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{{Short description|Shipbuilding company based in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Swan Hunter
| logo = Swan Hunter logo.svg
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| industry = [[Shipbuilding]]<br/>[[Naval architecture]]<br/>Offshore installation services
| key_people = Gerard Kroese, ([[Director (business)|Director]])
| products =
| revenue =
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| net_income =
| num_employees = 25 including contractors (2017)
| parent =
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| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1880}} 
| self aware =
| hq_location = [[Wallsend]], [[Tyne and Wear]], England
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Swan Hunter''', formerly known as '''Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson''' and originally known as '''C. S. Swan & Hunter''', is a [[shipbuilding]] design, engineering, and management company,<ref name=History>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanhunter.com/history7.html|title=History|access-date=21 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611102823/http://www.swanhunter.com/history7.html|archive-date=11 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> based in [[Wallsend]], [[Tyne and Wear]], [[England]].

At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson.

The company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century, most famously {{RMS|Mauretania|1906|6}} which held the [[Blue Riband]] for the fastest crossing of the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], and {{RMS|Carpathia}} which rescued survivors from {{RMS|Titanic|}}.

In 2006 ''Swan Hunter'' ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services.

==History==
[[File:George Burton Hunter & Charles Sheriton Swan, 1907.jpg|thumb|left|Shipbuilders G B Hunter and C S Swan (Jr) in 1907]]

===Early history===
Shipbuilding began on what would become C. S. Swan & Hunter's Middle Yard in 1873 under Coulson, Cooke & Co. owned by shipbuilder [[Charles Mitchell (shipbuilder)|Charles Mitchell]]. Mitchell had worked under [[John Coutts (shipbuilder)|John Coutts]] nearby in [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Low Walker]] until 1852 when he started his own business, steadily expanding until breaking ground on the new site with two of his associates in 1873.<ref name=swan1>{{cite web|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/Swan1.html|title=C. S. Swan & Hunter, Tyne Built Ships|access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref>

However, in 1874 the joint venture failed and Mitchell took over, delegating management to his brother-in-law [[Charles Sheridan Swan]], taking the name C. S. Swan & Co.<ref name=swan1/>

Charles ''Sheridan'' Swan died in 1879 in an accident at sea, his son and heir Charles ''Sheriton'' Swan was only nine years old.<ref name=swan1/> Charles Sheriton Swan would go on to serve an apprenticeship at the [[Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company]] which would later be absorbed by the company.<ref name=csswanjr>{{cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Sheriton_Swan|title=Charles Sheriton Swan|access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref>

The East Yard was founded on the site of the Wallsend Chemical Works, which underwent a change of ownership in 1883. By 1891, C. S. Swan & Hunter had purchased the land and extended the yard onto it, expanding from three building berths or slipways to six.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twsitelines.info/SMR/2088|title=Allan's Chemical Works|access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=swanhistory>{{cite web|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/Swan-History.html|title=Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson History, Tyne Built Ships|access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref> Two of these were large, covered slipways with electric gantry cranes, an innovative construction method for the time.<ref name=sheds>{{cite journal |last1=Maw |first1=W H |last2=Dredge |first2=J |title=Large Atlantic Cargo Steamers |journal=Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal |date=18 August 1899 |volume=68 |pages=200–201 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_engineering_july-december-1899_68/page/198}}</ref>

The site that would become the West Yard was originally that of Schlesinger, Davis & Co. from 1863 until 1893. The site was purchased by C. S. Swan & Hunter in 1897.<ref name=SDavis>{{cite web|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/SDavis.html|title=Schlesinger, Davis & Co, Tyne Built Ships|access-date=4 August 2025}}</ref>

[[John Wigham Richardson]] founded the Neptune Works nearby in 1860, on the site previously occupied by Coutts.<ref name=Wigham>{{cite web|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/Wigham.html|title=Wigham Richardson & Co, Tyne Built Ships|access-date=4 August 2025}}</ref>

