 78.
  20. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  21. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  22. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  23. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  24. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  25. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  26. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  27. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 79.
  28. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  29. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  30. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  31. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  32. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 69.
  33. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  34. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 70.
  35. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 31.
  36. Wikipedia.
  37. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  38. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 85.
  39. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  40. Wikipedia.
  41. Clydebank Battlecruisers. p. 16.
  42. Wikipedia.
  43. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  44. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  45. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  46. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  47. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  48. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  49. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  50. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  51. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  52. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 35.
  53. Wikipedia.
  54. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  55. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  56. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  57. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  58. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  59. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  60. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 34.
  61. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  62. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  63. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  64. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  65. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  66. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  67. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  68. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  69. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  70. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  71. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  72. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
  73. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  74. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
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  77. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  78. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  79. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 91.
  80. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
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  83. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 82.
  84. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  85. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  86. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  87. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
  88. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  89. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
  90. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
  91. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  92. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 93.
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  94. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
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  97. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  98. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
  99. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
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  101. March. British Destroyers. p. 226.
  102. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 94.
  103. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  104. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  105. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  106. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  107. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  108. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  109. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  110. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  111. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.
  112. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.

Bibliography

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