Records of Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd, shipbuilders, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland 1910-1962

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Records of Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd, shipbuilders, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland 1910-1962

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Glasgow University Archive Service

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Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd 1925-c1969

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Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co Ltd 1898-1925

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Harland & Wolff Ltd 1888-1924

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Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd (shipbuilders: 1925-c1969: Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland)

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The firm of Barr & Shearer was established in 1842 at Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland, and changed its name in the 1870s to become the Ardrossan Shipbuilding Co. In 1891 it acquired limited liability, as Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd, but was dissolved eight years later, at which time a successor company, the Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co Ltd was incorporated. During the First World War the new south yard was constructed and from 1919 , Harland & Wolff Ltd , shipbuil...