===C. S. Swan & Hunter===
C. S. Swan & Hunter was founded by [[Sunderland]] shipbuilder [[George Burton Hunter]], in partnership with Mary, the widow of Charles Sheridan Swan<ref>{{cite news |title=Marriages |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000242/18610123/030/0003 |page=3|access-date=4 August 2025 |work=Newcastle Journal |date=23 January 1861}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanhunter.com/history.html|title=History|access-date=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190617/http://www.swanhunter.com/history.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  in 1880.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p2.html|title=History|access-date=21 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223251/http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p2.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Hunter had recently dissolved his partnership with S. P. Austin in Sunderland and entered negotiations with Charles Mitchell and H. F. Swan, brother of Charles Sheridan Swan. They brokered the partnership, placing Hunter as the managing director.<ref name=swan1/> Charles Sheriton Swan would later become a director by 1903.<ref name=csswanjr/>

C. S. Swan & Hunter launched the largest cargo steamer then afloat, the {{GRT|7323}} ''Milwaukee'', in 1896,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/M-Ships/milwaukee1897.html|title=Milwaukee, 1897, Tyne Built Ships}}</ref> and quickly broke their own record by launching the {{GRT|9041}} ''Monarch'' the following year for [[Furness Withy|Furness, Withy & Co]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/M-Ships/monarch1897.html|title=Monarch, 1897, Tyne Built Ships}}</ref> The following year they were commissioned to produce another cargo vessel, this one of {{GRT|8056}} for [[Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness|Christopher Furness]], but this was purchased before launch by [[Cunard Line]] for £115,000, who named the vessel {{SS|Ultonia}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/U-Ships/ultonia1898.html|title=Ultonia, 1898, Tyne Built Ships}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hyde |first=Edwin Francis |title=Cunard and the North Atlantic, 1840-1973 |date=1975 |publisher=Macmillan, London |page=134}}</ref>

Around the time they purchased ''Ultonia'', Cunard placed an order for what was known as an 'intermediate' liner. Not as fast as {{RMS|Lucania}}, not as large as {{RMS|Oceanic|1899|6}}, but fast enough and large enough to pay well. This new ship was named {{RMS |Ivernia |1899| 6}}, launched in 1899. She was Cunard's largest ship at time of launch.<ref name=ivernia>{{cite journal |last1=Maw |first1=W H |last2=Dredge |first2=J |title=The Cunard Liner "Ivernia" |journal=Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal |date=22 September 1899 |volume=68 |page=368}}</ref>

The success and flexibility of ''Ivernia'' and her sister ship {{RMS |Saxonia |1899 |2}} (built at [[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]]), that protected Cunard from fluctuations in seasonal passenger trade, prompted Cunard to order a third, smaller ship of the same class from C. S. Swan & Hunter. This ship was launched in 1902 as {{RMS |Carpathia}}<ref name=carpathia1>{{cite journal |last1=Maw |first1=W H |last2=Dredge |first2=J |title=Messrs. Swan and Hunter's Shipyard |journal=Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal |date=8 August 1902 |volume=72 |pages=169–172 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_engineering_july-december-1902_74/page/169/}}</ref> and was later made famous for her role in the aftermath of the [[Sinking of the Titanic#Rescue and departure|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']] in 1912.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.titanicinquiry.org/USInq/AmInq01Rostron01.php |work="Titanic" disaster, report of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 283, directing the committee on commerce to investigate the causes leading to the wreck of the White Star liner "Titanic." |title=United States Senate Inquiry, Day 1, Testimony of Arthur H. Rostron. |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=15 April 2017 |archive-date=21 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521034432/http://www.titanicinquiry.org/USInq/AmInq01Rostron01.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson===
In 1903, C. S. Swan & Hunter merged with [[Wigham Richardson]] (founded by [[John Wigham Richardson]] as Neptune Works in 1860), specifically to bid for the important contract to build {{ship|RMS|Mauretania|1906|6}} on behalf of [[Cunard Line|Cunard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/SwanHunter/index.htm|title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd.|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Their bid was successful, and the new company, Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, went on to build what was to become, in its day, the most famous oceangoing liner in the world. Also in 1903, the Company took a controlling interest in the [[Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company]], which was an early licensed manufacturer of [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] steam turbine engines, which enabled ''Mauretania'' to achieve her great speed.<ref name=page4>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p4.html|title=History|access-date=21 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727050921/http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p4.html|archive-date=27 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Mauretania'' was launched from [[Wallsend]] on 20 September 1906 by the [[Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe|Duchess of Roxburghe]].<ref>Maxtone-Graham, John (1972), Page 25, The Only Way to Cross. New York: Collier Books, {{ISBN|978-0-7607-0637-4}}</ref> The firm expanded rapidly in the early part of the twentieth century, acquiring the Glasgow-based [[Barclay Curle]] in 1912.<ref name=page4/>

