Ships built in the 1900s

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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1700	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
1700	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939

1800	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
1800	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959

1900	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1900	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979

2000	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
2000	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999

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The following graphs show the number of merchant ships launched in a particular year plotted against their combined gross registered tonnage GRT divided by 1000 (GRT/100). Warships are totally excluded from this data because their GRT is either not measured or not generally known. Naval auxiliaries of all types are however included.

Above: Note the steady decline from 1906 to the slump of 1933 and the recovery to the previous trend post WW2

Above: Post WW2 the tonnage output is constant but launches decrease until the virtual collapse of merchant shipbuilding in 1978