Coulson Cooke Charles Sheridan Swan Hunter Wallsend Shipbuilders

Top: The West Yard. Bottom: The East Yard. Both photos taken about 1900, copyright of the Municipal Archives of Trondheim

In 1871 Charles Mitchell was looking for additional capacity so he acquired a small site at St Peter's (further up-river towards Newcastle from his existing shipyard) where two of his associates began building ships under the style of Coulson, Cooke & Company. In 1873 this firm moved to a larger and more suitable site, some 6.5 acres in area, at the river-front of Wallsend and bordering the shipyard of Schlesinger, Davis & Company which had been opened in Wallsend Parish in 1863.

About a year later however, in 1874, the firm ran into financial difficulties and it became necessary for Mitchell to take over the Wallsend shipyard. This he entrusted to the management of his brother-in-law, Charles Sheridan Swan, who continued the work of the firm through mixed fortune until his untimely, accidental death in 1879. He was returning from the continent after a business trip when he fell from the bows of a paddle steamer and was struck and killed by one of the paddles. It was about this time however, that George Burton Hunter, a young Wearside shipbuilder who had earned a reputation on the North East Coast, had dissolved his partnership with a Mr SP Austin and entered into negotiations with Charles Mitchell and H F Swan. The outcome of this was a new partnership with Charles Swan's widow in the style of C S Swan & Hunter, with Hunter as managing director.

Yd No	Year	Ship Name	D / H / P
7	1874	Count d'Aspremont	D / H / P
8	1874	Active	D / H
10	1874	Grasmere	D / H
11	1874	Conquest	D / H
12	1874	Warkworth	D / H
13	1874	Colstrup	D / H / P
14	1875	Whitley	D / H
	1876	Trio	D / H
15	1875	Krutikoff (TT)
16	1875	Stelvio	D / H
17	1875	Vladeimer (TT)
18	1875	Sogn	D / H / P
19	1875	Goloubka (TT)
20	1875	Holmrook	D / H
21	1875	Monte Moro	D / H
22	1875	Active (TT)	D / H / P
23	1876	Bernina	D / H
24	1876	Ossian	D / H
25	1877	Albula	D / H
26	1877	Fernwood	D / H
27	1877	Unnamed barge	D / H
28	1877	Unnamed barge	D / H
29	1877	Unnamed barge	D / H
30	1877	Cervin	D / H
31	1877	Shadwan	D / H
32	1877	Indus	D / H
33	1878	Bothal	D / H
34	1878	Humbert	D / H
35	1878	Henry Fisher	D / H
36	1878	Gustav Bitter	D / H
37	1878	Derwentwater	D / H
38	1878	Lord Nelson	D / H
39	1878	Topaze	D / H
40	1879	Roscommon	D / H
41	1879	Amoor	D / H
42	1879	Woodhorn	D / H
43	1879	Princess of Wales	D / H
44	1879	Leo	D / H
45	1880	Edmonton	D / H
46	1880	Storm Queen	D / H
47	1880	Brinkburn	D / H
48	1880	Finsbury	D / H
49	1880	Teddington	D / H
50	1880	Annie	D / H
51	1881	Saxon Prince	D / H
52	1881	Gironde	D / H
53	1881	Darlington	D / H
54	1882	Dordogne	D / H
55	1881	Broomhaugh	D / H
56	1881	Cilurnum	D / H