{{Scalable image|Plan of the Shipyards of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson 1907.jpg|1200px|Plan of the Shipyards of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1907}}

[[File:World Unicorn, built by Swan Hunter 1973.jpg|thumb|''World Unicorn'', built by Swan Hunter at the Wallsend shipyard, Tyneside, in 1973.]]
[[File:Tanker Ottawa Launch, 1964.jpg|thumb|Tanker ''Ottawa'' launch, Wallsend shipyard, ''circa'' 1964]]

===Swan Hunter & Tyne===
In 1966, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson merged with [[Smiths Dock Company]] to form ''Associated Shipbuilders'', which later became ''Swan Hunter Group''.<ref name=dates>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/jul/15/4 Fears for Tyneside tradition as Swan Hunter ship is towed to Govan for completion] Guardian, 15 July 2006</ref> Following the publication of the ''Geddes Report'' recommending rationalisation in [[United Kingdom|British]] shipbuilding, the Company went on to acquire [[Clelands Shipbuilding Company]]<ref name=arc>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/pdf/arkrep.pdf |title=Tyne & Wear Archives |access-date=4 April 2009 |archive-date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103215409/http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/pdf/arkrep.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[John Readhead & Sons]] in 1967.<ref name=page5>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p5.html|title=History|access-date=21 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190645/http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p5.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Meanwhile, Swan Hunter inherited both the Naval Yard at [[High Walker]] on the [[River Tyne]] of [[Vickers-Armstrongs]]<ref name=arc/> and the [[Hebburn]] Yard of [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie]] in 1968.<ref name=page5/> In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of [[Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company|Palmers]] Dock at [[Hebburn]] from [[Vickers-Armstrongs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p6.html|title=History|access-date=21 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222140142/http://www.swanhunter.com/history_p6.html|archive-date=22 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Then in 1977, Swan Hunter Group was [[Nationalization|nationalised]] as part of [[British Shipbuilders]].<ref name=dates/> The former flagship of the [[Royal Navy]], {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|6}} was built at Swan Hunter during this period, entering service in 1985.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/01/29/swan_hunter_website_feature.shtml| title=Remembering Swan Hunter| publisher=[[BBC]]| date=30 January 2008| access-date=16 January 2011}}</ref>

===Swan Hunter===
The Company was [[Privatization|privatised]] again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988.<ref>[http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/08/30/royal-navy-ship-may-bring-work-for-100s-72703-21638250/ Royal Navy Ship may bring work for 100's] Evening Chronicle, 30 August 2008</ref> It was then forced to call in the receivers when the UK government awarded the contract for {{HMS|Ocean|L12|6}} to [[Kvaerner Govan]] in 1993.<ref>Duce, Richard (1993-05-12). "Barrow ship order dismays Tyneside". The Times (Times Newspapers).</ref> The receiver took steps to break up the business.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/receiver-breaks-up-swan-hunter-1442894.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/receiver-breaks-up-swan-hunter-1442894.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Receiver breaks up Swan Hunter| author=Russell Hotten| work=[[The Independent]]| date=14 October 1994| access-date=16 January 2011}}</ref> However, the main shipyard in [[Wallsend]] was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch [[millionaire]].<ref name=dates/> The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/making-waves-again-1338245.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/making-waves-again-1338245.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Making waves again| author=Peter Popham| work=[[The Independent]]| date=22 June 1996| access-date=16 January 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Swan hunter cranes 20070319 crop.jpg|right|thumb|500px|A view of the Wallsend shipyard shortly after its closure]]

In 2000, Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two (Auxiliary) Landing Ship Dock ships for the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]] with two other ships being built by [[BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships|BAE Systems Naval Ships]]: the cost of the two Swan Hunter ships was to be £210 million including £62 million for lead yard services, with an inservice date of 2004.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ESogtFL5KRMC&dq=Swan+Hunter+wins+order+lyme+bay&pg=RA1-PA29 Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2004-05: Sixth Report of session 2005-06]. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee. Page 29. 2006</ref> By July 2006, the costs had risen to £309 million and only one ship had been delivered. As a result of this, the second ship {{ship|RFA|Lyme Bay|L3007|6}} was transferred to [[BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions|BAE Systems Govan]] in Glasgow for completion.<ref>[http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/vessel-build-and-maintenance/vessel-repair-and-maintenance/lyme_bay_gets_going_at_govan Lyme Bay gets going at Govan] Maritime Journal, 1 April 2007</ref>

