Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in
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during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of
Laird, Son & Co. of
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and
Johnson Cammell & Co. of
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at the turn of the twentieth century.
Founding of the business
The Company was founded by
William LairdWilliam Laird was a Scottish shipbuilder and developer who was responsible for what later became the Cammell Laird shipyard, and for starting the substantial development of its adjoining town, Birkenhead, on the Wirral in England....
, who had established the Birkenhead Iron Works in 1824, when he was joined by his son, John Laird in 1828: their first ship was an iron barge. John realised that the techniques of making boilers could be applied to making ships. The company soon became pre-eminent in the manufacture of iron ships and made major advances in propulsion.
In 1903 the businesses of Messrs. Cammell and Laird merged to create a company at the forefront of shipbuilding. Johnson Cammell & Co. had been founded by Charles Cammell and Henry and Thomas Johnson: it made, amongst many other metal products, iron wheels and rails for Britain's railways and was based in
SheffieldSheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
.
Between 1829 and 1947, over 1,100 vessels of all kinds were launched from the Cammell Laird slipways into the
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. Among the many famous ships made by the companies were the world's first steel ship, the
Ma Roberts, built in 1858 for Dr. Livingstone's
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expedition,
HMS Caroline (1914)HMS Caroline was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914. At the time of her decommissioning in 2011 she was the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service, after HMS Victory...
that holds the record fastest build time of any significant warship (nine months from her keel being laid till her launch), the first all-welded ship, the
Fullagar built in 1920, Cunard's second
MauretaniaRMS Mauretania was launched on 28 July 1938 at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, England and was completed in May 1939. A successor to RMS Mauretania , the second Mauretania was the first ship built for the newly formed Cunard White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard...
of 1939, the aircraft carrier
HMS Ark RoyalHMS Ark Royal was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War.Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at Birkenhead, England, and completed in November 1938. Her design...
(1937) and the largest vessel, so far, to have been built for the Royal Navy
HMS Ark RoyalHMS Ark Royal was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1978, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier...
(1950).
In 1898, Cammell provided the half inch armor plate used to fabricate the four Fowler Armoured Road Trains built during the Second Anglo-Boer War. The armoured road train was the first self-propelled, free-roaming, armored military land vehicle ever built, predating the tanks of World War One by nearly two decades.
Post 1945
The Company was nationalised along with the rest of the British shipbuilding industry as
British ShipbuildersBritish Shipbuilders Corporation was a public corporation that owned and managed the shipbuilding industry in England and Scotland from 1977 and through the 1980s...
in 1977. In 1986, it returned to the private sector as part of
VSELIn 1994 VSEL was subject to two takeover proposals, one from GEC and another from British Aerospace . VSEL was willing to participate in a merger with a larger company to reduce its exposure to cycles in warship production, particularly following the "Options for Change" defence review after the...
another of the nationalised companies. VSEL and Cammell Laird were the only British shipyards capable of production of nuclear submarines. In 1993, it completed HMS
Unicorn (S43) – now
HMCS Windsor (SSK 877)HMCS Windsor is a long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy, the second ship of the Victoria class. She is named after the city of Windsor, Ontario. Windsor was purchased from the Royal Navy, and is the former HMS Unicorn.-Design:HMCS Windsors displacement is approximately...
– that to this day that is the last ship completed at the yard.
Closure
After experiencing financial difficulties, partly due to the failure of a £50 million cruise ship contract with
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, the company was forced to enter receivership in April 2001, and the
BirkenheadBirkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...
