Jutland Clash of the Dreadnoughts 1 > .
Jutland Clash of the Dreadnoughts 2 > .
Queen Mary & Normandie during WW2 > .
https://youtu.be/5h64_fTOUVg?t=40m39s
The 1930s was a highpoint for ocean-going liners.
Crossing the Atlantic by boat was the only way to reach the US, and competition between the French and British shipyards was never less than fierce, a focus for patriotic pride. The British Queen Mary and French Normandie epitomised the golden age of the ocean liners. They were among the floating Art Deco palaces that competed intensely to win the Blue Riband - a prize for the fastest Atlantic crossing. A Holy Grail for the two countries, this prize was also a great bit of marketing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary#Second_World_War .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie#World_War_II .
Based in Belfast at Queen’s Island, Harland and Wolff was a huge and very important shipbuilding company. The shipbuilding complex is only one of two yards left in the U.K. capable of building large merchant ships. The site occupies around 300 acres and is owned by a Norwegian company. The yard was most well known for building high-class transatlantic passenger liners and was considered to be the best in the world. The company has built over 1700 ships at four yards and has been in operation for over 135 years.
In 1912, due primarily to increasing political instability in Ireland, the company acquired another shipyard at Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. It bought the former London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co's Middleton and Govan New shipyards in Govan and Mackie & Thomson's Govan Old Yard, which had been owned by William Beardmore and Company. The three neighbouring yards were amalgamated and redeveloped to provide a total of seven building berths, a fitting-out basin and extensive workshops. Harland & Wolff specialised in building tankers and cargo ships at Govan. The nearby shipyard of A. & J. Inglis was also purchased by Harland & Wolff in 1919, along with a stake in the company's primary steel supplier, David Colville & Sons. Harland & Wolff also established shipyards at Bootle in Liverpool, North Woolwich in London and Southampton. However, these shipyards were all eventually closed from the early 1960s when the company opted to consolidate its operations in Belfast.
In the First World War, Harland and Wolff built monitors and cruisers, including the 15-inch gun armed "large light cruiser" HMS Glorious. In 1918, the company opened a new shipyard on the eastern side of the Musgrave Channel which was named the East Yard. This yard specialised in mass-produced ships of standard design developed in the First World War.
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The company started an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary with Short Brothers, called Short & Harland Limited in 1936. Its first order was for 189 Handley Page Hereford bombers built under licence from Handley Page for the Royal Air Force. In the Second World War, this factory built Short Stirling bombers as the Hereford was removed from service.
The shipyard was busy in the Second World War, building six aircraft carriers, two cruisers (including HMS Belfast) and 131 other naval ships; and repairing over 22,000 vessels. It also manufactured tanks and artillery components. It was in this period that the company's workforce peaked at around 35,000 people. However, many of the vessels built in this era were commissioned right at the end of World War II, as Harland and Wolff were focused on ship repair in the first three years of the war. The yard on Queen's Island was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1941 causing considerable damage to the shipbuilding facilities and destroying the aircraft factory.
Harland & Wolff war years .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff .
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Harland_and_Wolff .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_built_by_Harland_and_Wolff .
WW1
Just as Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line won the race for the Atlantic, the sinking of the Titanic sent shock-waves around the world. It was the greatest maritime disaster in history, but even greater carnage was to follow the war. The shipyard was now hurled into an arms race to build the biggest warships the world had ever seen. With CGI, original locations and historic film archive, Northern Ireland's global shipbuilding history is brought to life.
In the First World War, Harland and Wolff built monitors and cruisers, including the 15-inch gun armed "large light cruiser" HMS Glorious. In 1918, the company opened a new shipyard on the eastern side of the Musgrave Channel which was named the East Yard. This yard specialised in mass-produced ships of standard design developed in the First World War.
The company started an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary with Short Brothers, called Short & Harland Limited in 1936. Its first order was for 189 Handley Page Hereford bombers built under licence from Handley Page for the Royal Air Force. In the Second World War, this factory built Short Stirling bombers as the Hereford was removed from service.
The shipyard was busy in the Second World War, building six aircraft carriers, two cruisers (including HMS Belfast) and 131 other naval ships; and repairing over 22,000 vessels. It also manufactured tanks and artillery components. It was in this period that the company's workforce peaked at around 35,000 people. However, many of the vessels built in this era were commissioned right at the end of World War II, as Harland and Wolff were focused on ship repair in the first three years of the war. The yard on Queen's Island was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1941 causing considerable damage to the shipbuilding facilities and destroying the aircraft factory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workman,_Clark_and_Company .
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Workman,_Clark_and_Co .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glorious
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glorious#/media/File:HMS_Glorious_(1917)_profile_drawing.png
HMS M33
http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/site-attractions/attractions/hms-m33
The Alexandra Graving Dock
A Link with Liners Past: Part Two
http://titanicbelfast.com/Discover/Titanic-Stories/The-Alexandra-Graving-Dock.aspx
http://titanicbelfast.com/BlankSite/media/images/Titanic%20Stories/The%20Alexandra%20Graving%20Dock/quiller-l.jpg
Workman, Clark and Company was a shipbuilding company based in Belfast. The company was established by Frank Workman and George Clark in Belfast in 1880. By 1895 it was the UK's fourth largest shipbuilder and by 1900 it was building transatlantic liners for major customers such as Cunard Line and Alfred Holt. It expanded further to meet demand during the First World War and was acquired by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company in 1918. After Northumberland Shipbuilding Company went into receivership in 1927, Workman, Clark and Company was resurrected only to go into receivership itself in 1935.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workman,_Clark_and_Company
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p036n2mk
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Workman,_Clark_and_Co
Jutland Clash of the Dreadnoughts 2 > .