In 2001, Swan Hunter acquired [[Kværner]]'s [[Port Clarence]] offshore yard at [[Teesside]]<ref>[http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/shipbuilder-swans-sells-teesside-yard-4577095 Shipbuilder Swan's sells Teesside yard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055435/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/shipbuilder-swans-sells-teesside-yard-4577095 |date=1 April 2017 }} The Journal, 13 April 2006</ref> but then in 2006 sold it to Wilton Engineering Group.<ref>[http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/archive/2008/05/27/ten-years-ago-port-clarence-was-an-empty-shell-now-it-s-a-hive-of-activity-51140-20975619/ Ten years ago Port Clarence was an empty shell - now it's a hive of activity] Evening Gazette, 27 May 2008</ref>

In November 2006, after the failure to complete ''Lyme Bay'' within budget and resulting exclusion from future Royal Navy shipbuilding projects, [[Jaap Kroese]] announced that the business was effectively finished and placed the Wallsend Yard's iconic cranes up for sale. He also said that he was actively looking for a buyer for the land.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2006/11/23/swan_hunter_23112006_feature.shtml| title=Demise of Swan Hunter?| publisher=[[BBC]]| date=18 January 2007| access-date=16 January 2011}}</ref> During this time, ''Lyme Bay''{{'}}s earlier sister ship, ''[[HMAS Choules (L100)|Largs Bay]]'', was noted as the last ship to be built and fully completed by Swan Hunter. In April 2007, Swan Hunter's cranes, along with its floating dock and other equipment, were sold to [[Bharati Defence And Infrastructure Limited|Bharati Shipyards]], [[India]]'s second-largest private-sector shipbuilder. The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards.<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=280577 Bharati buys out UK shipyard major Swan] Business Standard, 10 April 2007</ref>

Swan's performed the conceptual design of ''[[Pioneering Spirit]]'', provisionally named ''Pieter Schelte'', the world's largest platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel. The basic design of the lifting systems was completed by the end of 2008, and detailed design of the hulls by May 2010.<ref name=development>{{cite web|title=Pioneering Spirit Heavy Lift Construction Vessel, Switzerland|url=http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/pioneering-spirit-heavy-lift-construction-vessel/|publisher=ship-technology.com|access-date=31 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed.<ref name=History/><ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/People+blame+the+MoD+for+Swan+Hunter's+decline,+not+me.+But+I+Know...-a0174752585 People blame the MoD for Swan Hunter's decline, not me] Evening Chronicle, 14 February 2008</ref>

In 2016, Jaap Kroese died but the company said it would continue with its business of ship design. At the time, the company had 40 employees and contractors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/swan-hunter-owner-jaap-kroese-10672562|title=Swan Hunter owner Jaap Kroese has died in his native Holland, aged 76|author=Barbara Hodgson|date=1 January 2016|work=nechronicle|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>

Also in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. Swan Hunter started to offer specialist equipment, design, engineering & project management services to the offshore renewables and subsea oil & gas energy markets.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/swan-hunter-return-tyneside-under-11916839|title=Swan Hunter to return to Tyneside under the son of former owner|last=McCusker|first=Peter|date=2016-09-21|work=nechronicle|access-date=2017-07-27}}</ref> On 12 October 2016, the company announced the issue of a letter of intent for the design and build of a basket carousel loading tower.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://swanhunter.com/swan-hunter-motive-offshore-group-basket-carousel-loading-tower/|title=Swan Hunter issue Letter of Intent to Motive Offshore Group for Basket Carousel Loading Tower|date=2016-10-12|work=Swan Hunter|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en-US}}</ref> The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://swanhunter.com/swan-hunter-grows-installation-equipment-pool-with-15te-tensioner-and-450te-reel-drive-system/|title=Swan Hunter Grows Installation Equipment Pool with 15Te Tensioner and 450Te Reel Drive System|date=2016-10-24|work=Swan Hunter|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en-US}}</ref> Swan Hunter announced loading tower readiness on 5 May 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://swanhunter.com/swan-hunter-loading-tower-ready-for-operations/|title=Swan Hunter announce the completion of new 450Te Reel Drive System.|date=2017-05-05|work=Swan Hunter|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en-US}}</ref> with completion of mobilisation onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea's multi-lay vessel 'Lewek Constellation' shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://swanhunter.com/swan-hunter-completes-mobilisation-of-flexlay-spread-onto-lewek-constellation/|title=Swan Hunter Mobilisation of Flexlay Spread onto Lewek Constellation|date=2017-05-30|work=Swan Hunter|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Operations==
The Company owned three main yards:
* The Neptune Yard at [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker-on-Tyne]] inherited from [[Wigham Richardson]] (opened in 1860 and closed in 1988)
* The Wallsend West Yard at [[Wallsend]] inherited from [[Charles Sheridan Swan]] (opened in 1842 and closed in 2006)
* The Naval Yard at [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|High Walker]] inherited from [[Vickers-Armstrongs]] (opened in 1912 and closed during the 1980s)
All three were on the north side of [[River Tyne]]. The company also owned the [[Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company]], the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. At various times Swan Hunter also owned [[Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company|Palmers Hebburn Yard]], [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Yard]] and [[John Readhead & Sons|Readheads]] at [[South Shields]] which were all on the south side of the [[River Tyne]].

