Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead.
Shipbuilders beginning with the letter S:
Name Shipbuilder's Name Town or District Dates Ships Sadler Sadler Bennett Newcastle 1876 - 1876 1 Sadler Thomas Sadler Dunston 1824 - 1824 1 Salkeld Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld Low Walker 1851 - 1855 7 Scaife James Scaife Felling 1833 - 1833 1 Schlesinger Schlesinger, Davis & Co Wallsend 1865 - 1893 163 Scotswood Scotswood Ship Building Co Scotswood 1891 - 1894 4 Scott Alexander Scott Newcastle 1846 - 1846 1 Scott Robert Scott South Shore 1825 - 1825 1 Scott W Scott North Shore 1825 - 1831 4 Scott Hutton Scott & Hutton Walker 1832 - 1832 1 Sealane Sealane Inshore Ltd Wallsend 2013 - 2013 1 Severn Thomas Severn South Shields 1807 - 1807 1 Seymour Thomas Seymour Low Walker 1848 - 1852 8 Sharp John Esson & John Sharp Jarrow 1841 - 1841 1 Shelton T Shelton North Shields 1848 - 1852 1 Shields Shields (unspecified builders) Shields 1772 - 1856 16 Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Corporation Low Walker 1943 - 1947 28 Shotton James Shotton South Shore 1825 - 1825 1 Shotton George Shotton Bill Quay 1839 - 1843 4 Simpson Thomas Simpson North Shields 1826 - 1826 1 Skelton T Skelton Howdon Pans 1821 - 1821 1 Skinner Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd Bill Quay 1885 - 1925 229 Smith's Dock Smith's Dock Co North Shields 1899 - 1910 280 Smith Charles Smith & Sons Howdon 1831 - 1835 10 Smith Charles Smith & Sons Willington Quay 1844 - 1850 5 Smith George K Smith Whitehill Point 1882 - 1883 4 Smith George R Smith Newcastle 1881 - 1881 1 Smith John Smith South Shields 1788 - 1788 1 Smith Thomas & William Smith North Shields 1839 - 1890 135 Smith Thomas & William Smith St Peter's 1810 - 1861 38 Smith Thompson Smith Willington Quay 1837 - 1843 14 Softley Readhead, Softley & Co South Shields 1865 - 1872 88 Softley John Softley & Co South Shields 1873 - 1875 24 Softley Softley Bros North Shields 1876 - 1876 4 Softley John Softley & Sons North Shields 1877 - 1878 6 Softley John Softley & Sons South Shields 1878 - 1880 5 Sopwith Thomas Sopwith St Anthony's 1845 - 1845 1 Sorry William Sorry South Shields 1826 - 1836 9 South Shields South Shields (unspecified builders) South Shields 1761 - 1923 126 Spoor William Oliver & John Spoor South Shields 1845 - 1846 2 St Anthony's St Anthony's (unspecified builders) St Anthony's 1832 - 1845 3 St Lawrence St Lawrence (unspecified builders) St Lawrence 1857 - 1867 3 St Peter's St Peter's (unspecified builders) St Peter's 1856 - 1866 11 Stephenson John Stephenson St Anthony's 1814 - 1841 12 Stephenson William Stephenson St Anthony's 1814 - 1841 3 Stephenson Robert Stephenson & Co Hebburn 1888 - 1912 108 Stewart David J Stewart North Shields 1867 - 1872 13 Stewart Peter Stewart South Shields 1853 - 1853 1 Stobbs Richard & Robert Stobbs Coble Dene 1852 - 1881 37 Stokel William Stokel North Shields 1847 - 1847 1 Stokel William Stokelle North Shields 1853 - 1853 1 Straker Straker & Barras South Shields 1821 - 1826 11 Straker Straker & Co South Shields 1827 - 1830 5 Straker Straker & Co Jarrow 1834 - 1834 3 Straker Straker & Dobson Howdon 1840 - 1840 1 Straker Straker & Love Howdon 1840 - 1846 19 Straker Straker & Pearson North Shields 1834 - 1834 2 Stuart Charles Stuart Newcastle 1793 - 1793 1 Summers John Summers South Shore 1787 - 1803 19 Summerson William Summerson South Shore 1824 - 1833 3 Swan Charles Sheridan Swan & Co Wallsend 1874 - 1879 35 Swan Hunter CS Swan & Hunter Wallsend 1879 - 1903 218 Swan Hunter Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Low Walker 1903 - 1963 380 Swan Hunter Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Wallsend 1903 - 1968 536 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd Hebburn 1969 - 1982 32 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd Low Walker 1969 - 1986 20 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd South Shields 1969 - 1982 13 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd Walker 1969 - 1980 13 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd Wallsend 1969 - 1986 17 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter Ltd Low Walker 1986 - 1990 1 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter Ltd Wallsend 1986 - 1994 8 Swan Hunter Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd Wallsend 1995 - 2007 3 Swan Swan & Co South Shields 1803 - 1807 1 Swinburne John Swinburne & Co South Shields 1956 - 1958 2 --------------- ------------------------------------------------ --------------------- -------------- -----