Queen Mary & Normandie during WW2 > .
https://youtu.be/5h64_fTOUVg?t=40m39s
The 1930s was a highpoint for ocean-going liners.
Crossing the Atlantic by boat was the only way to reach the US, and competition between the French and British shipyards was never less than fierce, a focus for patriotic pride. The British Queen Mary and French Normandie epitomised the golden age of the ocean liners. They were among the floating Art Deco palaces that competed intensely to win the Blue Riband - a prize for the fastest Atlantic crossing. A Holy Grail for the two countries, this prize was also a great bit of marketing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary#Second_World_War .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie#World_War_II .
Based in Belfast at Queen’s Island, Harland and Wolff was a huge and very important shipbuilding company. The shipbuilding complex is only one of two yards left in the U.K. capable of building large merchant ships. The site occupies around 300 acres and is owned by a Norwegian company. The yard was most well known for building high-class transatlantic passenger liners and was considered to be the best in the world. The company has built over 1700 ships at four yards and has been in operation for over 135 years.
In 1912, due primarily to increasing political instability in Ireland, the company acquired another shipyard at Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. It bought the former London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co's Middleton and Govan New shipyards in Govan and Mackie & Thomson's Govan Old Yard, which had been owned by William Beardmore and Company. The three neighbouring yards were amalgamated and redeveloped to provide a total of seven building berths, a fitting-out basin and extensive workshops. Harland & Wolff specialised in building tankers and cargo ships at Govan. The nearby shipyard of A. & J. Inglis was also purchased by Harland & Wolff in 1919, along with a stake in the company's primary steel supplier, David Colville & Sons. Harland & Wolff also established shipyards at Bootle in Liverpool, North Woolwich in London and Southampton. However, these shipyards were all eventually closed from the early 1960s when the company opted to consolidate its operations in Belfast.
In the First World War, Harland and Wolff built monitors and cruisers, including the 15-inch gun armed "large light cruiser" HMS Glorious. In 1918, the company opened a new shipyard on the eastern side of the Musgrave Channel which was named the East Yard. This yard specialised in mass-produced ships of standard design developed in the First World War.
...
The company started an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary with Short Brothers, called Short & Harland Limited in 1936. Its first order was for 189 Handley Page Hereford bombers built under licence from Handley Page for the Royal Air Force. In the Second World War, this factory built Short Stirling bombers as the Hereford was removed from service.
The shipyard was busy in the Second World War, building six aircraft carriers, two cruisers (including HMS Belfast) and 131 other naval ships; and repairing over 22,000 vessels. It also manufactured tanks and artillery components. It was in this period that the company's workforce peaked at around 35,000 people. However, many of the vessels built in this era were commissioned right at the end of World War II, as Harland and Wolff were focused on ship repair in the first three years of the war. The yard on Queen's Island was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1941 causing considerable damage to the shipbuilding facilities and destroying the aircraft factory.
Harland & Wolff war years .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff .
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Harland_and_Wolff .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_built_by_Harland_and_Wolff .
WW1
Just as Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line won the race for the Atlantic, the sinking of the Titanic sent shock-waves around the world. It was the greatest maritime disaster in history, but even greater carnage was to follow the war. The shipyard was now hurled into an arms race to build the biggest warships the world had ever seen. With CGI, original locations and historic film archive, Northern Ireland's global shipbuilding history is brought to life.
In the First World War, Harland and Wolff built monitors and cruisers, including the 15-inch gun armed "large light cruiser" HMS Glorious. In 1918, the company opened a new shipyard on the eastern side of the Musgrave Channel which was named the East Yard. This yard specialised in mass-produced ships of standard design developed in the First World War.
The company started an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary with Short Brothers, called Short & Harland Limited in 1936. Its first order was for 189 Handley Page Hereford bombers built under licence from Handley Page for the Royal Air Force. In the Second World War, this factory built Short Stirling bombers as the Hereford was removed from service.
The shipyard was busy in the Second World War, building six aircraft carriers, two cruisers (including HMS Belfast) and 131 other naval ships; and repairing over 22,000 vessels. It also manufactured tanks and artillery components. It was in this period that the company's workforce peaked at around 35,000 people. However, many of the vessels built in this era were commissioned right at the end of World War II, as Harland and Wolff were focused on ship repair in the first three years of the war. The yard on Queen's Island was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1941 causing considerable damage to the shipbuilding facilities and destroying the aircraft factory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harland_and_Wolff .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workman,_Clark_and_Company .
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Workman,_Clark_and_Co .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glorious
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glorious#/media/File:HMS_Glorious_(1917)_profile_drawing.png
HMS M33
http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/site-attractions/attractions/hms-m33
The Alexandra Graving Dock
A Link with Liners Past: Part Two
http://titanicbelfast.com/Discover/Titanic-Stories/The-Alexandra-Graving-Dock.aspx
http://titanicbelfast.com/BlankSite/media/images/Titanic%20Stories/The%20Alexandra%20Graving%20Dock/quiller-l.jpg
Workman, Clark and Company was a shipbuilding company based in Belfast. The company was established by Frank Workman and George Clark in Belfast in 1880. By 1895 it was the UK's fourth largest shipbuilder and by 1900 it was building transatlantic liners for major customers such as Cunard Line and Alfred Holt. It expanded further to meet demand during the First World War and was acquired by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company in 1918. After Northumberland Shipbuilding Company went into receivership in 1927, Workman, Clark and Company was resurrected only to go into receivership itself in 1935.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workman,_Clark_and_Company
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p036n2mk
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Workman,_Clark_and_Co
