Laird
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Laird Brothers was a British shipbuilder originally founded by William Laird and his son John as Laird, Son & Company in 1828.
History
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]
John Laird was joined by his three sons in 1860 and the company became John Laird, Sons & Company. After John Laird's death in 1874, the three sons continued operation as Laird Brothers.
The company merged with the Sheffield steelmakers Charles Cammell Co. in 1903 to become Cammell Laird.
Shipbuilding
Footnotes
- ↑ 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).
