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Shipbuilder: John Winlo, Howdon (1839 - 1845)

Shipbuilder: John & Peter Winlo, South Shields (1865 - 1874)


Above map shows the location of the Winlo yard. Map is copyright of the Ordnance Survey

The name of the Winlo family in connection with shipping matters first appears in about 1839, first as John Winlo at Howdon and later as J & PC Winlo at South Shields. John & Peter Coats Winlo were: "Ship and boat builders and repairers, block and mast makers, joiners and blacksmiths. Their name is also, by tradition, attached to an old floating dock of a primitive type." PC Winlo died in about 1880 but the firm continued. - These words from Amy C Flagg

"On Saturday afternoon (07/10/1865), Messrs J & P Winlo launched from their building yard at the Stanhope Drops a ....... vessel named ENTERPRISE (cf). It is 35 years since a vessel was built at this yard and since that time the Stanhope Drops have been erected and the vessel had to pass underneath one of the arches from which there was but a space of about 3 feet." - Report from the Shields Daily Gazette

Year Ship Name D / H / P Builder
1839 Robert Watson D / H John Winlo, Howdon
1840 Mary D / H John Winlo, Howdon
1840 Sylph D / H John Winlo, Howdon
1843 Jane Coats D / H John Winlo Jnr & Peter Coats Winlo, Howdon
1845 Acorn D / H John Winlo, Howdon
1865 Enterprise D / H J & P Winlo, South Shields
1867 Tyne D / H John Winlo, South Shields
1868 Achievement D / H I & FC Winlo, South Shields
1869 Times D / H J & P Winlo, South Shields
1872 Zulu D / H J Winlo, South Shields
1874 Great Britain (TT) D / H / P J & P Winlo, South Shields
1885 Blacksmith (TT) D / H J & PC Winlo, South Shields
1885 Young Donald D / H J & P Winlo, South Shields
1888 Thistle (TT) D / H J & PC Winlo, South Shields
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