John Brown & Company

John Brown & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding concern during the Dreadnought Era. Originally founded as an engineering firm, it acquired the J. & G. Thomson shipbuilding firm, which had been winning contracts to build destroyers for the Royal Navy in 1899. Operation then continued under the Brown name.

Shipbuilding

Ship	Type	Launched	Fate
H.M.S. Sutlej	armoured cruiser	18 Nov, 1899	Sold 9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Thorn	destroyer	17 Mar, 1900	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Tiger	destroyer	19 May, 1900	Collision 1908
H.M.S. Vigilant	destroyer	16 Aug, 1900	Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Bacchante	armoured cruiser	21 Feb, 1901	Sold 1 Jul, 1920
H.M.S. Leviathan	armoured cruiser	3 Jul, 1901	Sold 3 Mar, 1920
H.M.S. Antrim	armoured cruiser	8 Oct, 1903	Sold 19 Dec, 1922
H.M.S. Hindustan	pre-dreadnought	19 Dec, 1903	Sold 9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Caronia	armed merchant cruiser	13 Jul, 1904	Scrapped 1932
H.M.S. Avenger	armed merchant cruiser	21 Feb, 1905	Scrapped 1932
H.M.S. Lusitania	armed merchant cruiser	7 Jun, 1906	Torpedoed 7 May, 1915
H.M.S. Inflexible	battlecruiser	26 Jun, 1907	Sold 1 Dec, 1921
H.M.S. Beagle	destroyer	16 Oct, 1909	1 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Bulldog	destroyer	13 Nov, 1909	21 Sep, 1920
H.M.S. Foxhound	destroyer	11 Dec, 1909	1 Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Bristol	light cruiser	23 Feb, 1910	Sold 9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Acorn	destroyer	1 Jul, 1910	Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Alarm	destroyer	29 Aug, 1910	May, 1921
H.M.S. Brisk	destroyer	20 Sep, 1910	Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Orama	armed merchant cruiser	c. 1911	Torpedoed 19 Oct, 1917
H.M.S. Hind	destroyer	28 Jul, 1911	9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Alecto	depot ship	29 Aug, 1911	Sold 7 Jul, 1949
H.M.A.S. Australia	battlecruiser	25 Oct, 1911	Scuttled 12 Apr, 1924
H.M.S. Hornet	destroyer	20 Dec, 1911	1921
H.M.S. Hydra	destroyer	19 Feb, 1912	9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Southampton	light cruiser	16 May, 1912	Sold
H.M.S. Acasta	destroyer	10 Sep, 1912	May, 1921
H.M.S. Achates	destroyer	14 Nov, 1912	May, 1921
H.M.S. Ambuscade	destroyer	25 Jan, 1913	Sep, 1921
H.M.S. Aquitania	armed merchant cruiser	21 Apr, 1913	Scrapped 1950
H.M.S. Tiger	battlecruiser	15 Dec, 1913	Sold Feb, 1932
H.M.S. Milne	destroyer	5 Oct, 1914	Sep, 1921
H.M.S. Barham	dreadnought	31 Oct, 1914	Torpedoed 25 Nov, 1941
H.M.S. Morris	destroyer	19 Nov, 1914
H.M.S. Melampus	destroyer	16 Dec, 1914	22 Sep, 1921
H.M.S. Moorsom	destroyer	20 Dec, 1914	Nov, 1921
H.M.S. Melpomene	destroyer	1 Feb, 1915	9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Mons	destroyer	1 May, 1915