==Ships built by Swan Hunter==
{{Incomplete list|date=April 2009}}
{{See also|Category:Ships built by Swan Hunter}}
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'''Naval vessels'''
* {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier}}
** {{HMS|Albion|R07|6}}
* {{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier}}s
** {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|6}}
** {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}}
* {{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier}}
** {{HMS|Vengeance|R71|6}}
* {{sclass|Nairana|escort carrier}}
** {{HMS|Vindex|D15|6}}
* {{sclass|King George V|battleship|||1939}}
** {{HMS|Anson|79|6}} (1942)
* {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|||1936}}
** {{HMS|Edinburgh|16|6}} (1938)
* {{sclass2|Crown Colony|cruiser}}s
** {{HMS|Gambia|48|6}} (1940)
** {{HMS|Mauritius|80|6}} (1941)
* {{sclass|Acorn|destroyer}}
** {{HMS|Hope|1910|6}}
* {{sclass2|Battle|destroyer}}s
** {{HMS|Barfleur|D80|6}}
** {{HMS|Corunna|D97|6}}
** {{HMS|Gabbard|D47|6}}
** {{HMS|Trafalgar|D77|6}}
* {{sclass|Daring|destroyer|||1949}}
** {{HMS|Daring|D05|6}}
* {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}}s
** {{HMS|Bolebroke|L65|6}}
** {{HMS|Border}}
** {{HMS|Calpe|L71|6}}
** {{HMS|Eridge|L68|6}}
** {{HMS|Exmoor|L08|6}}
** {{HMS|Farndale|L70|6}}
** {{HMS|Grove|L77|6}}
** {{HMS|Hambledon|L37|6}}
** {{HMS|Heythrop|L85|6}}
** {{HMS|Hursley|L84|6}}
** {{HMS|Holderness|L48|6}}
* {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|||1936}}
** {{HMS|Somali|F33|6}}
* {{sclass2|A|destroyer|||1929}}s
** {{HMS|Codrington|D65|6}}
* {{sclass2|B|destroyer}}s
** {{HMS|Brilliant|H84|6}}
** {{HMS|Bulldog|H91|6}}
* {{sclass2|E|destroyer}}s
** {{HMS|Esk|H15|6}}
** {{HMS|Express|H61|6}}
* [[G and H-class destroyer|H-class destroyer]]s
** {{HMS|Hunter|H35|6}}
** {{HMS|Hyperion|H97|6}}
* [[J-, K- and N-class destroyer|J-class destroyer]]
** {{HMS|Janus|F53|6}}
* [[J-, K- and N-class destroyer|K-class destroyer]]
** {{HMS|Khartoum|F45|6}}
* [[Admiralty M-class destroyer|M-class destroyer]]
** {{HMS|Marmion|1915|6}}
** {{HMS|Martial|1915|6}}
** {{HMS|Mary Rose|1915|6}}
** {{HMS|Matchless|1914|6}}
** {{HMS|Menace|1915|6}}
** {{HMS|Nessus|1915|6}}
** {{HMS|Nestor|1915|6}}
** {{HMS|Pasley|1916|6}}
* [[U and V-class destroyer]]
** {{HMS|Grenville|R97|6}}
** {{HMS|Ulster|R83|6}}
** {{HMS|Vigilant|R93|6}}
** {{HMS|Virago|R75|6}}
* [[V and W-class destroyer|V-class destroyer]]s
** {{HMS|Vimiera|1917|6}}
** {{HMS|Violent}}
** {{HMS|Vittoria|1917|6}}
* [[V and W-class destroyer|W-class destroyer]]s
** {{HMS|Whirlwind|1917|6}}
** {{HMS|Wrestler|1918|6}}
* [[Type 82 destroyer]]
** {{HMS|Bristol|D23|6}}
* [[Type 42 destroyer]]s
** {{HMS|Newcastle|D87|6}}
** {{HMS|Glasgow|D88|6}}
** {{HMS|Exeter|D89|6}}
** {{HMS|York|D98|6}}
* [[Type 14 frigate|Type 14 (or ''Blackwood''-class) anti-submarine frigates]]
** {{HMS|Russell|F97|6}}
** {{HMS|Pellew|F62|6}}
* [[Type 22 frigate]]s
** {{HMS|Chatham|F87|6}}
** {{HMS|Coventry|F98|6}}
** {{HMS|Sheffield|F96|6}}
* [[Type 23 frigate]]s
** {{HMS|Marlborough|F233|6}}
** {{HMS|Westminster|F237|6}}
** {{HMS|Northumberland|F238|6}}
** {{HMS|Richmond|F239|6}}
* {{sclass|Hastings|sloop|1}}
** {{HMS|Scarborough|L25|6}}
* {{sclass2|Ness|combat stores ship}}
** {{ship|RFA|Lyness|A339|6}}
** {{ship|RFA|Stromness|A344|6}}
** {{ship|RFA|Tarbatness|A345|6}}
* {{sclass|Fort Victoria|replenishment oiler}}
** {{ship|RFA|Fort George|A388|6}}
* {{sclass2|Rover|tanker|1}}s
** {{ship|RFA|Black Rover|A273|6}} (1973)
** {{ship|RFA|Gold Rover|A271|6}} (1973)
* {{sclass2|Bay|landing ship}}s
