We like to bring you the
old and the new in shipbuilding and like to feature some of the perhaps less
known of the shipyards, which all formed the mighty shipbuilding industry that
used to be prevalent in the British
Isles .
This small to medium
shipyard was based in the south of England on the Dorset coast in the town of
Poole, a place perhaps better known today for it’s very wealthy residents in
there very expensive house’s.
This old yard had a pretty
long history of building fine ships and in fact the yard also built the very
first U.K. built offshore supply ship Yard No 552 and named
as NORTH SHORE along with many other types of ship.
The Bulk Carrier MV CHICHESTER CITY Yard No 571 ready for launch 1968
We are pleased to feature
many original photographs from the shipyard from the 1960’s all sent into the
Leith Shipyards website by an ex-Draughtsman (John King) who was employed at the Bolson
shipyards for many years until closure.
This
particular draughtsman in fact ended up in his own business still in the
maritime world and was in fact the last owner of the MV CRESSWEL Ship No
474 and launched from the Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb Ltd in 1959
Many more exclusive and
original photographs can be found on the ship photo’s pages on the website.
Part of this old shipyard
is now the well know yacht makers “Sunseeker”
2 comments:
Very fortunate to have worked on North shore in 1971 l worked with the most amazing group of people Dave cheret Forman Gordon Faye chargehand plus the shipwright arms perfect 4 months Andy Taylor ex hydromation apprentice
I worked in bolson shipyard in the early 70s one ship was called the sand sawn
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