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'''Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company''' was a British shipbuilder founded in 1864 by John Elder and Charles Randolph, becoming Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in 1885.

Their shipyard was located at Govan on the Clyde.{{Burt1986|p. 9}}

==Shipbuilding==
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
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|{{UK-1Nelson|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||4 Nov, 1876||Sold Jul, 1910
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|{{UK-1Comus|f=p}}||corvette||3 Apr, 1878||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-1Curacoa|f=p}}||corvette||18 Apr, 1878||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-1Champion|f=p}}||corvette||1 Jul, 1878||Sold 1931
|-
|{{UK-1Cleopatra|f=p}}||corvette||1 Aug, 1878||Sold 1931
|-
|{{UK-1Carysfort|f=p}}||corvette||26 Sep, 1878||Sold 1899
|-
|{{UK-1Conquest|f=p}}||corvette||28 Oct, 1878||Sold 1899
|-
|{{UK-Rambler|f=p}}||gunvessel||1880||Sold 1907
|-
|{{UK-1Ranger|f=p}}||gunvessel||1880||Sold 1892
|-
|{{UK-Australia|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||25 Nov, 1886|| 4 Apr, 1905
|-
|{{UK-Magicienne|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||12 May, 1888||Sold 1905
|-
|{{UK-Marathon|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||23 Aug, 1888||Sold 1905
|-
|{{UK-Caribbean|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||22 May, 1890||Foundered 27 Sep, 1915
|-
|{{UK-Campania|f=p}}||seaplane carrier||8 Sep, 1893||Foundered 5 Nov, 1918
|-
|{{UK-Handy|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Mar, 1895||Broken up 1916
|-
|{{UK-Hart|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Mar, 1895||Broken up 1912
|-
|{{UK-Venus|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||5 Sep, 1895||Sold 22 Sep, 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Diana|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||5 Dec, 1895||Sold 1 Jul, 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Hunter|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Dec, 1895||Broken up 1912
|-
|{{UK-Diadem|f=p}}||first class protected cruiser||21 Oct, 1896||Sold 9 May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Gipsy|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Mar, 1897|| 1921
|-
|{{UK-Osprey|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Apr, 1897||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Fairy|f=p}}||destroyer||29 May, 1897||Foundered 5 Jul, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Argonaut|f=p}}||first class protected cruiser||24 Jan, 1898||Sold 18 May, 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Hermes|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||7 Apr, 1898||Torpedoed 31 Oct, 1914
|-
|{{UK-Highflyer|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||4 Jun, 1898||Sold Jun, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Leven|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Jun, 1898||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Falcon|f=p}}||destroyer||1899||Collision 1 Apr, 1918
|-
|{{UK-Cressy|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||4 Dec, 1899||Torpedoed 22 Sep, 1914
|-
|{{UK-Ostrich|f=p}}||destroyer||22 Mar, 1900||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Aboukir|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||16 May, 1900||Torpedoed 22 Sep, 1914
|-
|{{UK-Hardinge|f=p}}||troop ship||11 Aug, 1900||Sold ''c''. 1930
|-
|{{UK-GoodHope|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||21 Feb, 1901||Sunk 1 Nov, 1914
|-
|{{UK-Bedford|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||31 Aug, 1901||Sold 21 Aug, 1910
|-
|{{UK-Donegal|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||4 Sep, 1902||Sold 1 Jul, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Commonwealth|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||13 May, 1903||Sold 18 Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-ArmadaleCastle|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||11 Aug, 1903||Scrapped 1936
|-
|{{UK-Forward|f=p}}||scout cruiser||27 Aug, 1904||Sold 27 Jul, 1921
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|{{UK-1Foresight|f=p}}||scout cruiser||8 Oct, 1904||Sold 3 Mar, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Cochrane|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||20 May, 1905||Stranded 14 Nov, 1918
|-
|{{UK-EmpressOfBritain|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||11 Nov, 1905||Scrapped 1930
|-
|{{UK-Indomitable|f=p}}||battlecruiser||16 Mar, 1907||Sold 1 Dec, 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Otway|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||1909||Torpedoed 23 Jul, 1917
|-
|{{UK-1Glasgow|f=p}}||light cruiser||30 Sep, 1909||Sold 29 Apr, 1927
|-
|{{UK-Grasshopper|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Nov, 1909|| Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Mosquito|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Jan, 1910|| Aug, 1920
|-
|{{AU-Parramatta|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Feb, 1910||Dismantled Oct, 1929
|-
|{{UK-Scorpion|f=p}}||destroyer||19 Feb, 1910|| Oct, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Cameleon|f=p}}||destroyer||1 Jun, 1910|| Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Comet|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Jun, 1910||Torpedoed 6 Aug, 1918
|-
|{{UK-Goldfinch|f=p}}||destroyer||12 Jul, 1910||Wrecked 19 Feb, 1915
|-
|{{AU-Warrego|f=p}}||destroyer||4 Apr, 1911||Dismantled Oct, 1929
|-
|{{UK-NewZealand|f=p}}||battlecruiser||1 Jul, 1911||Sold 19 Dec, 1922
|-
|{{UK-EmpressOfRussia|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||28 Aug, 1912||Scrapped 1945
