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.
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The LADY BRIGID Yard
No 555 was sister ship to the first U.K. built offshore supply ship NORTH
SHORE built at the J. Bolson & Son Ltd, shipyard in Poole, England
The smaller yards such as Henry Robb Ltd and J. Bolson & Son Ltd, were
dotted all around the coast of the British Isles
and contributed to the shipbuilding industry in Britain being at the very top of the tonnage list of ships
built in the world for many years.
These shipyards also
employed many people and along with the long list of suppliers required for the
building of a ship from engine makers right down to suppliers of linen to the
small corner newsagents shop (remember them) all put cash into the country.
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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”
