Shipbuilders in the South Shields area

Name	Shipbuilder's Name	District	Dates	Ships

Arrowsmith	John Arrowsmith	South Shields	1828 - 1828	1
Barker	Thomas Barker	B - Market North	1833 - 1846	11
Barras	Straker & Barras	C - Market South	1821 - 1826	11
Best	W Best	South Shields	1854 - 1854	1
Blackburn	Quintin Blackburn	C - Market South	1815 - 1816	2
Blain	Wilson & Blain, South Shields	B - Market North	1869 - 1869	1
Blakey	James Blakey Jr	South Shields	1835 - 1835	1
Blenkinsop	Nicholson, Horn & Blenkinsop	C - Market South	1896 - 1896	1
Blumer	James, Luke & William Blumer	C - Market South	1838 - 1849	9
Brigham	Brigham & Cowan	B - Market North	1898 - 1898	2
Brodrick	Ann & Lockwood Brodrick	B - Market North	1786 - 1801	4
Brunton	John Brunton	South Shields	1826 - 1826	1
Bulmer	Richard Bulmer	A - The Lawe	1787 - 1844	60
Bushell	Luke Blumer Bushell	A - The Lawe	1846 - 1858	10
Clay	John Clay	C - Market South	1847 - 1848	2
Coverdale	Francis Coverdale	South Shields	1890 - 1890	1
Craster	Charles Craster	B - Market North	1803 - 1803	1
Crosthwaite	Wilson & Crosthwaite	B - Market North	1863 - 1865	2
Davison	B Davison	South Shields	1820 - 1820	1
Dodgin	Samuel Dodgin	South Shields	1838 - 1838	1
Dowey	James Dowey	South Shields	1825 - 1827	2
Edwards	Harry S Edwards	D - West Dock	1857 - 1863	4
Edwards	James Edwards	C - Market South	1831 - 1852	27
Eltringham	JT Eltringham	C - Market South	1864 - 1890	149
Eltringham	JT Eltringham & Co	C - Market South	1890 - 1913	129
Eltringham	JT Eltringham & Co Ltd	C - Market South	1912 - 1913	14
Eltringham	WH Eltringham	C - Market South	1864 - 1866	3
Emerson	Emerson	South Shields	1815 - 1815	1
Evans	James Evans	A - The Lawe	1791 - 1818	18
Fairles	Nicholas Fairles	B - Market North	1791 - 1812	9
Forsyth	James & Thomas Forsyth	B - Market North	1811 - 1859	21
Gilley	William Gilley	C - Market South	1787 - 1791	8
Gothard	Robert Gothard	South Shields	1808 - 1808	1
Greenwell	Greenwell Bros	A - The Lawe	1856 - 1860	3
Harle	Harle & Wright	B - Market North	1815 - 1816	2
Hepple	Hepple & Co Ltd	B - Market North	1894 - 1919	82
Hepple	Hepples (1919) Ltd	B - Market North	1919 - 1924	10
Heron	Cuthbert Heron	South Shields	1802 - 1802	1
Hill	W & E Hill Ltd	South Shields	1930 - 1930	2
Horn	Horn, Nicholson & Blenkinsop	C - Market South	1803 - 1896	3
Hunter	John Hunter	South Shields	1819 - 1819	1
Ihler	John Witherby & Alexander Ihler	B - Market North	1831 - 1832	9
Jackson	James Jackson	South Shields	1872 - 1879	7
Kell	George Kell	B - Market North	1814 - 1833	12
Laing	James, John & Paul Laing	A - The Lawe	1807 - 1831	52
Laing	James, John & Paul Laing	B - Market North	1807 - 1831	52
Lawson	John Lawson	C - Market South	1827 - 1829	1
Lawson	Lawson & Eltringham	C - Market South	1884 - 1886	5
Lumsden	Thomas Lumsden	C - Market South	1855 - 1855	1
Marshall	RJ Marshall	South Shields	1880 - 1880	1
Marshall	Thomas Dunn Marshall	A - The Lawe	1830 - 1861	65
Marshall	William Marshall & Son	C - Market South	1853 - 1869	3
Maxwell	JR Maxwell	South Shields	1877 - 1885	11
Maxwell	Maxwell & Co	South Shields	1877 - 1885	11
McLeod	Andrew McLeod	C - Market South	1840 - 1854	10
Metcalf	Thomas Metcalf	C - Market South	1814 - 1866	38
