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Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited, often referred to simply as Palmers, was a British shipbuilding company. The Company was based in Jarrow, in Northeast England and also had operations in Hebburn on the River Tyne.
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The Company was established in 1852 by Charles Mark Palmer as Palmer Brothers & Co. in Jarrow.[1] Later that year it launched the John Bower, an iron-screw collier which was much faster than any sailing ship.[1] In 1910 Sir Charles Palmer's interest in the business was acquired by Lord Furness who, as Chairman, expanded the business by acquiring a lease over a new graving dock at Hebburn from Robert Stephenson and Company.[2]
Palmers collapsed in 1933 and the Jarrow yard was sold to National Shipbuilders Securities Ltd, who closed it down, causing much unemployment and the Jarrow March.[3]
The Company, which still retained the yard at Hebburn, was subsequently acquired by Armstrong Whitworth and became Palmers Hebburn Company Limited.[4] In 1973 Vickers-Armstrongs sold the Palmers Dock at Hebburn to Swan Hunter and developed it as the Hebburn Shipbuilding Dock:[5] this facility was subsequently acquired from the receivers of Swan Hunter by Tyne Tees Dockyard Limited in 1994[6] and then sold on to A&P Group in 1995.[7] The yard remains in use as a ship repair and refurbishment facility.[8]
[edit] Ships built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Ships built by Palmers included: (This is a partial list)
- Destroyers
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- Battleships
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- Cruisers
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- Monitors
- Cable ships
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