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Shipbuilder: Charles Mitchell & Co, Low Walker (1853 - 1882)
The above map shows the Low Walker yard in about 1895 with 8 or 9 slipways. The River Tyne is towards the bottom of the map and flows approximately north-south at this point. William Dobson's yard is to the left of Mitchell's at Wincomblee |
Charles Mitchell & Co
Charles Mitchell, who was born in Aberdeen on 20th May 1820, founded the shipyard that bore his name in 1853. He served his apprenticeship with Simpson & Company, iron founders of Aberdeen, before moving to Newcastle in September of 1842. In Newcastle he worked for John HS Coutts, a yard owner, also originally from Aberdeen. Charles worked for Coutts until 1844 before moving to work in London and then travelled extensively in France, Germany and Italy. He then returned to Newcastle in 1852 to set-up his own Low Walker yard next to the Coutts yard. The yard built over 90 vessels of various types for Russia and Charles Mitchell, together with his business partner Henry Frederick Swan, set up a shipbuilding yard for the Tsarist government at St Petersburg. Several warships were built there under the company’s direction. In recognition of his services, Tsar Alexander II made Charles a Cavalier of the Order of St Stanislaus, a rare honour for a British shipbuilder. Charles Mitchell also had a close working relationship with William Armstrong and Mitchell & Co built many hulls for Armstrong warships. William Armstrong had established a company at Elswick in 1847 and had become one of the world's leading armament manufacturers. This close working relationship developed into a full agreed merger between the two companies in 1882, forming a new company called Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd. The following ships were built by Charles Mitchell & Co: |
Yd No | Year | Ship Name | D / H / P |
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1 | 1853 | Havilah | D / H |
2 | 1853 | Vulcan | D / H |
3 | 1854 | Will o' the Wisp | D / H |
4 | 1854 | Cagliari | D / H / P |
5 | 1854 | Earl of Durham | D / H |
6 | 1854 | Hetton | D / H |
7 | 1854 | Hesperus | D / H |
8 | 1855 | Killingworth | D / H / P |
9 | 1855 | Jackal | D / H |
10 | 1855 | Milner | D / H |
11 | 1855 | Montagu | D / H |
12 | 1855 | Balder | D / H / P |
13 | 1855 | Pollux | D / H |
14 | 1855 | General Codrington | D / H |
15 | 1856 | George Robert | D / H |
16 | 1856 | St George | D / H |
17 | 1856 | Eupatoria | D / H |
18 | 1856 | Paris | D / H / P |
19 | 1857 | Bombay Castle | D / H / P |
20 | 1856 | Luna | D / H |
21 | 1856 | Helios | D / H |
22 | 1856 | Hambourg | D / H |
23 | 1856 | Oder | D / H |
24 | 1856 | Vistula | D / H |
25 | 1856 | Otteren | D / H |
26 | 1856 | Mutlah | D / H |
27 | 1856 | Planet | D / H |
28 | 1857 | William Cory | D / H |
29 | 1857 | Lyon | D / H |
30 | 1857 | Saidieh | D / H |
31 | 1857 | Nil | D / H |
32 | 1857 | Mahmoudie | D / H |
33 | 1857 | Lambton | D / H |
34 | 1857 | Hammer | D / H |
35 | 1857 | Brahma | D / H |
36 | 1857 | Helios | D / H |
37 | 1857 | Czar | D / H |
38 | 1857 | Unnamed barge | |
39 | 1857 | Unnamed barge | |
40 | 1858 | Unnamed barge | |
41 | 1858 | Unnamed barge | |
42 | 1857 | Bratetz | D / H |
43 | 1857 | Sistritza | D / H |
44 | 1858 | Oudaloy | D / H |
45 | 1857 | Achtouba | D / H |
46 | 1858 | Krikoon | D / H |