,
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and
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shipyards were subsequently acquired by the
A&P Shiprepair GroupA&P Group Ltd is the largest ship repair and conversion company in the UK, with three shipyards located in Hebburn, Middlesbrough and Falmouth. The Company undertakes a wide variety of maintenance and repair work on commercial and military ships with projects ranging from a two day alongside repair...
during 2001. A&P Group sold its Birkenhead subsidiary (A&P Birkenhead) to
Northwestern Shiprepairers & ShipbuildersNorthwestern Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders was a British shiprepair company based in Birkenhead on the River Mersey.-History:The Company was founded by John Syvret, a former Cammell Laird manager, in 2001. In 2002 50% of the business was sold to Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. in exchange for the use of...
in 2005, but continue to operate the other two yards as an integral part of their ship repair and conversion operations. The Cammell Laird brand continued in use through
Cammell Laird GibraltarGibdock is a shipyard in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.-History:The Royal Navy Dockyard in Gibraltar was built at the end of the 19th century; three large Graving docks to be known as docks Number 1, 2 and 3 were built....
, the Royal Dockyard facility in
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, which was acquired through a management buy-out in 2001, before being relaunched in late 2008 when Northwestern Shiprepairers took the name.
Rebirth
Peel HoldingsThe Peel Group is a diversified real estate, transport and infrastructure investment company in the United Kingdom. It has assets owned and under management approaching £6 billion...
purchased the Cammell Laird shipyard, in January 2007, to facilitate the proposed
Wirral WatersWirral Waters is a large scale £4.5bn development that has been proposed by the company Peel Holdings for Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England...
development.
In 2007, it was announced that the current occupiers of Cammell Laird Dock,
Northwestern Shiprepairers & ShipbuildersNorthwestern Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders was a British shiprepair company based in Birkenhead on the River Mersey.-History:The Company was founded by John Syvret, a former Cammell Laird manager, in 2001. In 2002 50% of the business was sold to Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. in exchange for the use of...
had acquired the rights to the name.
In February 2008 it was announced that the company had won a £28m
Ministry of DefenceThe Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
contract to overhaul the
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ship
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.
On 17 November 2008
Northwestern Shiprepairers & ShipbuildersNorthwestern Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders was a British shiprepair company based in Birkenhead on the River Mersey.-History:The Company was founded by John Syvret, a former Cammell Laird manager, in 2001. In 2002 50% of the business was sold to Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. in exchange for the use of...
officially renamed itself Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Limited, stating that recent economic success made the time right, and that "Cammell Laird is an internationally recognised brand which carries tremendous goodwill when bidding for contracts."
In January 2010 it was announced that Lairds had received an £44m order for the flight decks of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Ships built by Cammell Laird
Ships built by Cammell Laird included:
Aircraft carriers
- HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War.Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at Birkenhead, England, and completed in November 1938. Her design...
(1937)
- HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1978, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier...
(1950)
- HMS Venerable (R63)
HMS Venerable was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She served for only the last few months of World War II, and in 1948 she was sold to the Netherlands and renamed HNLMS Karel Doorman and taking part in the military clash in 1962 in Western New Guinea...
Merchant Aircraft Carrier
- MV Empire MacColl
MV Empire MacColl was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier ship.MV Empire MacColl was built by Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in November 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance...
Battleships
- HMS Audacious
HMS Audacious was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. The vessel did not see any combat in the First World War, being sunk by a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914.- Design :...
- HMS Exmouth
HMS Exmouth was a Duncan class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. HMS Exmouth was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in August 1899, launched in August 1901 and finally completed in May 1903...
- HMS Glory
HMS Glory was a Royal Navy battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Glory and her five sister ships were designed for service in the Far East, where the new rising power Japan was beginning to build a powerful and dangerous navy, and to able to transit the Suez Canal...
- HMS Mars
HMS Mars was a Royal Navy predreadnought battleship of the Majestic class.-Technical characteristics:HMS Mars was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead on 2 June 1894 and launched on 3 March 1896...
- HMS Prince of Wales (53)
- HMS Rodney (29)
- HMS Royal Oak 1892
HMS Royal Oak was a pre-dreadnought Royal Navy battleship of the seven-ship Royal Sovereign class.-Technical Characteristics:Royal Oak was ordered under the Naval Defence Act Programme of 7 March 1889 and built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead at a cost of £977,996. She was launched on 5 November 1892...
- HMS Temeraire
The Lion class battleships were a class of six fast battleships designed for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. They were a larger, improved version of the King George V class with guns. Only two ships were laid down before World War II began in September 1939 and a third was ordered during the...
