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Shipbuilder: Thomas Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay (1853 - 1858)

Shipbuilder: William Adamson, Willington Quay (1859 - 1863)

Shipbuilder: Adamson & Pringle, Willington Quay (1863 - 1864)

Date
05/05/1852

Thomas Adamson petitioned Newcastle City Council for the lease of ground at Willington Quay, intending to move his establishment 'from Dundee to Tyneside'.
1861

William Adamson, a Scotsman and a carpenter by trade, was employing 33 men and 22 apprentices at the Willington Quay yard.
After the short lived partnership of Adamson & Pringle, the yard passed to William Cleland.
Information courtesy of Ron French

An advert from a business directory dated 1859

Year Ship Name D / H / P Builder
1854 Jane & Isabella D / H T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1855 Amalthea D / H T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1855 Seaforth D / H T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1856 Dennis Hill D / H T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1856 Procymatia D / H / P T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1856 Willington (TT) D / H T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1857 Alku (TT) D / H T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1857 Gustav and Ernst W Adamson, Willington Quay
1857 Little Polly D / H T Adamson & Sons, Willington Quay
1857 Quickstep D / H T Adamson & Son, Willington Quay
1858 Changador D / H T Adamson & Son, Willington Quay
1858 Parana D / H W Adamson, Willington Quay
1859 Lady Cecilia D / H T Adamson & Son, Willington Quay
1861 Ellen Rose D / H T Adamson & Son, Willington Quay
1863 Buccleugh D / H W Adamson, Willington Quay
1864 Minnie D / H Adamson & Pringle, Willington Quay
1864 Unnamed Tug Adamson & Pringle, Willington Quay
1866 Leo D / H Adamson & Pringle, Willington Quay
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