Schlesinger Davis Wallsend

Above map shows the Schlesinger yard to the west of CS Swan & Hunter. Map dated 1895 is copyright of Ordnance Survey

Charles Albert Schlesinger was a former apprentice at Robert Stephenson's works at Newcastle and Frederick Blake Davis had trained at Charles Mitchell's yard at Low Walker. Davis had also worked for Mitchell in India for four years before he partnered with Schlesinger.

They opened a yard together in Wallsend in 1863. Two sailing ships were launched before their first steamer LLANDAFF was launched in 1865. The yard remained in operation for over 30 years and produced a total of 167 vessels including, in 1868, the KIELDER CASTLE, the first Schlesinger Davies vessel of over 1000 tons.

In 1880 Davis bought out Schlesinger due to Schlesinger's increasing health issues. However, in the early 1890s the company started to fail as ship construction declined across the whole country and the yard finally closed in 1893.

In 1897 the yard was bought by CS Swan & Hunter for the construction of floating dry docks.

Yd No	Year	Ship Name	D / H / P
1	1865	Mirella	D / H
2	1865	Unknown yacht
3	1865	Llandaff	D / H / P
4	1865	Fairwater	D / H
5	1866	Hero	D / H
6	1866	Unknown Cargo Ship
7	1866	Unknown Sailing Vessel
8	1866	Uhlenhorst	D / H
9	1867	Alster	D / H
10	1867	Aston	D / H
11	1867	Edith	D / H
12	1868	Pfeil	D / H
13	1868	Kielder Castle	D / H
14	1868	River Lune	D / H
15	1869	River Nith	D / H / P
16	1868	Leckwith	D / H
17	1869	Prins Oscar	D / H / P
18	1869	Malvina	D / H
19	1869	H A Brightman	D / H / P
20	1869	Sphinx	D / H
21	1869	Resolute	D / H
22	1870	Galatz	D / H
23	1870	Owen Wallis	D / H
24	1870	Frithiof	D / H
25	1870	Filey	D / H
26	1870	Ingeborg	D / H
27	1870	Cingalese	D / H
28	1871	Richmond	D / H
29	1871	Annie Broughton	D / H
30	1871	Brittany	D / H
31	1871	Wenvoe	D / H
32	1871	Laura Gillies	D / H
33	1871	Urbino	D / H
34	1872	George Carins	D / H
35	1871	Palermo	D / H
36	1871	Sedgemoor	D / H
37	1872	Risano	D / H
38	1872	Cornwall	D / H
39	1872	Albert Edward	D / H / P
40	1872	Pfeil	D / H
41	1873	Schwalbe	D / H
42	1872	John Dixon	D / H
43	1872	Parsee	D / H
44	1873	Caerleon	D / H
45	1873	Altofts	D / H
47	1873	Lisvane	D / H
48	1873	Caesarea	D / H
49	1873	Germaine	D / H
50	1873	Cornubia	D / H
51	1873	Udea	D / H
52	1873	Corinth	D / H
53	1874	Lavernock	D / H
54	1874	Mardy	D / H
55	1874	Prince Soltykoff	D / H
56	1874	Dinas	D / H
57	1874	Wycliffe	D / H
58	1875	Cambrian	D / H
59	1875	Saint Aubin	D / H / P
60	1875	Cardiff	D / H
61	1875	Louise	D / H
62	1875	Llanishen	D / H
63	1876	Copia	D / H
64	1876	Silurian	D / H
65	1876	Charles Godard	D / H
66	1876	Eslington	D / H
67	1876	Zero (TT)	D / H
68	1877	England	D / H
69	1877	Domino	D / H / P
70	1877	Mora	D / H
71	1877	Rheola	D / H
72	1877	Llanedarne	D / H
73	1878	Rosebud	D / H
74	1877	Lady Bertha	D / H / P
75	1878	Merlin	D / H
76	1877	Cambronne	D / H
77	1877	Mourino	D / H
78	1878	Saint Audries	D / H
79	1878	Raleigh's Cross	D / H
80	1877	William Griffiths	D / H
81	1878	Breton	D / H
82	1878	Gabalva	D / H
83	1878	Llandough	D / H
84	1878	Saint Fagans	D / H
85	1878	Anthracite	D / H / P
86	1878	Hesleden Hall	D / H
87	1878	Cornishman	D / H
88	1878	Japanese	D / H
89	1878	Suppicich	D / H / P
90	1878	Bar Flat	D / H / P
91	1878	Unnamed dredger
92	1878	Hetty	D / H
93	1879	Penzance	D / H / P
94	1879	North Devon	D / H / P
95	1879	Llanarthen	D / H
96	1879	Rheubina	D / H
97	1879	Pioneer	D / H
98	1879	G W Ward	D / H
99	1879	Rose	D / H
100	1879	Cora Maria	D / H
101	1879	Castleton	D / H
102	1879	Laurium	D / H
103	1879	Mokta	D / H
106	1880	Tafna	D / H
107	1880	William Hartmann	D / H
108	1880	Red Rose	D / H
109	1880	Cadoxton	D / H
110	1880	Escombrera	D / H
111	1880	Landore	D / H / P
112	1880	Cypriano	D / H
113	1880	Libelle	D / H
114	1881	Maud Hartmann	D / H / P
115	1881	Saint Donats	D / H / P
116	1881	Talabot	D / H / P
117	1881	Llangollen	D / H
118	1881	Teutonia	D / H
119	1881	Mount's Bay	D / H
120	1882	Lavrion	D / H / P
121	1882	Benisaf	D / H
122	1882	Boskenna Bay	D / H
123	1882	Tagliaferro	D / H / P
124	1882	Ville de Para	D / H / P
125	1882	Ville de Ceara	D / H / P
126	1882	Glen Dochart	D / H / P
127	1882	T J Robson	D / H
128	1883	East Anglia	D / H / P
129	1882	Carbis Bay	D / H
130	1883	South Wales	D / H
131	1883	International	D / H
132	1883	RTC Hopper Barge No 5	D / H
133	1883	Llangorse	D / H
134	1883	Trojan	D / H
135	1883	Cavendish	D / H
136	1883	Mercia	D / H
137	1883	Dalmatia	D / H
138	1884	Obock	D / H
139	1888	Orestes	D / H / P
140	1884	Cymmrodorion	D / H / P
141	1885	Handy	D / H
142	1885	Salamander	D / H
143	1886	Swift	D / H
144	1887	Puffin	D / H
145	1887	Kate B Jones	D / H / P
146	1888	Tynesider	D / H / P
147	1888	South Briton	D / H
148	1888	Marguerite	D / H
149	1889	Southwark	D / H / P
150	1889	Benwick	D / H / P
151	1889	Bentala	D / H / P
152	1889	Ringmoor	D / H
153	1889	Leconfield	D / H / P
154	1889	Sullamut	D / H / P
155	1889	Victor	D / H
156	1889	H C Christensen	D / H
157	1890	Beaver	D / H
158	1890	Bendi	D / H / P
159	1890	Bendo	D / H
160	1890	Progress	D / H
161	1891	Londoner	D / H
162	1891	City of London	D / H
163	1892	Nanking	D / H
164	1892	Lynmouth (TT)	D / H / P
165	1893	Pandora	D / H / P
166	1893	Magwen	D / H
167	1892	W D S (TT)	D / H / P
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