57	1881	Schaldis	D / H
58	1881	Brunette	D / H
59	1882	Antverpia	D / H / P
60	1882	City of Newcastle	D / H
61	1882	Lamport	D / H
62	1882	Scaramanga	D / H
63	1882	Chadwick	D / H
64	1888	Citta di Roma	D / H
65	1882	Brookfield	D / H
66	1883	Linwood	D / H
67	1882	Lutka	D / H
68	1882	Klyde	D / H
69	1883	Plymothian	D / H / P
70	1883	Monkseaton	D / H / P
71	1883	Cardiganshire	D / H
72	1883	Astrion	D / H
73	1883	Madonna del Carmine	D / H
74	1883	Lilian	D / H
75	1883	Tyneside	D / H / P
76	1883	Rosebud	D / H
77	1883	Soldier Prince	D / H / P
78	1883	Iron Prince	D / H
79	1883	Newbiggin	D / H
80	1883	Freda	D / H
81	1887	Antwerpen	D / H / P
82	1883	Northern Star	D / H
83	1884	Thropton	D / H
84	1884	Chios	D / H
85	1884	Newton	D / H
86	1884	Darwin	D / H
87	1884	Garonne	D / H
88	1885	Denbighshire	D / H
89	1885	Burrumbeet	D / H / P
90	1885	Corangamite	D / H
91	1885	Oliva	D / H
92	1885	Eveline	D / H / P
93	1885	Newcastle	D / H / P
94	1885	Cabo Trafalgar	D / H
95	1886	Saint Seiriol	D / H
96	1887	Bellona	D / H
97	1886	Northenden	D / H
98	1886	Warrington	D / H / P
99	1886	Bayley	D / H
100	1887	Carmarthenshire	D / H
101	1886	Horatia	D / H
102	1888	Avalon	D / H
103	1888	Gellivara	D / H / P
104	1887	Paris	D / H
105	1887	Fifeshire	D / H
106	1887	Elingamite	D / H / P
130	1887	New Amsterdam	D / H
131	1887	Courier	D / H / P
132	1888	Felbridge	D / H
133	1888	Knutsford	D / H
134	1889	Circassian Prince	D / H / P
135	1888	Iser	D / H / P
136	1888	Arbib Brothers	D / H
137	1889	Caesar	D / H / P
138	1889	Deramore	D / H / P
139	1889	Aldersgate	D / H
140	1889	Newquay	D / H
141	1889	Santon	D / H
142	1889	Cambridge	D / H
144	1889	Kara	D / H / P
145	1889	Lingfield	D / H / P
146	1889	Attivita	D / H
147	1889	Kriemhild	D / H / P
148	1890	Moldava	D / H
150	1890	Maori	D / H
151	1890	Arundo	D / H
152	1890	Abbeymoor	D / H
153	1890	Venus	D / H / P
154	1890	Madagascar	D / H
155	1890	Adriana	D / H
156	1890	Julia	D / H
157	1890	Radnorshire	D / H
158	1890	Citta di Venezia	D / H
159	1890	Tosari	D / H / P
160	1891	Lawang	D / H / P
161	1891	Priok	D / H
162	1891	Calvin	D / H
163	1891	Essequebo	D / H
164	1891	Nottingham	D / H
165	1891	Staveley	D / H / P
166	1891	Chancellor	D / H
167	1891	Elginshire	D / H / P
168	1891	Flottbek	D / H / P
169	1891	Tyne Pontoon
170	1893	Castillian Prince	D / H
171	1892	Guiana caisson
172	1891	Alpha	D
173	1892	Tasmania	D / H / P
174	1892	Ashdown	D / H / P
175	1892	Warrimoo	D / H / P
176	1892	Miowera	D / H / P
177	1892	Milton Stuart	D / H / P
178	1892	Oceanic	D / H / P
181	1893	Zeno	D / H
182	1893	Westmeath	D / H / P
183	1893	Mexican Prince	D / H
184	1893	Maori	D / H / P
185	1894	Osborne	D / H
186	1894	Linlithgow	D / H
187	1894	Indralema	D / H / P
188	1894	Aeolus	D / H
189	1893	Cayo Mono	D / H / P
190	1894	Strathisla	D / H
191	1894	Repton	D / H