Middle	Middle Dock Co	C - Market South	1845 - 1862	10
Miller	Cuthbert Miller	South Shields	1896 - 1911	6
Miller	John Miller	South Shields	1801 - 1801	1
Moralee	John Moralee	B - Market North	1865 - 1870	1
Nicholson	Nicholson & Horn	D - West Dock	1803 - 1815	2
Nicholson	Nicholson, Horn & Blenkinsop	D - West Dock	1896 - 1896	1
Northern	Northern Marine Engineering Co	South Shields	1888 - 1888	1
Oliver	William Oliver & John Spoor	C - Market South	1845 - 1846	2
Oliver	E Oliver	South Shields	1835 - 1862	4
Patton & Strong	Patton & Strong	C - Market South	1861 - 1861	1
Pears	William Pears	South Shields	1863 - 1863	1
Potts	Robert & William Potts	C - Market South	1840 - 1840	2
Readhead	John Readhead & Co, Lawe Yard	A - The Lawe	1872 - 1881	83
Readhead	John Readhead & Co, West Yard	D - West Dock	1881 - 1888	58
Readhead	J Readhead & Sons, West Yard	D - West Dock	1888 - 1908	175
Readhead	J Readhead & Sons Ltd	D - West Dock	1909 - 1968	216
Readhead	J Readhead & Sons Ltd, Government Series	D - West Dock	1915 - 1920	13
Readhead	Readhead, Softley & Co	A - The Lawe	1865 - 1872	88
Rennoldson	Charles Rennoldson	A - The Lawe	1914 - 1924	49
Rennoldson	JP Rennoldson & Sons	A - The Lawe	1872 - 1929	223
Robson	Edward Robson	South Shields	1832 - 1833	3
Robson	Robsons Boat Builders Ltd	D - West Dock	1968 - 1980	11
Severn	Thomas Severn	South Shields	1807 - 1807	1
Smith	John Smith	South Shields	1788 - 1788	1
Softley	John Softley & Co	A - The Lawe	1873 - 1875	24
Softley	John Softley & Sons	A - The Lawe	1878 - 1880	5
Softley	Readhead, Softley & Co	A - The Lawe	1865 - 1872	88
Sorry	William Sorry	South Shields	1833 - 1836	9
South Shields	South Shields (unspecified builders)	South Shields	1761 - 1923	126
Spoor	William Oliver & John Spoor	C - Market South	1845 - 1846	2
Stewart	Peter Stewart	South Shields	1853 - 1853	1
Straker	Straker & Barras	D - West Dock	1821 - 1826	11
Straker	Straker & Co	D - West Dock	1827 - 1830	5
Swan	Swan & Co	A - The Lawe	1803 - 1807	1
Swan Hunter	Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd	D - West Dock	1969 - 1982	13
Swinburne	John Swinburne & Co	A - The Lawe	1956 - 1958	2
Temple	Simon Temple (Snr & Jnr)	D - West Dock	1780 - 1805	60
Turner	G Turner	South Shields	1839 - 1839	1
Wallis	Robert, Thomas & John Wallis	A - The Lawe	1720 - 1869	7
Wawn	Thomas William Wawn	A - The Lawe	1849 - 1849	1
Webster	William Webster	South Shields	1830 - 1830	1
Williamson	Maver Williamson & Johnson	A - The Lawe	1885 - 1885	1
Wilson	Wilson & Blain, South Shields	B - Market North	1869 - 1869	1
Wilson	Wilson & Crosthwaite, South Shields	B - Market North	1863 - 1865	2
Winlo	I & FC Winlo	B - Market North	1868 - 1868	1
Winlo	John Winlo & Co	B - Market North	1865 - 1874	5
Witherby	John Witherby & Alexander Ihler	B - Market North	1831 - 1832	9
Woodhouse	Andrew Woodhouse	A - The Lawe	1837 - 1867	43
Wright	Wright, Harle & Co	B - Market North	1807 - 1822	9
Wright	John Wright	A - The Lawe	1773 - 1803	2
Young	Cuthbert Young	B - Market North	1824 - 1840	21
Young	James Young	B - Market North	1840 - 1871	14
Young	Thomas Young	B - Market North	1841 - 1871	8
Young	Young & Co	B - Market North	1841 - 1871	16
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