Cruisers
- HMNZS Achilles
HMNZS Achilles was a Leander class light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in World War II. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter....
- HMS Argonaut
HMS Argonaut was a Dido class cruiser-References:***...
- HMS Birkenhead
HMS Birkenhead was one of two Town class light cruisers originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914. She was to be named Antinavarchos Kountouriotis after Vice Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis. The order was placed with Cammell Laird and production continued for the Greek account after the outbreak...
- HMS Cairo
HMS Cairo was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Egyptian capital, Cairo. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name...
- HMS Caledon (D53)
HMS Caledon was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was the nameship of the Caledon group of the C-class of cruisers....
- HMS Capetown
HMS Capetown was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the South African city of Cape Town. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers....
- HMS Caroline
HMS Caroline was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914. At the time of her decommissioning in 2011 she was the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service, after HMS Victory...
- HMS Castor
HMS Castor was one of the Cambrian subclass of the C-class of light cruisers. Her sister ships were HMS Cambrian, HMS Canterbury, and HMS Constance...
- HMS Charybdis
HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird Shipyard , with the keel being laid down on 9 November 1939...
- HMS Chester
HMS Chester was a Town class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, and one of two ships forming the Birkenhead subtype. Along with her sister ship, HMS Birkenhead, she was originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914 and was to be named Lambros Katsonis...
- HMS Constance
HMS Constance was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C-class of cruisers....
- HMS Dido (37)
HMS Dido was the name ship of her class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird Shipyard , with the keel being laid down on 26 October 1937. She was launched on 18 July 1939 and commissioned on 30 September 1940.-Mediterranean:On 18 August 1942 Captain H. W. U...
- HMAS Melbourne
HMAS Melbourne was a Town class light cruiser operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Commissioned in 1913, the cruiser served during World War I. She was paid off in 1928, and broken up for scrap in 1929.-Design and construction:...
- HMS Pathfinder
HMS Pathfinder was the lead ship of the Pathfinder class scout cruisers, and was the first ship ever to be sunk by a torpedo fired by submarine . She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, launched on 16 July 1904, and commissioned on 18 July 1905...
- HMS Patrol
HMS Patrol was a Pathfinder class scout cruiser which served with the Royal Navy before and during the First World War. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name HMS Patrol.-Design:...
Turret ships
- HMS Captain
HMS Captain was an unsuccessful warship built for the Royal Navy due to public pressure. She was a masted turret ship, designed and built by a private contractor against the wishes of the Controller's department...
- Huáscar
Huáscar is a 19th century small armoured turret ship of a type similar to a monitor. She was built in Britain for Peru and played a significant role in the battle of Pacocha and the War of the Pacific against Chile before being captured and commissioned with the Chilean Navy. Today she is one of...
- Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden
- HMS Scorpion
HMS Scorpion, an ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, was one of two sister ships that the Confederate States of America secretly ordered from the Laird shipyard in 1862. To conceal her true ownership, all concerned endorsed the fiction that she was being constructed as the Egyptian...
- HMS Wivern
HMS Wivern was an ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, one of two sister ships secretly ordered from the Laird & Son shipyard by the Confederate States of America in 1862. Her true ownership was concealed by the fiction that she was being constructed as the Egyptian warship El Monassir...
Destroyers
- HMS Aldenham
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Atherstone
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Badsworth
HMS Badsworth was an escort destroyer of the Hunt Type II class. The Royal Navy ordered Badsworth 's construction three months after the outbreak of the Second World War. Cammel Laird laid down her keel at their Birkenhead yard on 15 May 1940, as Admiralty Job No. J3260...
- HMS Banshee
HMS Banshee was one of three s which served with the Royal Navy.She was launched on 17 November 1894 at the Laird, Son and Co shipyard, Birkenhead, and served most of her time in the Mediterranean. Banshee was sold off in 1912....
- HMS Beaufort
HMS Beaufort was a Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 17 July 1940 at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was launched on 9 June 1941 and commissioned on 3 November 1941....
