Appledore Shipbuilders is a shipbuilder in Appledore, North Devon. The Appledore Yard was founded in 1855 on the estuary of the River Torridge.
On the privatisation of the nationalised British Shipbuilders Corporation, the Appledore Yard was acquired by a group called A & P Appledore International, formed from the former assets of Appledore and the Sunderland shipbuilders Austin & Pickersgill. A & P Appledore also acquired a number of other British Shipyards including Hall, Russell & Company in Aberdeen and the Falmouth Dock Company in Falmouth. In 1986, A & P Appledore took control of Ferguson Shipbuilders on the breakup of Ferguson-Ailsa to form Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders. Appledore Ferguson was sold in 1989.
In October 2003 the Appledore shipyard went into receivership, and in early 2004 was acquired by DML, the owners of Devonport dockyard.[1] The company was reconstituted as Appledore Shipbuilders (2004) Limited and is run by the DML subsidiary DML Appledore. A & P survives as A & P Shiprepairer.
The two square-rigged sail training ships of the Tall Ships Youth Trust, the Prince William and the Stavros S Niarchos, were completed here, by performing substantial modifications to two bare hulls begun in Germany.
Ships built at Appledore
The company has built more than 350 vessels, including small and medium-sized military craft, bulk carriers, LNG carriers, ferries, and oil-industry support vessels.
Specific ships include:
- HMS Enterprise, a survey vessel
- HMS Scott, a survey vessel
- HMS Echo, a survey vessel[2]
- Scillonian III, a passenger ferry
- Stavros S Niarchos, a tall ship
- Prince William, a tall ship
- MV Clansman, a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry
- MV Coruisk, a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry[3]
- LE Róisín, an offshore patrol vessel
- LÉ Niamh, an offshore patrol vessel
- Charles Darwin, an oceanographic research ship
- Britannia Beaver, a bulk carrier (for aggregates)[4]
- Star Hercules, a cable layer[5]
- City of Chichester, a dredger[6]
- City of Cardiff, a dredger
- City of Westminster, a dredger
- Arklow Bridge, a bulk carrier
- Alphagas, an LNG carrier
References
- ^ "Appledore Shipyard is saved", The BBC (2004-02-13). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ "HMS Echo website". The Royal Navy. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ "CORUISK (III)". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ "Britannia Beaver". www.ShipPhotos.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ "The Evolution of Cable & Wireless". FTL Design. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ "Pembroke Dock Visits (Port of Pembroke)". Pembroke Dock Community Web Project. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
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