The Wigham Richardson shipbuilding company was named after its founder, John Wigham Richardson (1837-1908), the son of Edward Richardson, a tanner from...
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Swan Hunter (redirect from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited)
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, based in Wallsend, Tyne...
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John Wigham Richardson (7 January 1837 – 15 April 1908) was a British shipbuilder on Tyneside during the late 19th and early 20th century. Richardson was...
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John Wigham Richardson. John Richardson Wigham (15 January 1829 – 16 November 1906) was a prominent lighthouse engineer of the 19th century. Wigham was...
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Wigham may refer to: Gary Wigham (born 1961), former English cricketer John Richardson Wigham (1829–1906), prominent lighthouse engineer of the 19th century...
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named after Admiral George Anson. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Shipyard on the River Tyne and launched on 24 February 1940, being...
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shipbuilding and was the home of the Wigham Richardson shipyard, which later amalgamated to form Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, probably best known for building...
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ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, England for the Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon...
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Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet (1865–1953) Sir William Wigham Richardson, 2nd Baronet (1893–1973) Sir George Wigham Richardson, 3rd Baronet (1895–1981)...
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Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet, OBE (26 January 1865 – 23 November 1953) was a British sport shooter and Conservative politician. He was the...
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RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911–1917 RMS Laconia. The new ship was launched...
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Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Wallsend, England. The Carpathia made her maiden...
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John Grubb Richardson (1813–1891), major Irish industrialist who founded the model village of Bessbrook near Newry John Wigham Richardson (1837–1908)...
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Waugh 1973, Chapter 11. Waugh 1973, pp. 78–79. Waugh 1973, pp. 76–78. Wigham-Richardson, J (1900). "APPENDIX ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUN-DIALS". In Gatty,...
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was a Japanese cargo/passenger ship built by the British shipyard Wigham Richardson in 1900. Originally christened as SS Potosí, the ship was bought by...
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Lesbian was a 2,352 GRT cargo ship which was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1923 for Ellerman Lines Ltd. She was seized...
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on the stocks by the Admiralty. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd and launched on 28 December 1936. Abbeydale served until being...
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Royal Navy to bear the name. St. Kitts was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 4 October 1944 and commissioned...
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sold for breaking up 4 March 1947. Vimiera – built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, laid down October 1916, launched 22 June 1917, completed...
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victory over the Dutch Fleet. Gabbard was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was laid down on 2 February 1944, launched...
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destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne as part of the 1936 Build Programme and...
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1950, and the only one of the four to be built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Low Walker. She was the third BI ship to be named after Dwarka...
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renamed Lion in 1957 and construction continued at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson yards at Wallsend on the Tyne. Its final cost was 13 million pounds...
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liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by the company Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and launched in 1899. The Ivernia...
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Thomas Cleland, and operated until it was acquired by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1967. The company built a variety of ships, including passenger...
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from Earth other than the Sun. Sirius was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1965, she was launched in 1966 from...
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Fleet against the French in 1692. Barfleur was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 1 November 1943 and commissioned...
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was founded by Joseph Storrs Fry in Bristol. The shipbuilder John Wigham Richardson was a prominent Newcastle upon Tyne Quaker. His office at the centre...
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July 1956 £1,506,000 Broken up 1979. F62 Pellew (a) Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (b) The Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd...
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Pacific Cruises. Scrapped in 2007. Symphony 1951 Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, England 1994- 2000 16,000 Previously Provence for SGTM Line and Enrico...
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