- HMS Belvoir
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Berkeley
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Birmingham
HMS Birmingham was a Type 42 destroyer laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 28 March 1972, launched on 30 July 1973 by Lady Empson, wife of Sir Derek Empson and commissioned on 3 December 1976....
- HMS Blencathra
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Brocklesby
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Contest
HMS Contest was one of three s to serve with the Royal Navy.She was launched on 1 December 1894 at the Laird, Son and Co shipyard, Birkenhead, and served most of her career in home waters. She was sold off in 1911....
- HMS Coventry
HMS Coventry was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. Laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 29 January 1973, she was launched on 21 June 1974 and accepted into service on 20 October 1978 at a cost of £37,900,000.She was sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks on 25...
- HMS Devonshire
HMS Devonshire was the first of the County-class destroyers and the first Batch 1 ship of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead near Liverpool. With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes , Devonshire was named after the English county of Devon...
- HMS Dragon
HMS Dragon was a of the Royal Navy.She was launched on 15 December 1894 at the Laird, Son and Co. shipyard, Birkenhead, and served most of her time in the Mediterranean before being sold off in 1912. From 1900 she was stationed in the Mediterranean as a tender to the battleship Royal Oak and then...
- HMS Earnest
HMS Earnest was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896....
- HMS Edinburgh
HMS Edinburgh is a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. Edinburgh was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on 14 April 1983 and commissioned on the 17 December 1985...
- HMS Eskdale
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Express
HMS Express was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896. Like many contemporary British destroyers, she was a "builder's special", designed to Admiralty specifications but built to the builder's own design....
- HMS Fearless
HMS Fearless was an E class destroyer built for the Royal Navy, that was commissioned in 1934, and saw service early in World War II before being sunk in July 1941.-Construction:...
- HMS Ferrert
- HMS Gravelines
HMS Gravelines was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Battle of Gravelines, which took place in 1588, resulting in the English Navy defeating the Spanish Armada. Gravelines was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead...
- HMS Glaisdale
The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
- HMS Griffon
HMS Griffon was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1896....
- HMS Gurkha
HMS Gurkha was an L class destroyer in Britain's Royal Navy during World War II. She was originally to be named Larne in line with her class letter...
- HMS Hardy
|HMS Hardy was the flotilla leader for the H-class destroyers, built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict...
- HMS Hogue
HMS Hogue was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was commissioned during the Second World War. She was named after the Battle of La Hogue, fought between the British and French in 1692....
- HMS Inglefield
HMS Inglefield was an I-class destroyer leader built for the Royal Navy that served during World War II. She was the navy's last purpose-built flotilla leader. She was named after the 19th century Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield , and is so far the only warship to carry the name of that...
- HMS Ithuriel
HMS Ithuriel was a flotilla leader. Originally to have been named Gabriel, the name was changed before her launch.-References:*...
- HMS Lagos
HMS Lagos was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Lagos which happened in 1759 off the coast of Portugal, between the Royal Navy and a French fleet, resulting in a British victory. Lagos was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead...
- HMS Lively (1901)
HMS Lively was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was bought by the navy in 1901....
- HMS Lively G40
HMS Lively was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.She served during the Second World War, and was sunk in the Mediterranean in an air attack on 11 May 1942....
- HMS Liverpool
HMS Liverpool is a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and launched on 25 September 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of Euan Howard, the then Minister of State for Defence. Liverpool is the last Batch 2 Type 42 in service.-Operational history:Liverpool was...
- HMS Lizard
HMS Lizard was an Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named for the Lizard peninsula in the county of Cornwall in England. and was the twelfth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.-Pennant numbers:-Construction:...
- HMS Locust
HMS Locust was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, on 5 December 1896....
- HMS Lynx
- HMS Malcolm
HMS Malcolm was one of eight Admiralty-type destroyer leaders built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was the first of only two Royal Navy ships to carry the name Malcolm, although HMS Valkyrie was originally planned to bear the name...
- HMS Orwell
HMS Orwell was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was bought by the navy in 1901....
