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'''Robert Napier & Sons''' was a British shipbuilding firm located in Govan.  It is often referred to as just '''Napier'''.

==History==
The Govan shipyard was purchased by [[William Beardmore & Company]] in 1900, and then by [[Harland & Wolff]] in 1912.

==Shipbuilding==
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
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|{{UK-1BlackPrince|f=p}}||armoured frigate||27 Feb, 1861||Sold 21 Feb, 1923
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|{{UK-Malabar|f=p}}||iron screw troopship||8 Dec, 1866||Sold Jan, 1918
|-
|{{UK-1Audacious|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||27 Feb, 1869||Sold 1922
|-
|{{UK-1Invincible|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||29 May, 1869||Foundered 17 Sep, 1914
|-
|{{UK-1Hotspur|f=p}}||turret ram||19 Mar, 1870||Sold 1904
|-
|{{UK-Bustard|f=p}}||gunboat||7 Jan, 1871||Sold Mar, 1923
|-
|{{UK-Kite|f=p}}||gunboat||8 Feb, 1871||Sold 18 May, 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Hydra|f=p}}||coastal monitor||28 Dec, 1871||Sold 1903
|-
|{{UK-2Sheldrake|f=p}}||gunboat||3 Jul, 1875||Sold 1906
|-
|{{UK-1Moorhen|f=p}}||gunboat||13 Sep, 1875||Sold 1888
|-
|{{UK-1WildSwan|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||28 Jan, 1876||Sold 1920
|-
|{{UK-Penguin|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||25 Mar, 1876||Sold 1924
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|{{UK-Northampton|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||18 Nov, 1876||Sold Apr, 1905
|-
|{{UK-1Leander|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||28 Oct, 1882|| 1920
|-
|{{UK-2Arethusa|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||23 Dec, 1882|| 1905
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|{{UK-1Phaeton|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||27 Feb, 1883|| 1947
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|{{UK-2Galatea|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||10 Mar, 1887|| 4 Apr, 1905
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|{{UK-Ophir|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||Nov, 1891||Scrapped 1922
|-
|{{UK-Gibraltar|f=p}}||first class protected cruiser||27 Apr, 1892||Sold Sep, 1923
|}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Napier_and_Sons}}
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