TYNE BUILT SHIPS
A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built
Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead.
KEY BELOW: D / H / P (D means basic dimensions are shown; H means a history is given; P means one or more photographs are available)
Shipbuilder: Wright, Harle & Co, South Shields (1807 - 1822)
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27/10/1821
| Wapping & Thrift Street - For sale two capacious single dry docks at South Shields, with great depth of water at both. Extensive covered plank sheds, steamers, cranes, warehouses & blacksmiths' shops attached to each dock & every other conveniences for repairing & building ships, now occupied by Messrs Wright, Harle & Co. Apply to Mr Craister at South Shields. |
04/05/1822
| Sale of Timber, planks etc "at the dock yards of Messrs Wright, Harle & Co of South Shields, who are declining business." |
| Year | Ship Name | D / H / P | Builder |
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| 1807 | Iris | | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
| 1811 | Ajax | D | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
| 1812 | Wilson | | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
| 1813 | Achilles | | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
| 1814 | Captain Jackson | | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
| 1815 | Christiana | D / H | Wright, Harle & Co, South Shields |
| 1816 | Briton | D / H | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
| 1818 | Hector | | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
| 1822 | Boyne | | Wright & Harle, South Shields |
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