47 | 1858 | Kronstadt | D / H |
48 | 1858 | Volga | D / H |
49 | 1858 | Kama | D / H |
50 | 1858 | Prince Bariatinsky | D / H |
50 | 1858 | Rhion | D / H |
51 | 1858 | Unnamed steam barge | D / H |
52 | 1858 | Unnamed steam barge | D / H |
53 | 1858 | Rose | D / H |
54 | 1859 | Elizaveta | D / H |
55 | 1858 | Pioneer | D / H |
56 | 1859 | Olga | D / H |
57 | 1860 | Queen Victoria | D / H |
58 | 1859 | Prince Albert | D / H |
59 | 1859 | Prince of Wales | D / H |
60 | 1859 | Princess Royal | D / H |
61 | 1859 | Nepaul | D / H |
62 | 1859 | Princess Alice | D / H |
63 | 1859 | No 5 | D / H |
64 | 1859 | Golubchik | D / H / P |
65 | 1859 | Caucasus | D / H |
66 | 1859 | Mercury | D / H |
67 | 1859 | Prince Alfred | D / H |
68 | 1859 | Princess Helena | D / H |
69 | 1859 | Karachiff (TT) | D / H |
70 | 1859 | Looga (TT) | D / H |
71 | 1859 | Luban (TT) | D / H |
72 | 1859 | Neva (TT) | D / H |
73 | 1859 | Unnamed barge | D / H |
74 | 1859 | Tower | D / H |
75 | 1859 | Unnamed barge | D / H |
76 | 1859 | Unnamed barge | D / H |
77 | 1859 | Unnamed launch | D / H |
78 | 1859 | Progress | D / H |
79 | 1859 | Vasya | D / H |
80 | 1860 | Anglichanene | D / H |
81 | 1860 | Garmetz | D / H |
82 | 1860 | Yemchik | D / H |
83 | 1860 | Unnamed steam tender | D / H |
84 | 1860 | Unnamed steam tender | D / H |
85 | 1861 | Western | D / H |
86 | 1860 | Diamantina | D / H |
87 | 1861 | Vanja | D / H |
88 | 1860 | Punjaub | D / H |
89 | 1861 | Nazeerah | D / H |
90 | 1861 | Oude | D / H |
91 | 1861 | Samphire | D / H |
92 | 1861 | Burmah | D / H |
93 | 1861 | Arracan | D / H |
94 | 1860 | Taganrog | D / H |
95 | 1862 | Claud Hamilton | D / H / P |
96 | 1861 | Flugarka | D / H |
99 | 1861 | Morpeth | D / H / P |
100 | 1861 | Unnamed launch | D / H |
101 | 1861 | Unnamed launch | D / H |
102 | 1862 | Liguria | D / H / P |
103 | 1862 | Pilot | D / H |
104 | 1863 | Auckland | D / H / P |
105 | 1862 | Yaroslavits | D / H |
106 | 1862 | Karl Mitchell | D / H |
108 | 1863 | Clotilda | D / H |
109 | 1863 | Toscana | D / H |
110 | 1863 | Unnamed steam tender | D / H |
111 | 1864 | Jeanie Douglas | D / H |
112 | 1863 | Astrakanetz | D / H |
113 | 1863 | Blackbird | D / H |
114 | 1863 | John Liddell | D / H |
115 | 1863 | Unnamed launch | D / H |
116 | 1864 | Jaffna | D / H |
118 | 1864 | Venetia | D / H |
119 | 1864 | Waverley | D / H / P |
120 | 1864 | Adelina | D / H |
121 | 1864 | Safia | D / H |
122 | 1864 | Brancepeth | D / H |
123 | 1864 | Southland (TT) | D / H |
124 | 1865 | Empress | D / H |
125 | 1865 | Ballina | D / H |
126 | 1864 | Unnamed Nile steamer | D / H |
127 | 1864 | Unnamed Nile steamer | D / H |
128 | 1864 | Unnamed Nile steamer | D / H |
129 | 1865 | Matias Cousino | D / H / P |
130 | 1865 | Messir | D / H |
131 | 1865 | Beshbish | D / H |
132 | 1865 | Velikii Knyaz Mihail | D / H |
133 | 1865 | Charles Mitchell | D / H |
134 | 1866 | Constantine | D / H |
135 | 1866 | Tour | D / H |
136 | 1867 | Capella | D / H |
138 | 1866 | Russia | D / H |
139 | 1866 | Iran | D / H |
140 | 1866 | John Brogden | D / H / P |
141 | 1866 | James Garstang | D / H |
142 | 1866 | General Kotzebue | D / H / P |
143 | 1866 | Grand Duchess Olga | D / H |
144 | 1866 | Araks | D / H |
145 | 1866 | Northumbria | D / H |
146 | 1866 | Dmitri Milutine | D / H |
147 | 1866 | Prince Gortshakoff | D / H / P |
150 | 1866 | Unnamed dredger (parts of) | |
151 | 1867 | Swan | D / H |