H.M.S. Marne	destroyer	29 May, 1915
H.M.S. Mameluke	destroyer	14 Aug, 1915
H.M.S. Ossory	destroyer	9 Oct, 1915
H.M.S. Napier	destroyer	27 Nov, 1915
H.M.S. Canterbury	light cruiser	21 Dec, 1915	Sold Jul, 1934
H.M.S. Repulse	battlecruiser	8 Jan, 1916	Sunk 10 Dec, 1941
H.M.S. Narborough	destroyer	2 Mar, 1916	Wrecked 12 Jan, 1918
H.M.S. Penn	destroyer	8 Apr, 1916
H.M.S. Romola	destroyer	14 May, 1916	13 Mar, 1930
H.M.S. E 35	submarine	20 May, 1916	Sold Sep, 1922
H.M.S. Peregrine	destroyer	29 May, 1916
H.M.S. Rowena	destroyer	1 Jul, 1916	Handed over 21 Jul, 1937
H.M.S. Restless	destroyer	12 Aug, 1916	Handed over 23 Nov, 1936
H.M.S. E 36	submarine	16 Sep, 1916	Lost 17 Jan, 1917
H.M.S. Rigorous	destroyer	30 Sep, 1916	5 Nov, 1926
H.M.S. Simoom	destroyer	30 Oct, 1916	Torpedoed 23 Jan, 1917
H.M.S. E 50	submarine	13 Nov, 1916	Mined 1 Feb, 1918
H.M.S. Skate	destroyer	11 Jan, 1917	4 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Tarpon	destroyer	10 Mar, 1917	4 Aug, 1927
H.M.S. Ceres	light cruiser	24 Mar, 1917	Sold 5 Apr, 1946
H.M.S. Telemachus	destroyer	21 Apr, 1917	26 Jul, 1927
H.M.S. Pegasus	seaplane carrier	9 Jun, 1917	Sold 22 Aug, 1931
H.M.S. Vanoc	destroyer	14 Jun, 1917
H.M.S. Vanquisher	destroyer	18 Aug, 1917
H.M.S. Wakeful	destroyer	6 Oct, 1917	Torpedoed 29 May, 1940
H.M.S. Watchman	destroyer	2 Nov, 1917	23 Jul, 1945
H.M.S. Simoom	destroyer	26 Jan, 1918
H.M.S. Scimitar	destroyer	27 Feb, 1918
H.M.S. Scotsman	destroyer	30 Mar, 1918
H.M.S. Scythe	destroyer	25 Apr, 1918
H.M.S. Scout	destroyer	27 Apr, 1918
H.M.S. Seabear	destroyer	6 Jul, 1918
H.M.S. Seafire	destroyer	10 Aug, 1918
H.M.S. Hood	battlecruiser	22 Aug, 1918	Sunk 24 May, 1941
H.M.S. Searcher	destroyer	11 Sep, 1918
H.M.S. Seawolf	destroyer	2 Nov, 1918
H.M.S. Venomous	destroyer	21 Dec, 1918	4 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Verity	destroyer	19 Mar, 1919	4 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Veteran	destroyer	26 Apr, 1919	Torpedoed 26 Sep, 1942
H.M.S. Enterprise	light cruiser	23 Dec, 1919	Sold Apr, 1946
H.M.A.S. Australia	heavy cruiser	17 Mar, 1927	Broken up 1955
H.M.A.S. Canberra	heavy cruiser	31 May, 1927	Sunk
H.M.S. Acasta	destroyer	8 Aug, 1929	Sunk 8 Jun, 1940
H.M.S. Achates	destroyer	4 Oct, 1929	Sunk 31 Dec, 1942
H.M.S. Basilisk	destroyer	6 Aug, 1930	Bombed 1 Jun, 1940
H.M.S. Beagle	destroyer	29 Sep, 1930	Scrapped 1946
H.M.S. Fortune	destroyer	29 Aug, 1934	Broken up 1946
H.M.S. Foxhound	destroyer	12 Oct, 1934	Broken up 1948
H.M.S. Southampton	light cruiser	10 Mar, 1936	Bombed 11 Jan, 1941
H.M.S. Icarus	destroyer	26 Nov, 1936	Broken up 1946
H.M.S. Ilex	destroyer	28 Jan, 1937	Broken up 1948
H.M.S. Maidstone	depot ship	21 Oct, 1937	Scrapped May, 1978
H.M.S. Roberts	monitor	1 Feb, 1941	Broken up 1965

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

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