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− | The firm started constructing warships, armour and miscellaneous components around the turn of the century. | + | '''William Beardmore & Company''' was a private British shipbuilding firm with a yard at Dalmuir.{{Burt1986|p. 9}} |
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+ | ==History== | ||
+ | The firm started constructing warships, armour and miscellaneous components around the turn of the century. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In 1913, it started building aircraft engines and [[Sopwith Pup]] fighter planes under licence. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Shipbuilding== | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | |'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Berwick|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||1902||Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Carnarvon|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||7 Oct, 1903||Sold 8 Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Agamemnon|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||23 Jun, 1906||Sold 24 Jan, 1927 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Gloucester|f=p}}||light cruiser||28 Oct, 1909||Sold 9 May, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Falmouth|f=p}}||light cruiser||20 Sep, 1910||Sold 19 Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Conqueror|f=p}}||dreadnought||1 May, 1911||Sold 19 Dec, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Goshawk|f=p}}||destroyer||18 Oct, 1911|| 4 Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Dublin|f=p}}||light cruiser||30 Apr, 1912||Sold Jul, 1926 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Alsatian|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||22 Mar, 1913||Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Llewellyn|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Oct, 1913|| Mar, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Benbow|f=p}}||dreadnought||12 Nov, 1913||Sold Mar, 1931 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Lennox|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Mar, 1914|| Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Galatea|f=p}}||light cruiser||14 May, 1914||Sold 25 Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Inconstant|f=p}}||light cruiser||6 Jul, 1914||Sold 9 Jun, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Royalist|f=p}}||light cruiser||14 Jan, 1915||Sold 24 Aug, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-E25|f=p}}||submarine||23 Aug, 1915||Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Lassoo|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Aug, 1915||Mined 13 Aug, 1916 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Lochinvar|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Oct, 1915|| Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-E26|f=p}}||submarine||11 Nov, 1915||Lost 6 Jul, 1916 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Pelican|f=p}}||destroyer||18 Mar, 1916|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Pellew|f=p}}||destroyer||8 May, 1916|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-E53|f=p}}||submarine||1916||Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-E54|f=p}}||submarine||1916||Sold Dec, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Ramillies|f=p}}||dreadnought||12 Sep, 1916||Sold 20 Feb, 1948 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Satyr|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Dec, 1916|| 16 Dec, 1926 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sharpshooter|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Feb, 1917|| 29 Apr, 1927 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Tancred|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Jun, 1917|| 17 May, 1928 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Ulster|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Oct, 1917|| Apr, 1928 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-K16|f=p}}||submarine||5 Nov, 1917||Sold Aug, 1924 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Argus|f=p}}||aircraft carrier||2 Dec, 1917||Sold 5 Dec, 1946 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Vancouver|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Dec, 1917|| 4 Mar, 1947 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-L6|f=p}}||submarine||14 Jan, 1918||Sold 1935 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Vanessa|f=p}}||destroyer||16 Mar, 1918|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Vanity|f=p}}||destroyer||3 May, 1918|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Tactician|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Aug, 1918|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Tara|f=p}}||destroyer||12 Oct, 1918|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-H47|f=p}}||submarine||19 Nov, 1918||Collision 9 Jul, 1929 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Tasmania|f=p}}||destroyer||22 Nov, 1918|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-L69|f=p}}||submarine||6 Dec, 1918||Sold Feb, 1939 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Tattoo|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Dec, 1918|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-H48|f=p}}||submarine||31 Mar, 1919||Sold Aug, 1935 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Vansittart|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Apr, 1919|| 25 Feb, 1946 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-H49|f=p}}||submarine||15 Jul, 1919||Sunk 27 Oct, 1940 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Raleigh|f=p}}||cruiser||28 Aug, 1919||Wrecked 8 Aug, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-H50|f=p}}||submarine||25 Oct, 1919||Sold 1945 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Shropshire|f=p}}||heavy cruiser||5 Jul, 1928||Broken up 1955 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Olympus|f=p}}||submarine||11 Dec, 1928||Mined 8 May, 1942 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Orpheus|f=p}}||submarine||26 Feb, 1929||Sunk 19 Jun, 1940 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beardmore_and_Company}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== |
Latest revision as of 09:16, 8 May 2018
William Beardmore & Company was a private British shipbuilding firm with a yard at Dalmuir.[1]
History
The firm started constructing warships, armour and miscellaneous components around the turn of the century.
In 1913, it started building aircraft engines and Sopwith Pup fighter planes under licence.