152 | 1866 | Hornelen | D / H / P |
153 | 1867 | Alexander | D / H |
154 | 1867 | Tromso | D / H / P |
155 | 1867 | Tchihatchoff | D / H / P |
156 | 1867 | Prince Mahomed Tawfik | D / H / P |
157 | 1867 | Rostoff | D / H |
158 | 1867 | George Crow (TT) | D / H |
159 | 1867 | Olaf Kyrre | D / H / P |
160 | 1868 | Staunch | D / H / P |
161 | 1868 | Rostoff | D / H |
162 | 1867 | Lincolnshire | D / H |
163 | 1869 | Economist | D / H |
164 | 1868 | Claremont | D / H |
165 | 1868 | Kong Carl | D / H / P |
166 | 1868 | Fenham | D / H |
167 | 1868 | Czar | D / H |
168 | 1868 | Eagle | D / H |
169 | 1868 | Criterion | D / H |
170 | 1868 | Eldon | D / H |
171 | 1868 | Margaret Northcote | D / H |
172 | 1868 | Lord Bute | D / H |
173 | 1869 | Hugh Taylor | D / H |
174 | 1868 | Unnamed barge frames | |
175 | 1868 | Unnamed barge frames | |
176 | 1868 | Unnamed barge frames | |
177 | 1868 | Unnamed barge frames | |
178 | 1868 | Unnamed barge frames | |
179 | 1868 | Unnamed barge frames | |
180 | 1868 | Unnamed barge | |
181 | 1868 | Unnamed barge | |
182 | 1869 | Praesident | D / H |
183 | 1869 | Apollon | D / H |
184 | 1869 | Santos | D / H |
185 | 1869 | William Banks | D / H |
186 | 1869 | Haidee | D / H |
187 | 1869 | Charles Tennant | D / H |
188 | 1869 | Brazilian | D / H |
189 | 1869 | Alexander Sveerski | D / H |
190 | 1869 | Soyous | D / H |
191 | 1869 | Emma Ash | D / H / P |
192 | 1869 | Lomovoi | D / H |
193 | 1869 | Sokol | D / H |
194 | 1869 | John Byng | D / H |
195 | 1869 | Surbiton | D / H |
196 | 1869 | Usworth | D / H |
197 | 1869 | Angelo (TT) | D / H |
198 | 1869 | Ludwig Gadd | D / H |
199 | 1869 | Jehanne | D / H |
200 | 1870 | Stowell | D / H |
201 | 1869 | Pystchik | D / H |
202 | 1870 | Vkladchik | D / H |
203 | 1870 | Alnwick Castle | D / H |
204 | 1869 | Chu Kiang | D / H |
205 | 1870 | Collingwood | D / H |
206 | 1870 | Timsah | D / H |
207 | 1870 | Stagshaw | D / H |
208 | 1870 | India | D / H |
209 | 1870 | Singapore | D / H |
210 | 1870 | Coquet | D / H |
211 | 1870 | Tynemouth Castle | D / H |
212 | 1870 | Nelson | D / H |
213 | 1869 | Unnamed barge | |
214 | 1869 | Unnamed barge | |
215 | 1869 | Unnamed barge | |
216 | 1869 | Unnamed barge | |
217 | 1869 | Unnamed barge | |
218 | 1869 | Unnamed barge | |
219 | 1870 | John Johnasson | D / H |
220 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
221 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
222 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
223 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
224 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
225 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
226 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
227 | 1870 | Unnamed barge | |
228 | 1870 | Cheviot | D / H |
229 | 1870 | Teresa (TT) | D / H |
230 | 1870 | Aksi | D / H |
231 | 1870 | Grushevka | D / H |
232 | 1870 | North Tyne | D / H |
233 | 1870 | Oput | D / H |
234 | 1870 | Rio | D / H |
235 | 1870 | De Ruyter | D / H |
236 | 1870 | Filey | D / H |
237 | 1871 | Chiswick | D / H |
238 | 1870 | Lebed | D / H |
239 | 1871 | John Williamson | D / H |
240 | 1871 | Transit | D / H / P |
241 | 1871 | Canton | D / H |
242 | 1871 | Hong Kong | D / H |
243 | 1871 | Euxine | D / H |
244 | 1871 | Caspian | D / H |
245 | 1871 | Richmond | D / H |
246 | 1871 | Mastiff | D / H / P |
247 | 1871 | Bloodhound | D / H / P |
