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| − | '''John Brown & Company''' was a Scottish shipbuilding concern during the Dreadnought Era. Originally founded as an engineering firm, it acquired the | + | '''John Brown & Company''' was a Scottish shipbuilding concern during the Dreadnought Era. Originally founded as an engineering firm, it acquired the [[J. & G. Thomson]] shipbuilding firm, which had been winning contracts to build destroyers for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1899. Operation then continued under the Brown name. |
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Revision as of 08:22, 7 April 2018
John Brown & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding concern during the Dreadnought Era. Originally founded as an engineering firm, it acquired the J. & G. Thomson shipbuilding firm, which had been winning contracts to build destroyers for the Royal Navy in 1899. Operation then continued under the Brown name.
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Bibliography
- Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