- HMS Panther
HMS Panther was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1897. She was sold in 1920....
- HMS Quail
HMS Quail was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, on 24 September 1895. She served in home waters and the West Indies for several years, her robust structure proved by surviving at least one heavy collision. She served...
- HMS Raider
The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...
- HMS Rapid
HMS Rapid was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was part of Force 68, serving in the Indian Ocean, and later the Pacific. In one operation she was damaged by fire from a shore battery, with 11 killed and 23 wounded. She was towed to Akyab for...
- HMS Scorpion
The S and T class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were built as two flotillas, known as the 5th and 6th Emergency Flotilla respectively and they served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II.-Design features:The S class, introduced the CP ...
- HMS Scourge
HMS Scourge was an S-class destroyer. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead and launched on 8 December 1942.She was at sea during the Battle of North Cape in 1943, escorting the Russia-bound Arctic convoy JW 55B. She took no part in the fighting.She was sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 1...
- HMS Seal
HMS Seal was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1897....
- HMS Sluys
HMS Sluys was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was named in honour of the Battle of Sluys which occurred in 1340 during the Hundred Year's War, and which resulted in a decisive English victory over a French fleet. Sluys was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead...
- HMS Sparrowhawk
HMS Sparrowhawk was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, and was launched on 8 October 1895. She served on the China Station and was wrecked in the mouth of the Yangtze River in 1904. She was one of four Quail-class...
- HMS Sprightly
HMS Sprightly was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was bought by the navy in 1901....
- HMS Swift
HMS Swift was a unique destroyer leader designed and built for the Royal Navy prior to World War I, another product of Admiral "Jackie" Fisher's relentless quest for speed...
- HMS Teazer
HMS Teazer was a T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F23....
- HMS Tenacious
HMS Tenacious was a T-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was built by Cammell Laird, of Birkenhead and launched on 24 March 1943. She was later converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F44. Tenacious was sold...
- HMS Thrasher
HMS Thrasher was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1895. One of four Quail-class destroyers, she served in the Great War and was sold off after hostilities ended....
- HMS Undaunted
HMS Undaunted was an U-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F53.-Operations against the Tirpitz:...
- HMS Ulysses
HMS Ulysses was an U-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F17....
- HMS Virago
HMS Virago was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1895. One of four Quail-class destroyers she served during the Great War and was sold off after hostilities ended....
- HMS Wolf
HMS Wolf was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, in 1897....
- HMS Wolverine
HMS Wolverine was a of the Royal Navy launched on 15 January 1910. At the outbreak of the First World War, Wolverine was part of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Destroyer Flotilla involved in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser ....
- HMS Zambesi
The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning with "W-" and "Z-", respectively, although, like the preceding U and V class, two of the flotilla leaders were named after historical naval...
- HMS Zealous
HMS Zealous was a Z-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built in 1944 by Cammell Laird. She served during the Second World War, participating in operations in the North Sea and off the Norwegian coast, before taking part in some of the Arctic convoys...
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Argentinian Destroyers
- Misiones
The Buenos Aires class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.-Design:The ships were based on the contemporary G class destroyers building for the British Royal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentinian requirements...
- Santa Cruz
The Buenos Aires class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.-Design:The ships were based on the contemporary G class destroyers building for the British Royal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentinian requirements...
Greek Destroyers
- Aetos
Aetos served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912–1945.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Ierax, Panthir and Leon, was ordered from England. They were purchased in 1912, ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000, from the English shipyards Camell...
- Ierax
Ierax served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912–1946.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Aetos, Panthir and Leon, was ordered from England. They were purchased in 1912, ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000 from the English shipyards Camell...
- Leon
Leon served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912–1941.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Aetos, Ierax and Panthir was ordered from England. They were purchased ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000, from the English shipyards Camell Laird in...
- Panthir
Panthir served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912–1946.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Aetos, Ierax and Leon, was ordered from England. They were purchased ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000 from the English shipyards Camell Laird in...
