Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

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Thames Ironworks was a British shipbuilder from the early 1800s with its yard at Blackwall..

Laird's began with warship construction in the 1840s and was a leader in large vessels by 1885. Their primary yard was at Birkenhead.[1]

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
H.M.S. Waterwitch armoured gunboat 28 Jun, 1866[2] Sold 1890
S.M.S. König Wilhelm armored frigate 25 Apr, 1868[3] Sold c. 1921
H.M.S. Volage corvette 27 Feb, 1869[4] Sold
H.M.S. Active corvette 13 Mar, 1869[5] Sold 1906
H.M.S. Cyclops coastal monitor 18 Jul, 1871[6] Sold 1903
H.M.S. Rover corvette 12 Aug, 1874[7] Sold 1893
H.M.S. Superb central battery ironclad 16 Nov, 1875[8] Sold 1906
H.M.S. Swift gunvessel 1879[9] Sold 1902
H.M.S. Linnet gunvessel 1880[10] Sold 1904
H.M.S. Benbow second class battleship 15 Jun, 1885[11] Sold 13 Jul, 1909
H.M.S. Sans Pareil second class battleship 9 May, 1887[12] Sold 9 Apr, 1907
H.M.S. Blenheim first class protected cruiser 5 Jul, 1890[13] Sold 13 Jul, 1926
H.M.S. Grafton first class protected cruiser 30 Jan, 1892[14] Sold 1 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Theseus first class protected cruiser 8 Sep, 1892[15] Sold 1921
H.M.S. Zebra destroyer 3 Dec, 1895[16] Broken up 1914
H.M.S. Albion pre-dreadnought 21 Jun, 1898[17] Sold 11 Dec, 1919
H.M.S. Duncan pre-dreadnought 21 Mar, 1901[18] Sold 18 Feb, 1920
H.M.S. Cornwallis pre-dreadnought 13 Jul, 1901[19] Torpedoed 9 Jan, 1917
H.M.S. Black Prince armoured cruiser 8 Nov, 1904[20] Sunk 31 May, 1916
H.M.S. Nautilus destroyer 30 Mar, 1910[21] Sep, 1920
H.M.S. Thunderer dreadnought 1 Feb, 1911[22] Sold 17 Dec, 1926

Constructed Warrior in 1859. Its last major warship was Thunderer when it faced liquidation in 1912, thus ending major construction on the Thames.[23]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 111.
  3. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 50.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 50.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 25.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 50.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  9. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  10. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 110.
  11. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 30.
  12. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 30.
  13. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  14. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  15. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  16. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  17. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  18. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  19. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  20. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 72.
  21. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  22. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 33.
  23. ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.

Bibliography

  • Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

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