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==Shipbuilding==
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
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|{{UK-2Cygnet|f=p}}||gunboat||30 May, 1874{{CN}}||Broken up 1889
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|{{UK-2Express|f=p}}||gunboat||16 Jul, 1874{{CN}}||Sold 1889
|-
|{{UK-2Contest|f=p}}||gunboat||29 Aug, 1874{{CN}}||Broken up 1889
|-
|{{UK-1Opal|f=p}}||corvette||9 Mar, 1875{{Conways1860|p. 51}}||Sold 1892
|-
|{{UK-Haughty|f=p}}||destroyer||18 Sep, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 91}}||Broken up 1912
|-
|{{UK-2Hardy|f=p}}||destroyer||16 Dec, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 91}}||Broken up 1911
|-
|{{UK-Violet|f=p}}||destroyer||3 May, 1897{{DittColl|p. 58}}||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Sylvia|f=p}}||destroyer||3 Jul, 1897{{DittColl|p. 58}}||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Lee|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Jan, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 96}}||Wrecked 1909
|-
|{{UK-1Success|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Mar, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 96}}||Wrecked 1914
|-
|{{UK-Opal|f=p}}||destroyer||11 Sep, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-Mantis|f=p}}||gunboat||14 Sep, 1915{{DittColl|p. 106}}||Sold 20 Jan, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Moth|f=p}}||gunboat||15 Sep, 1915{{DittColl|p. 106}}||Scuttled 21 Dec, 1941
|-
|{{UK-Ophelia|f=p}}||destroyer||13 Oct, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
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|{{UK-Opportune|f=p}}||destroyer||20 Nov, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-Oracle|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Dec, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-Orestes|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Mar, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-Orford|f=p}}||destroyer||19 Apr, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-1Orpheus|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Jun, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-Octavia|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Jun, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-Norseman|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Aug, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-1Oberon|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Sep, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 79}}||
|-
|{{UK-Redoubt|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Oct, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 81}}|| 13 Jul, 1926
|-
|{{UK-Recruit|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Dec, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 81}}||Mined 9 Aug, 1917
|-
|{{UK-Ulysses|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Mar, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 82}}||Collision 29 Oct, 1918
|-
|{{UK-Umpire|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Jun, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 82}}|| 7 Jan, 1930
|-
|{{UK-Vega|f=p}}||destroyer||1 Sep, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}}||
|-
|{{UK-Velox|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Nov, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}}||
|-
|{{UK-Walpole|f=p}}||destroyer||12 Feb, 1918{{DittColl|p. 73}}|| 8 Feb, 1945
|-
|{{UK-Whitley|f=p}}||destroyer||13 Apr, 1918{{DittColl|p. 73}}||Bombed 19 May, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Success|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Jun, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}}||
|-
|{{UK-Shamrock|f=p}}||destroyer||26 Aug, 1918{{DittColl|p. 74}}||Handed over
|-
|{{UK-Shikari|f=p}}||destroyer||14 Jul, 1919{{DittColl|p. 74}}||
|}
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During February and March of 1889, Doxford ran a series of successful trials of an oil-burning torpedo boat at Portsmouth.  Both the torpedo boat and her engines were built by the company.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 4 March, 1889.  Issue '''32637''', col A-B, p. 7.</ref>
During February and March of 1889, Doxford ran a series of successful trials of an oil-burning torpedo boat at Portsmouth.  Both the torpedo boat and her engines were built by the company.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 4 March, 1889.  Issue '''32637''', col A-B, p. 7.</ref>

Revision as of 13:56, 26 April 2018

William Doxford & Sons was a British shipbuilding firm founded in 1840. It is often referred to as just Doxford before being acquired by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company in 1918.

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
H.M.S. Cygnet gunboat 30 May, 1874[Citation needed] Broken up 1889
H.M.S. Express gunboat 16 Jul, 1874[Citation needed] Sold 1889
H.M.S. Contest gunboat 29 Aug, 1874[Citation needed] Broken up 1889
H.M.S. Opal corvette 9 Mar, 1875[1] Sold 1892
H.M.S. Haughty destroyer 18 Sep, 1895[2] Broken up 1912
H.M.S. Hardy destroyer 16 Dec, 1895[3] Broken up 1911
H.M.S. Violet destroyer 3 May, 1897[4] Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Sylvia destroyer 3 Jul, 1897[5] Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Lee destroyer 27 Jan, 1899[6] Wrecked 1909
H.M.S. Success destroyer 21 Mar, 1901[7] Wrecked 1914
H.M.S. Opal destroyer 11 Sep, 1915[8]
H.M.S. Mantis gunboat 14 Sep, 1915[9] Sold 20 Jan, 1940
H.M.S. Moth gunboat 15 Sep, 1915[10] Scuttled 21 Dec, 1941
H.M.S. Ophelia destroyer 13 Oct, 1915[11]
H.M.S. Opportune destroyer 20 Nov, 1915[12]
H.M.S. Oracle destroyer 23 Dec, 1915[13]
H.M.S. Orestes destroyer 21 Mar, 1916[14]
H.M.S. Orford destroyer 19 Apr, 1916[15]
H.M.S. Orpheus destroyer 17 Jun, 1916[16]
H.M.S. Octavia destroyer 21 Jun, 1916[17]
H.M.S. Norseman destroyer 15 Aug, 1916[18]
H.M.S. Oberon destroyer 29 Sep, 1916[19]
H.M.S. Redoubt destroyer 28 Oct, 1916[20] 13 Jul, 1926
H.M.S. Recruit destroyer 9 Dec, 1916[21] Mined 9 Aug, 1917
H.M.S. Ulysses destroyer 24 Mar, 1917[22] Collision 29 Oct, 1918
H.M.S. Umpire destroyer 9 Jun, 1917[23] 7 Jan, 1930
H.M.S. Vega destroyer 1 Sep, 1917[24]
H.M.S. Velox destroyer 17 Nov, 1917[25]
H.M.S. Walpole destroyer 12 Feb, 1918[26] 8 Feb, 1945
H.M.S. Whitley destroyer 13 Apr, 1918[27] Bombed 19 May, 1940
H.M.S. Success destroyer 29 Jun, 1918[28]
H.M.S. Shamrock destroyer 26 Aug, 1918[29] Handed over
H.M.S. Shikari destroyer 14 Jul, 1919[30]

During February and March of 1889, Doxford ran a series of successful trials of an oil-burning torpedo boat at Portsmouth. Both the torpedo boat and her engines were built by the company.[31]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 51.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 96.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
  10. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
  11. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  12. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  13. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  14. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  15. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  16. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  17. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  18. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  19. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  20. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  21. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  22. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 82.
  23. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 82.
  24. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  25. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  26. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  27. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  28. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  29. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  30. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  31. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 4 March, 1889. Issue 32637, col A-B, p. 7.

Bibliography

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