John Readhead & Sons

John Readhead & Sons
Private
Industry Shipbuilding, ship repair,
engine building, boilermaking
Fate Acquired
Successor Swan Hunter
Founded 1865
Defunct 1984
Headquarters South Shields, UK

John Readhead & Sons was a shipyard on the River Tyne in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England.

History

John Readhead and John Softley founded the business in 1865 in South Shields as Readhead and Softley.[2] The first ship they built was a small collier called Unus.[2] Swan Hunter bought the company in 1967 after publication of the Geddes Report which recommended rationalisation of shipbuilding on the River Tyne.[3] It was nationalised with the rest of Swan Hunter in 1977. The yard at South Shields closed in 1984.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous, 1948 (pages not numbered)
  2. 1 2 Gage, John. "Introduction". John Readhead & Sons.
  3. ↑ "History Page 5". Swan Hunter.
  4. ↑ Readheads Shipyard 1972–1984 Archived June 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

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