|-
|{{UK-1Fortune|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Mar, 1913||Sunk 31 May, 1916
|-
|{{UK-Laforey|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Mar, 1913||Mined 25 Mar, 1917
|-
|{{UK-Lawford|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Oct, 1913|| Aug, 1922
|-
|{{UK-Louis|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Dec, 1913||Mined 31 Oct, 1915
|-
|{{UK-Lydiard|f=p}}||destroyer||26 Feb, 1914|| Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Undaunted|f=p}}||light cruiser||28 Apr, 1914||Sold 9 Apr, 1923
|-
|{{UK-Valiant|f=p}}||dreadnought||4 Nov, 1914||Sold 19 Mar, 1948
|-
|{{UK-Medea|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Jan, 1915|| 9 May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Medusa|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Mar, 1915||Collision 25 Mar, 1916
|-
|{{UK-Mandate|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Apr, 1915|| 
|-
|{{UK-Manners|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Jun, 1915|| 
|-
|{{UK-Avenger|f=p}}||armed merchant cruiser||1915||Torpedoed 14 Jun, 1917
|-
|{{UK-Mindful|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Aug, 1915|| 
|-
|{{UK-E37|f=p}}||submarine||2 Sep, 1915||Lost 1 Dec, 1916
|-
|{{UK-Mischief|f=p}}||destroyer||12 Oct, 1915|| 
|-
|{{UK-Onslaught|f=p}}||destroyer||4 Dec, 1915|| 
|-
|{{UK-Onslow|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Feb, 1916|| 
|-
|{{UK-Renown|f=p}}||battlecruiser||4 Mar, 1916||Sold 19 Mar, 1948
|-
|{{UK-Observer|f=p}}||destroyer||1 May, 1916|| 
|-
|{{UK-E47|f=p}}||submarine||29 May, 1916||Lost 20 Aug, 1917
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|{{UK-Offa|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Jun, 1916|| 
|-
|{{UK-E38|f=p}}||submarine||13 Jun, 1916||Sold Sep, 1922
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|{{UK-Orcadia|f=p}}||destroyer||26 Jul, 1916|| 
|-
|{{UK-E48|f=p}}||submarine||2 Aug, 1916||Sold Jul, 1928
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|{{UK-Oriana|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Sep, 1916|| 
|-
|{{UK-Pheasant|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Oct, 1916||Mined 1 Mar, 1917
|-
|{{UK-K13|f=p}}||submarine||11 Nov, 1916||Sold Dec, 1926
|-
|{{UK-Phoebe|f=p}}||destroyer||20 Nov, 1916|| 
|-
|{{UK-Tempest|f=p}}||destroyer||26 Jan, 1917||Handed over 28 Jan, 1937
|-
|{{UK-K14|f=p}}||submarine||8 Feb, 1917||Sold Dec, 1926
|-
|{{UK-Undine|f=p}}||destroyer||22 Mar, 1917|| Apr, 1928
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|{{UK-Cardiff|f=p}}||light cruiser||12 Apr, 1917||Sold 23 Jan, 1946
|-
|{{UK-Vendetta|f=p}}||destroyer||3 Sep, 1917|| 
|-
|{{UK-Venetia|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Oct, 1917||Mined 19 Oct, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Irvine|f=p}}||minesweeper||8 Dec, 1917||Sold 21 Feb, 1923
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|{{UK-Walrus|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Dec, 1917||Stranded 12 Feb, 1938
|-
|{{UK-L15|f=p}}||submarine||16 Jan, 1918||Sold Feb, 1932
|-
|{{UK-Kendal|f=p}}||minesweeper||9 Feb, 1918||Sold 3 Oct, 1928
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|{{UK-Wolfhound|f=p}}||destroyer||14 Mar, 1918|| 18 Feb, 1948
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|{{UK-L16|f=p}}||submarine||9 Apr, 1918||Sold Feb, 1934
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|{{UK-1Sikh|f=p}}||destroyer||7 May, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-Kinross|f=p}}||minesweeper||4 Jul, 1918||Mined 16 Jun, 1919
|-
|{{UK-1Sirdar|f=p}}||destroyer||6 Jul, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-Carlisle|f=p}}||light cruiser||9 Jul, 1918||Sold 1948
|-
|{{UK-Somme|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Sep, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-L55|f=p}}||submarine||21 Sep, 1918||Sunk 9 Jun, 1919
|-
|{{UK-Lydd|f=p}}||minesweeper||4 Dec, 1918||Sold 13 Mar, 1947
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|{{UK-Colombo|f=p}}||light cruiser||18 Dec, 1918||Sold 22 Jan, 1948
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|{{UK-Spindrift|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Dec, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-Wanderer|f=p}}||destroyer||1 May, 1919|| 31 Jan, 1946
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|{{UK-L56|f=p}}||submarine||29 May, 1919||Sold Mar, 1938
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|{{UK-Despatch|f=p}}||light cruiser||24 Sep, 1919||Sold Apr, 1946
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|{{UK-Spear|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Nov, 1919|| 
|-
|{{UK-Berwick|f=p}}||heavy cruiser||30 Mar, 1926||Broken up 1948
|-
|{{UK-Norfolk|f=p}}||cruiser||12 Dec, 1928||Broken up 1950
|-
|{{UK-Dainty|f=p}}||destroyer||3 May, 1932||Sunk 24 Feb, 1941
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|{{UK-Delight|f=p}}||destroyer||2 Jun, 1932||Sunk 29 Jul, 1940
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|{{UK-Garland|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Oct, 1935||Transferred 1947
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|{{UK-Gipsy|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Nov, 1935||Sunk 21 Nov, 1939
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|{{UK-Liverpool|f=p}}||light cruiser||24 Mar, 1937||Broken up 1958
|-
|{{UK-Gurkha|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Jul, 1937||Bombed 9 Apr, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Maori|f=p}}||destroyer||2 Sep, 1937||Bombed 12 Feb, 1942
|}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{Burt1986}}
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