192	1894	Musician	D / H
193	1894	Beechley	D / H
194	1894	Solveig	D / H / P
195	1894	Newlyn	D / H
196	1895	Dowgate	D / H
197	1895	Saint Cuthbert	D / H
198	1895	Forest Brook	D / H
199	1895	Aotea	D / H / P
200	1895	Westmeath	D / H
202	1895	Hanseat	D / H
203	1896	Balmoral	D / H
204	1895	Saint Tudwal	D / H / P
205	1896	Neptune	D / H
206	1895	Phryne	D / H / P
207	1896	Smith's Pontoon No 2	D / H
208	1896	Norham	D / H
209	1896	Saint Mary	D / H
210	1896	Leitrim	D / H
211	1897	Ethelhilda	D / H / P
212	1897	Metis	D / H
213	1896	Thornley	D / H
214	1897	Milwaukee	D / H / P
215	1896	Mayo	D / H
216	1896	Claverhill	D / H
217	1896	Corcovado	D / H
218	1897	Ashanti	D / H / P
219	1897	Carville	D / H
220	1897	Saint Leonards	D / H
221	1896	Ekuro	D / H
222	1897	Sorata	D / H
223	1897	Manoussis	D / H
224	1897	Monarch	D / H / P
225	1898	Lokoja	D / H / P
226	1898	Reresby	D / H
227	1898	Idaho	D / H
228	1898	Ultonia	D / H / P
229	1898	America Maru	D / H / P
230	1898	Mount Royal	D / H / P
231	1897	Havana Dock	D / P
232	1898	Polarstjernen	D / H / P
233	1898	Cardiff Caisson
234	1898	Olimpo	D / H
235	1898	Stettin Dock	D / H / P
236	1898	Saint Quentin	D / H
237	1898	Osborne	D / H
238	1899	Milwaukee - forepart	D / H
240	1899	Politician	D / H / P
241	1899	Japan Caisson
242	1899	Saint Andrew	D / H / P
243	1899	Newcastle	D / H / P
244	1899	Newholm	D / H
245	1899	Kumara	D / H / P
246	1899	Lucifer	D / H
247	1900	Ivernia	D / H / P
248	1900	Dacia	D / H / P
249	1900	Saint Dunstan	D / H
250	1900	Ruth	D / H / P
251	1900	Consuelo	D / H / P
252	1900	Montreal	D / H
253	1900	Macedonia	D / H / P
254	1900	Tactician	D / H / P
255	1900	Delta	D / H / P
256	1900	Proteo	D / H
257	1900	Callisto	D / H / P
258	1901	Mystic	D / H / P
259	1901	Mira	D / H
260	1901	Catalone	D / H / P
261	1901	Patrician	D / H / P
262	1902	Bermuda Dock - AFD1	D / H / P
263	1901	Lake Manitoba	D / H / P
264	1902	Lake Michigan	D / H / P
265	1901	Riasan Dock	D / H
266	1901	Themisto	D / H / P
267	1902	Potomac	D / H / P
269	1901	Mira	D / H
271	1902	Japan Dock No 1	D / H
272	1902	Santa Fe	D / H
273	1902	Monadnock	D / H / P
274	1903	Carpathia	D / H / P
275	1902	August Belmont	D / H / P
276	1903	Goldmouth	D / H
277	1903	Sunderland Dock	D / H / P
278	1902	Japan Dock No 2	D / H
279	1902	Durban Dock No 1	D / H / P
280	1903	Petroleum	D / H / P
281	1903	Princess Victoria	D / H / P
282	1903	Dominion	D / H
283	1903	Undine	D / H
284	1903	Crosby Hall	D / H
285	1903	Lillie	D / H
286	1903	Canopus	D / H / P
287	1903	Westmount	D / H / P
288	1903	Fairmount	D / H / P
289	1903	Durban Dock No 2	D / H / P
290	1904	Coal Depot No 1	D / H / P
291	1903	Knowsley Hall	D / H / P
292	1903	Newmount	D / H / P
293	1903	Durban Workshop	D / H / P
295	1904	Matina	D / H / P
296	1904	Manistee	D / H
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