Chapter XLII: Appendix: No. 4. VOL. iv., p. 71

_Shipbuilders on the Clyde, from 1st January to 31st December, 1871._

The following return from the ‘North British Daily Mail’ of 1st
January, 1872, includes not merely the vessels built at Glasgow,
but also at Greenock, Port-Glasgow, Dumbarton, and other places on
the Clyde.

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Names of Builders. | Steamers.| Sailing| Tonnage.| H.P.
| | Ships.| | Nominal.
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John Elder & Co., Fairfield | 12 | 2 | 31,889 | 5,275
Caird & Co., Greenock | 6 | .. | 18,400 | 2,820
William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton | 7 | .. | 14,921 | 1,810
Archibald M’Millan & Son, Dumbarton | 7 | .. | 9,720 | 500
London & Glasgow E. & I. S. Co., L.,} | 8 | .. | 8,740 | 1,220
Glasgow } | | | |
J. & G. Thomson, Govan | 6 | .. | 8,715 | 1,040
A. Stephen & Sons, Linthouse | 5 | 2 | 8,529 | 965
Henderson, Coulburn, & Co., Renfrew | 11 | .. | 7,386 | 1,200
Aitken & Mansel, Whiteinch | 7 | 4 | 6,760 | 840
Blackwood & Gordon, Port-Glasgow | 7 | .. | 6,284 | 870
Barclay, Curle, & Co., Stobcross and} | 7 | 1 | 6,070 | 500
Whiteinch } | | | |
Robert Duncan & Co., Port-Glasgow | 4 | .. | 5,726 | 1,528
R. Napier & Sons, Govan | 5 | .. | 5,709 | 860
Charles Connell & Co., Scotstoun | 3 | .. | 5,560 | 385
Tod & M’Gregor, Patrick | 2 | .. | 5,500 | 710
William Simons & Co., Renfrew | 7 | .. | 5,450 | 1,050
Scott & Co., Greenock | 7 | .. | 4,900 | 710
J. G. Lawrie, Whiteinch | 4 | 1 | 4,760 | 800
John Reid & Co., Port-Glasgow | .. | 5 | 4,620 | ..
Robert Steele & Co., Port-Glasgow | 3 | .. | 4,389 | 611
A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse | 6 | 2 | 4,322 | 730
Henry Murray & Co., Port-Glasgow | 14 | .. | 3,780 | 569
Dobie & Co., Govan | 5 | .. | 3,445 | 450
Thomas Wingate & Co., Whiteinch | 12 | 5 | 2,947 | 395
William Hamilton & Co., Port-Glasgow | 3 | .. | 2,304 | 308
J. & R. Swan, Dumbarton | 6 | 5 | 2,000 | 230
Cunliffe & Dunlop, Port-Glasgow | 4 | 3 | 1,381 | 210
Thomas B. Seath & Co., Rutherglen | 6 | 9 | 1,000 | 100
Irvine Shipbuilding Co., Irvine | .. | 4 | 973 | ..
John Fullarton & Co., Paisley | 4 | .. | 916 | 173
Robert M’Lea, Rothesay | .. | 5 | 700 | ..
J. & J. Fife, Rothesay | .. | 17 | .. | ..
Scott & M’Gill, Bowling | 2 | 1 | 200 | 20
William Fyfe & Sons, Fairlie | .. | 3 | 175 | ..
Peter Barclay & Sons, Ardrossan | .. | 1 | 117 | ..
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_Note._—No reliable return similar to the above has been compiled since 1871 of the names of the builders, and the number of ships built by each firm, but the aggregate amount of tonnage launched on the Clyde each year since then, inclusive of 1874, has been quite as great (see preceding page), though the proportion to each builder has of course materially varied.