248 | 1871 | Bothnia | D / H |
249 | 1871 | Redewater | D / H |
250 | 1871 | South Tyne | D / H |
251 | 1871 | Trafalgar | D / H |
252 | 1872 | Colombo | D / H |
253 | 1872 | Maharajah | D / H / P |
254 | 1872 | Consett | D / H |
255 | 1872 | West Stanley | D / H |
256 | 1871 | Kachalov | D / H |
257 | 1871 | Grand Duke Alexis | D / H |
258 | 1872 | Ethel | D / H |
259 | 1872 | Aral | D / H |
260 | 1872 | Yangtsze | D / H |
261 | 1872 | Martin Wiener | D / H |
262 | 1872 | Japan | D / H |
263 | 1873 | Nankin | D / H / P |
264 | 1872 | Timor | D / H |
265 | 1872 | Chanonry | D / H |
266 | 1873 | Dunraven | D / H / P |
267 | 1872 | Chin Kiang | D / H |
268 | 1873 | Biscay | D / H |
269 | 1872 | Marousya | D / H |
270 | 1873 | Ever | D / H / P |
271 | 1873 | Hydra | D / H / P |
272 | 1873 | Nentwater | D / H / P |
273 | 1872 | Wega | D / H |
274 | 1873 | Tunis | D / H |
275 | 1872 | Outka (TT) | D / H |
276 | 1872 | Nicolai (TT) | D / H |
277 | 1872 | Goulob (TT) | D / H |
278 | 1872 | Lena (TT) | D / H |
279 | 1872 | Bedlington | D / H |
280 | 1873 | Sidra | D / H |
281 | 1873 | Argentina | D / H |
282 | 1872 | Woolsington | D / H |
283 | 1873 | Montevideo | D / H |
284 | 1873 | Tom | D / H |
285 | 1873 | Woosung | D / H |
286 | 1873 | Bergen | D / H |
287 | 1873 | Lotus | D / H |
288 | 1873 | Hooper | D / H / P |
289 | 1873 | John Ormston | D / H |
290 | 1874 | Hankow | D / H / P |
291 | 1874 | Venice | D / H |
292 | 1874 | Arratoon Apcar | D / H |
293 | 1874 | Saint Osyth | D / H / P |
294 | 1873 | Haakon Adalstein | D / H / P |
295 | 1873 | Amoy | D / H |
296 | 1874 | Faraday | D / H / P |
297 | 1874 | Sam Weller | D / H |
298 | 1874 | Suez | D / H |
299 | 1874 | Lionel | D / H / P |
300 | 1876 | Nubian | D / H / P |
301 | 1874 | Acton | D / H |
302 | 1874 | Devonhurst | D / H |
303 | 1875 | Zampa | D / H |
304 | 1874 | Czar | D / H |
305 | 1874 | Goytacaz | D / H |
306 | 1875 | Presidente Travassos | D / H |
307 | 1879 | Barao de San Diogo | D / H |
308 | 1875 | Groningen | D / H / P |
309 | 1875 | Friesland | D / H |
310 | 1875 | Tsesarewitch Alexander | D / H / P |
311 | 1875 | Osiris | D / H |
312 | 1875 | Genoa | D / H |
313 | 1875 | Gadshill | D / H |
314 | 1878 | Athens | D / H |
315 | 1875 | Sogn | D / H / P |
316 | 1875 | Krutikoff (TT) | |
317 | 1875 | Vladeimer (TT) | |
317a | 1875 | Goloubka (TT) | |
318 | 1875 | Martin | D / H |
319 | 1875 | Baron Osy | D / H / P |
320 | 1875 | Engineer | D / H |
321 | 1875 | Clytie | D / H |
322 | 1876 | Athenian | D / H |
323 | 1876 | Drenthe | D / H |
324 | 1875 | Folgefonden | D / H |
325 | 1876 | Spartan | D / H |
326 | 1876 | Dunsany | D / H |
327 | 1876 | Alpha | D / H / P |
328 | 1876 | Beta | D / H / P |
329 | 1876 | Falcon | D / H |
330 | 1876 | William Engels | D / H / P |
331 | 1876 | Julia Wiener | D / H |
332 | 1876 | Henry Coxon | D / H |
333 | 1876 | Widgeon | D / H |
334 | 1877 | Gamma | D / H / P |
335 | 1876 | Delta | D / H / P |
336 | 1876 | Georgette | D / H |
337 | 1876 | William | D / H |
338 | 1876 | Pelton | D / H |
339 | 1876 | Palermo | D / H |
340 | 1877 | Robinia | D / H |
341 | 1877 | Mintha | D / H / P |
342 | 1877 | Azalea | D / H / P |
343 | 1877 | Surbiton | D / H |
344 | 1877 | Nepthis | D / H |
345 | 1877 | Santos | D / H / P |
346 | 1877 | Homer | D / H |
347 | 1877 | Semiramide | D / H |
348 | 1877 | Joseph Ferens | D / H |