Frigates
- HMS Ajax
HMS Ajax was a of the Royal Navy. She was built by the famous Cammell Laird company of Birkenhead. Ajax was launched on 16 August 1962 and commissioned on 10 December 1963...
- HMS Campbeltown
HMS Campbeltown was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd. in Birkenhead, she was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were considerably larger than their predecessors and incorporated more advanced weaponry after lessons learnt from the...
- HMS Tenby
HMS Tenby was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.-Use in popular culture:...
- HMS Whitby
HMS Whitby was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom....
India Frigates
- INS Talwar
The Type 12 frigates of the Whitby class were a six-ship class of anti-submarine warfare frigates of the Royal Navy that entered service late in the 1950s. They were designed as first rate ocean-going convoy escorts in light of experience gained during World War II...
Sloops
- CSS Alabama
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, United Kingdom, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in...
- HMS Cygnet
The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including...
- HMS Kite
HMS Kite was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, commanded by Lt Cmdr Segram RN and once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker...
CAM Ships
- SS Empire Clive
Empire Clive was a 7,069 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1941 by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead for the Ministry of War Transport . During the Second World War, she served as a CAM ship, armed with a Hawker Hurricane aircraft. In 1946 she was sold and renamed Charlebury. In 1958, she was...
- SS Empire Flame
Nuclear submarines
- HMS Conqueror
HMS Conqueror was a nuclear-powered fleet submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead...
- HMS Renown
HMS Renown was the third of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 25 February 1967, she was decommissioned in 1996.- External links :*...
- HMS Revenge
HMS Revenge was the fourth of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 15 March 1968, she was marked for disposal in 1992...
Submarines
- HMS Aeneas
HMS Aeneas , named after the hero Aeneas from Greek mythology, was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird and launched 9 October 1945....
- HMS Affray
HMS Affray , a British Amphion-class submarine was the last Royal Navy submarine to be lost at sea, on 16 April 1951, with the loss of 75 lives...
- HMS Alaric
HMS Alaric , was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird and launched 18 February 1946.-External links:*...
- HMS Ursula
HMCS Corner Brook is a long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy. She is the former Royal Navy Upholder class submarine HMS Ursula , purchased from the British at the end of the Cold War...
- HMS E41
HMS E41 was a British E class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 26 July 1915 and was commissioned in February 1916.-Service history:...
- HMS E42
HMS E42 was a British E class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 23 October 1915 and commissioned in July 1916.She served during the First World War, making an unsuccessful attack on U-92 on 1 July 1918....
- HMS E45
HMS E45 was a British E class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 29 January 1916 and was commissioned in August 1916.HMS E45 torpedoed U-Boat in the North Sea on 15 October 1917....
- HMS E46
HMS E46 was a British E class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 4 April 1916 and was commissioned in October 1916.HMS E46 was sold in South Wales on 6 September 1922....
- HMS Finwhale
HMS Finwhale was a Porpoise class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on the 21st July 1959. While in the Far East she was fitted with an oerlikon deck gun....
- HMS Grampus
HMS Grampus was a Porpoise-class submarine. Her keel was laid down in 1955 by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was commissioned in 1958....
- HMS H33
HMS H33 was a British H class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 20 November 1917 and commissioned on 17 May 1919....
- HMS H34
HMS H34 was a British H class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 20 November 1917 and was commissioned on 10 September 1919....
- HMS L7
HMS L7 was a British L class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down in May 1916 and was commissioned in December 1917.HMS L7 was sold on 26 February 1930 in Blyth....
- HMS L8
HMS L8 was a British L class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 28 May 1916 and was commissioned on 12 March 1918....
- HMS Odin
HMS Odin was a British Oberon-class submarine. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 27 April 1959, launched 4 November 1960 and was commissioned on the 3 May 1962.Odin was decommissioned on 18 October 1990...
- HMS Onyx
HMS Onyx was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Navy. Originally ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy, Onyx was transferred to the Royal Navy whilst under construction at Cammell Laird shipbuilders in Birkenhead, England...