** {{ship|RFA|Largs Bay|L3006|6}}
** {{ship|RFA|Lyme Bay|L3007|6}} – Completed by [[BAE Systems Naval Ships|BAE Systems]]
* {{ship|IRIS|Kharg}} (1977)
'''Commercial vessels'''
* {{SS|Abukir||2}} (1920)
* ''Achiever'' (circa 1984)
* {{SS|Afrique|1907|3}}
* ''Antarctic'' (1913)
* ''Arawa'' (1907) <!-- launch 4 Feb 1907 -->
* ''Ariosto'' (1940)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Ariosto|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1181.html|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Atlantic Causeway]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Atlantic Conveyor]]'' (1970)
* ''Augustina'' (1927)
* ''Aurania'' (1916)
* ''Ascania'' (1911)
* ''Badagry Palm'' (1) (1956)
* ''Bamenda Palm'' (1) (1958)
* ''Bello'' (1930)
* ''British Admiral'' (1917)
* ''British Character'' (1941)
* ''British Coast'' (1919)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Etrib|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1805.html|access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref>
* ''British Colony'' (1927)
* ''British Diligence'' (1937)
* ''British Dominion'' (1928)
* ''British Empress'' (1917)
* ''British Endurance'' (1936)
* ''British Fame'' (1936)
* ''British Fusilier'' (1923)
* ''British Governor'' (1926)
* ''British Gratitude'' (1942)
* ''British Grenadier'' (1922)
* ''British Gunner'' (1922)
* ''British Harmony'' (1941)
* ''British Hussar'' (1923)
* ''British Influence'' (1939)
* {{MV|British Motorist|1924|3}}
* ''British Petrol'' (1925)
* ''British Pluck'' (1928)
* ''British Resolution'' (1937)
* ''British Respect'' (1943)
* ''British Sailor'' (1918)
* ''British Scout'' (1922)
* ''British Star'' (1918)
* ''British Tenacity'' (1939)
* ''British Thrift'' (1928)
* ''British Union'' (1927)
* ''British Virtue'' (1945)
* ''British Viscount'' (1921)
* ''CA Larsen'' (1913)
* [[RMS Carpathia|RMS ''Carpathia'']] (1902)
* ''City of Canterbury'' (1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=31b0257.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register |author=Lloyds |date=1931–32 |publisher=Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData) |access-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201172157/http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=31b0257.pdf |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* ''City of Lyons'' (1926)
* ''City of Oxford'' (1926)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=City of Oxford|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1808.html|access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref>
* ''City of Paris'' (1922)
* ''Corte'' (1906) <!-- launch 23 July 1906 -->
* ''Coslar'' (1906) <!-- launch 22 August 1906 -->
* {{MV|Derbyshire||2}} (1976)
* ''Dimboola'' (1912)
* {{ship|QSMV|Dominion Monarch}} (1938)
* {{ship|TSS|Dover}} (1965)
* {{MV|Duntroon|1935|3}}
* {{SS|Dwarka||2}} (1947)
* ''Elmina Palm'' (1957)
* ''Enugu Palm'' (1958)
* [[RMS Franconia (1910)|RMS ''Franconia'']] (1910)
* ''Frontenac'' (1928)
* ''Germanic'' (1931)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Tuapse|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1885.html|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
* ''Ghandara'' (circa 1976)
* ''Ibadan Palm'' (1959)
* ''Ikeja Palm'' (1961)
* ''Ilesha Palm'' (1961)
* ''Ilorin Palm'' (1959)
* ''Inanda'' (1925)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Empire Explorer|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1911.html|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
* ''Imbricaria'' (1935)
* {{SS|Ivernia||2}} (1899)
* ''Jean Brillant'' (1935)
* ''Kano Palm'' (1958)
* ''Katsina Palm'' (1957)
