Firth of Clyde Dry Dock Co Ltd (dry dock operators: 1964-1967: Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland)

The Firth of Clyde Dry Dock Co Ltd , Inchbank, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, was incorporated as a limited liability company in 1958 to build a 1000 foot dry dock, capable of holding ships of 150.000 dwt. The company was financed by government loan, banks and insyurance companies, and also by the Clyde shipbuilding firms of John Brown & Co (Clydebank) Ltd , Charles Connell & Co Ltd , John Kincaid, Scotts of Greekock, and G & J Weir. Representatives from these formed the board .

The business opened in 1964 , and operated as dry dock owners and ship repairers. The larger contracts carried out by the company included the dry docking of the British India liner Devonia, the first 100,000 ton tanker built in Europe and Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth II.

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