Shipbuilding
Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
H.M.S. Berwick | armoured cruiser | 1902 | Sold 1920 |
H.M.S. Carnarvon | armoured cruiser | 7 Oct, 1903 | Sold 8 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Agamemnon | pre-dreadnought | 23 Jun, 1906 | Sold 24 Jan, 1927 |
H.M.S. Gloucester | light cruiser | 28 Oct, 1909 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Falmouth | light cruiser | 20 Sep, 1910 | Sold 19 Aug, 1916 |
H.M.S. Conqueror | dreadnought | 1 May, 1911 | Sold 19 Dec, 1922 |
H.M.S. Goshawk | destroyer | 18 Oct, 1911 | 4 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Dublin | light cruiser | 30 Apr, 1912 | Sold Jul, 1926 |
H.M.S. Alsatian | armed merchant cruiser | 22 Mar, 1913 | Sold 1919 |
H.M.S. Llewellyn | destroyer | 30 Oct, 1913 | Mar, 1922 |
H.M.S. Benbow | dreadnought | 12 Nov, 1913 | Sold Mar, 1931 |
H.M.S. Lennox | destroyer | 17 Mar, 1914 | Oct, 1921 |
H.M.S. Galatea | light cruiser | 14 May, 1914 | Sold 25 Oct, 1921 |
H.M.S. Inconstant | light cruiser | 6 Jul, 1914 | Sold 9 Jun, 1922 |
H.M.S. Royalist | light cruiser | 14 Jan, 1915 | Sold 24 Aug, 1922 |
H.M.S. E 25 | submarine | 23 Aug, 1915 | Sold Dec, 1921 |
H.M.S. Lassoo | destroyer | 24 Aug, 1915 | Mined 13 Aug, 1916 |
H.M.S. Lochinvar | destroyer | 9 Oct, 1915 | Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. E 26 | submarine | 11 Nov, 1915 | Lost 6 Jul, 1916 |
H.M.S. Pelican | destroyer | 18 Mar, 1916 | |
H.M.S. Pellew | destroyer | 8 May, 1916 | |
H.M.S. E 53 | submarine | 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 |
H.M.S. E 54 | submarine | 1916 | Sold Dec, 1921 |
H.M.S. Ramillies | dreadnought | 12 Sep, 1916 | Sold 20 Feb, 1948 |
H.M.S. Satyr | destroyer | 27 Dec, 1916 | 16 Dec, 1926 |
H.M.S. Sharpshooter | destroyer | 27 Feb, 1917 | 29 Apr, 1927 |
H.M.S. Tancred | destroyer | 30 Jun, 1917 | 17 May, 1928 |
H.M.S. Ulster | destroyer | 10 Oct, 1917 | Apr, 1928 |
H.M.S. K 16 | submarine | 5 Nov, 1917 | Sold Aug, 1924 |
H.M.S. Argus | aircraft carrier | 2 Dec, 1917 | Sold 5 Dec, 1946 |
H.M.S. Vancouver | destroyer | 28 Dec, 1917 | 4 Mar, 1947 |
H.M.S. L 6 | submarine | 14 Jan, 1918 | Sold 1935 |
H.M.S. Vanessa | destroyer | 16 Mar, 1918 | |
H.M.S. Vanity | destroyer | 3 May, 1918 | |
H.M.S. Tactician | destroyer | 7 Aug, 1918 | |
H.M.S. Tara | destroyer | 12 Oct, 1918 | |
H.M.S. H 47 | submarine | 19 Nov, 1918 | Collision 9 Jul, 1929 |
H.M.S. Tasmania | destroyer | 22 Nov, 1918 | |
H.M.S. L 69 | submarine | 6 Dec, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1939 |
H.M.S. Tattoo | destroyer | 28 Dec, 1918 | |
H.M.S. H 48 | submarine | 31 Mar, 1919 | Sold Aug, 1935 |
H.M.S. Vansittart | destroyer | 17 Apr, 1919 | 25 Feb, 1946 |
H.M.S. H 49 | submarine | 15 Jul, 1919 | Sunk 27 Oct, 1940 |
H.M.S. Raleigh | cruiser | 28 Aug, 1919 | Wrecked 8 Aug, 1922 |
H.M.S. H 50 | submarine | 25 Oct, 1919 | Sold 1945 |
H.M.S. Shropshire | heavy cruiser | 5 Jul, 1928 | Broken up 1955 |
H.M.S. Olympus | submarine | 11 Dec, 1928 | Mined 8 May, 1942 |
H.M.S. Orpheus | submarine | 26 Feb, 1929 | Sunk 19 Jun, 1940 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
See Also
Bibliography
- Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).