* ''Kittiwake'' (1906) <!-- launch 19 September 1906 -->
* {{RMS|Knight of Malta}} (1929)
* {{MV|Kowloon Bridge||2}} (1973)
* ''{{SS|Kyle||2}}'' (1913)
* {{RMS|Laconia|1911}}
* {{RMS|Laconia|1921}}
* ''Lagos Palm'' (1961)
* {{ship|TS|Leda}} (1952)
* ''Lida'' (1938)
* ''Lindenfels'' (1906) <!-- launch 1 November 1906 -->
* ''Lobito Palm'' (1960)
* ''Lowenburg'' (1907) <!-- launch 11 June 1907 -->
* ''Matadi Palm'' (1970)
* {{ship|RMS|Mauretania|1906}}
* ''Megantic'' (1962)
* {{SS|Miraflores||2}} (1921)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Miraflores|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1346.html|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>
* ''Mitra'' (1912)
* ''Moyra'' (1931)
* ''Mytilus'' (1916)
* ''Neverita'' (1944)
* ''Nidarnes'' (1926)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Liverpool Packet|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1724.html|access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>
*'' Northenden (1886) For Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway - later Great Central Railway''
* ''Opopo Palm'' (1942)
* {{SS|Port Adelaide|1911|3}}
* {{SS|Port Alma|1928|3}}
* {{MS|Port Auckland|1949|3}}
* {{MS|Port Brisbane|1949|3}}
* {{MS|Port Chalmers|1933|3}}
* {{SS|Port Elliot|1910|3}}
* {{MV|Port Fairy||2}} (1928)
* {{MS|Port Gisborne|1927|3}}
* {{MS|Port Halifax|1937|3}}
* {{MS|Port Hobart|1925|3}}
* {{MS|Port Huon|1927|3}}
* {{MS|Port Jackson|1937|3}}
* {{MS|Port Lincoln|1946|3}}
* {{MS|Port Macquarie|1944|3}}
* {{MS|Port Napier|1940|3}}
* {{MS|Port New Plymouth|1960|3}}
* {{MS|Port Phillip|1942|3}}
* {{MS|Port Pirie|1947|3}}
* {{MS|Port Sydney|1955|3}}
* {{MS|Port Townsville|1935|3}}
* {{MS|Port Victor|1942|3}}
* {{MS|Port Vindex|1944|3}}
* ''Powerful'' (1903)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Allister|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1719.html|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref>
* {{SS|Prince George|1910|3}}
* {{SS|Prince Rupert|1910|3}}
* [[SS Príncipe Perfeito|''Príncipe Perfeito'']] (1961)
* ''Provence'' (1951)
* ''Ranella'' (1912)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=Ranella|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/989.html|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>
* {{ship|TEV|Rangatira|1971}}
* ''Rauenfels'' (1907) <!-- launch 23 January 1907 -->
* ''[[Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company#Fleet|Regulus]]'' (1907)
* {{SS|Reina Victoria-Eugenia||2}} (1912)
* ''[[Rosalind (1890 ship)|Rosalind]]'' (1890)
* ''Saint Clair'' (1929)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=St. Clair II|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1127.html|access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref>
* ''Sir Parkes'' (1951)
* ''South Africa'' (1930)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=uboat.net|title=South Africa|url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1762.html|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>
* ''Spartan'' (1890)
* ''Stephano'' (1965)
* ''Tamahine'' (1925)
* ''Toiler'' (1910)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/22598/data |title=Mapleheath |work=Maritime History of the Great Lakes |access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref>
* ''Venezia'' (1907) <!-- launch 30 April 1907 -->
* {{SS|Victoria|1902|3}}
* ''Vikingen III'' (1929)
* ''[[Saga Ruby|Vistafjord]]'' (1972)
* {{SS|Volo||2}} (1938)
* ''[[TSS Waterford (1912)|Waterford]]'' (1912)
* ''SS Warrington (1886) For Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway – later Great Central Railway)''
* ''Zenda'' (1932)