349 | 1877 | Soerabaya | D / H |
350 | 1877 | Kediri | D / H |
351 | 1877 | Batavia floating dock | D / H |
352 | 1877 | Hercules (TT) | D / H / P |
353 | 1878 | Orator | D / H |
354 | 1878 | Tyne | D / H / P |
355 | 1877 | Samuel Cawood | D / H / P |
356 | 1878 | Simson (TT) | D / H / P |
357 | 1878 | Ethel | D / H / P |
358 | 1878 | Clandon | D / H |
359 | 1878 | Kensington | D / H |
360 | 1878 | Mary Louisa | D / H |
361 | 1878 | Yoxford | D / H |
362 | 1878 | Spero | D / H |
363 | 1878 | Birma | D / H |
364 | 1878 | Mareotis | D / H |
365 | 1878 | Hamburg | D / H |
366 | 1878 | Paranagua | D / H |
367 | 1878 | Kongsee | D / H |
368 | 1879 | Jesmond | D / H |
369 | 1878 | Camden | D / H |
370 | 1879 | William Dickinson | D / H |
371 | 1879 | Inchclutha | D / H |
372 | 1879 | Jeanette | D / H |
373 | 1879 | Bedouin | D / H / P |
374 | 1879 | Epsilon | D / H / P |
375 | 1879 | Zeta | D / H / P |
376 | 1879 | Eta | D / H / P |
377 | 1879 | Theta | D / H / P |
378 | 1879 | Inchmornish | D / H |
379 | 1879 | Prins Hendrik | D / H |
380 | 1879 | Adirondack | D / H |
381 | 1879 | Foscolia | D / H |
382 | 1879 | Presto | D / H |
383 | 1879 | Norman | D / H |
384 | 1879 | Eurvin | D / H |
385 | 1880 | Jan Breydel | D / H / P |
386 | 1879 | Unnamed cargo flat | D / H |
387 | 1879 | Unnamed cargo flat | D / H |
388 | 1879 | Pouyer Quertier | D / H / P |
389 | 1879 | Europa | D / H |
390 | 1880 | Sportsman | D / H |
391 | 1880 | Asia | D / H |
392 | 1879 | Nora | D / H / P |
393 | 1880 | Author | D / H |
394 | 1880 | Osmanli | D / H |
395 | 1880 | Sheikh | D / H |
396 | 1880 | Sahara | D / H |
397 | 1880 | Inchmaree | D / H |
398 | 1880 | Simoom | D / H / P |
399 | 1883 | Tsukushi | D / H / P |
400 | 1880 | Sirocco | D / H |
401 | 1880 | Tomsk | D / H |
402 | 1880 | Omsk | D / H |
403 | 1880 | Alliance | D / H |
404 | 1880 | Corinth | D / H |
405 | 1881 | Inchulva | D / H |
406 | 1881 | Chao Yung | D / H / P |
407 | 1881 | Yang Wei | D / H / P |
408 | 1880 | Konetzky | D / H |
409 | 1882 | Enero | D / H |
410 | 1881 | Khalif | D / H |
411 | 1881 | Iota | D / H / P |
412 | 1881 | Kappa | D / H / P |
413 | 1881 | Lambda | D / H / P |
414 | 1881 | Barion | D / H |
415 | 1881 | Merchant | D / H |
416 | 1880 | Midge | D / H |
417 | 1881 | Australia | D / H |
418 | 1881 | America | D / H |
419 | 1882 | Stolzenfels | D / H |
420 | 1881 | Inchrhona | D / H |
421 | 1881 | M Meanatchy | D / H |
422 | 1881 | Lady Dalhousie | D / H |
423 | 1881 | Maha Vajirunhis | D / H / P |
424 | 1881 | India | D / H |
425 | 1881 | Gretzia | D / H |
426 | 1881 | Corrientes | D / H / P |
427 | 1882 | Inchborva | D / H |
428 | 1881 | Byzantia | D / H |
429 | 1884 | Esmeralda | D / H / P |
430 | 1881 | Polynesia | D / H / P |
431 | 1882 | Polaria | D / H |
432 | 1882 | Bombay | D / H / P |
433 | 1883 | Florida | D / H / P |
434 | 1883 | Cumbria | D / H / P |
435 | 1882 | Swift | D / H |
436 | 1882 | Goretz (TT) | D / H |
437 | 1882 | Masis | D / H / P |
438 | 1882 | Sverre Sigurdsson | D / H / P |
439 | 1882 | Mameluke | D / H |
440 | 1882 | Inchgarvie | D / H |
441 | 1883 | Nedjed | D / H |
442 | 1882 | Gerarda | D / H |
443 | 1882 | Poseidon | D / H / P |
444 | 1883 | Czar | D / H |
445 | 1882 | Armenak | D / H / P |
446 | 1882 | Miraflores (TT) | D / H |
447 | 1882 | Ceara | D / H |
448 | 1882 | Victoria | D / H |
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