'''Cable ships'''
* ''Alert''
* ''All America''
* ''Ariel''
* ''Bullfinch''
* ''Bullfrog''
* ''Bullhead''
* ''Cambria''
* ''Colonia''
* ''Dominia''
* ''[[Edward Wilshaw]]''
* ''Emile Baudot ''
* ''Guardian''
* ''Iris''
* ''John W. Mackay''
* ''Lord Kelvin''
* ''Marie Louise Mackay''
* [[CS Monarch (1945)|''Monarch'']]
* ''Pacific Guardian'' (1984)
* ''Patrol''
* ''Recorder''
* ''Sir Eric Sharp'' (Launched 1988 – renamed CS ''IT Intrepid'' )
* ''St. Margarets''
* ''Stanley Angwin''
* ''[[Telconia]]''

'''Bulk Carrier'''
* ''Hoegh Duke'' (1984)
* ''Robkap IV'' (1977)
* ''Liverpool Bridge Renamed to the MV Derbyshire'' (1976)

'''Research Vessels'''
* {{ship|CSS|Acadia}} (1913)
* {{ship|HMCS|Cartier}} (later renamed HMCS ''Charny'')
* {{ship|RRS|James Clark Ross}} Polar survey

'''Tankers'''
* ''Shell Supplier'' (1946)
* [[ARA Punta Médanos (B-18)|ARA ''Punta Médanos'']] (1950)
* ''Velutina'' (1950)
* ''Velletia'' (1952)
* ''Helix'' (1953)
* ''Helcion'' (1954)
* ''Heldia'' (1955)
* ''Helisoma'' (1956)
* ''Volvula'' (1956)
* ''Llanishen'' (1957)
* ''Zaphon'' (1957)
* ''Varicella'' (1959)
* ''Solen'' (1961)
* ''Ottawa'' (1964)
* ''Sir Winston Churchill'' (1964)
* ''Clementine Churchill'' (1965)
* ''Narica'' (1967)
* ''Nacella'' (1968)
* ''[[Esso Northumbria]]'' (1969)
* ''Esso Hibernia'' (1970)
* ''Faraday'' (1970) Liquified petroleum gas tanker
* ''Texaco Great Britain'' (1971)
* ''London Lion'' (1972)
* ''[[MV Kurdistan|Frank D. Moores]]'' (1973)
* ''World Unicorn'' (1973)
* ''Windsor Lion'' (1974)
* ''Tyne Pride'' (1975)
* ''Everett F. Wells'' (1976)
* ''BP Achiever'' (1983)
{{Div col end}}

==''Battleship Potemkin''==
On 1 May 2006, British pop-duo [[Pet Shop Boys]] performed their soundtrack to the 1925 Soviet silent-film ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]'' alongside the [[Royal Northern Sinfonia]] at the shipyard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/4960410.stm|title=Pet Shop Boys play shipyard gig|publisher=BBC|date=2 May 2006|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of shipbuilders and shipyards#United Kingdom|List of shipbuilders and shipyards]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book| last1=Johnston|first1=Ian| last2 =Buxton| first2=Ian| title=The Battleship Builders - Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships| publisher=Naval Institute Press| location= Annapolis, Maryland| date=2013| isbn=978-1-59114-027-6}}

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