- HMS Opossum
HMS Opossum was an Oberon-class submarine in service with the Royal Navy from 1964 to 1993.- Service :Opossum was the eleventh Oberon-class boat commissioned by the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird shipbuilder at Birkenhead and launched on 23 May 1963...
- HMS Oracle
HMS Oracle was an Oberon-class submarine of the Royal Navy.She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead and was laid down on 26 April 1960. She was launched on 26 September 1961 and commissioned on 14 February 1963. HMS Oracle was paid off on 18 September 1993....
- HMS R11
HMS R11 was a British R class submarine built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was laid down on 1 December 1917 and launched on 16 March 1918. R11 was commissioned on 8 August 1919. She came too late to see any combat in World War I, like most of the other R class submarines...
- HMS R12
HMS R12 was a British R class submarine built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was laid down on 1 December 1917 and launched on 9 April 1918. R12 was commissioned on 29 October 1919. She came too late to see any combat in World War I, like most of the other R class submarines. R12 was paid off...
- HMS Safari
HMS Safari, launched in November 1941, was one of the third group of British S-class submarines built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead. So far she has been the only ship to bear the name Safari.-Career:...
- HMS Saga
HMS Saga was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on March 14, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Saga, after the Norse Sagas.Built as the Second World War was...
- HMS Sahib
HMS Sahib was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on January 19, 1942...
- HMS Salmon
HMS Salmon was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched on April 30, 1934, and fought in the Second World War. Salmon is one of 12 boats named in the song "Twelve Little S-Boats"....
- HMS Sanguine
HMS Sanguine was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on February 15, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Sanguine....
- HMS Saracen
HMS Saracen was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 16 February 1942.-Career:...
- HMS Scorcher
HMS Scorcher was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on December 18, 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Scorcher...
- HMS Seadog
HMS Seadog was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched on 11 June 1942. She previously had the pennant P216...
- HMS Sealion
HMS Sealion was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched 16 March 1934 and fought in the Second World War.She had an eventful career after the outbreak of war. Under the command of LCdr Ben Bryant, she attacked U-21 off the Dogger Bank in November 1939, but failed to sink her...
(1934)
- HMS Sealion
HMS Sealion was a Porpoise-class submarine. Her keel was laid down on 5 June 1958 by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was launched on 31 December 1959, and commissioned on 25 July 1961....
(1959)
- HMS Sea Nymph
HMS Sea Nymph was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on July 29, 1942....
- HMS Sea Scout
HMS Sea Scout was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on March 24, 1944...
- HMS Selene
HMS Selene was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched on 24 April 1944...
- HMS Sibyl
HMS Sibyl was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 29 April 1942.-Mediterranean:...
- HMS Sickle
HMS Sickle was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 27 August 1942...
- HMS Sidon
HMS Sidon was a submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1944, one of the third group of S-class submarines built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead...
- HMS Simoon
HMS Simoom was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on October 12, 1942.-Career:...
- HMS Sleuth
HMS Sleuth was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on July 6, 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Sleuth.-Career:...
- HMS Solent
HMS Solent was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 8 June 1944....
- HMS Spearfish
HMS Spearfish was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched April 21, 1936 and fought in World War II. Spearfish is one of 12 boats named in the song Twelve Little S-Boats...
- HMS Spearhead
HMS Spearhead was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on July 6, 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Spearhead....
- HMS Spirit
HMS Spirit was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on July 20, 1943...
- HMS Spinger
HMS Springer was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on May 14, 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Springer....
- HMS Spur
HMS Spur was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on November 17, 1944...
- HMS Statesman
HMS Statesman was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 14 September 1943. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Statesman.-Career:She spent the time between August...
- HMS Stoic
HMS Stoic was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on April 9, 1943...
- HMS Stonehenge
HMS Stonehenge was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the third group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 23 March 1943....
- HMS Storm
HMS Storm was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the third group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 18 May 1943. So far, she is the only RN ship to bear the name Storm....
- HMS Stratagem
HMS Stratagem was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 21 June 1943...
- HMS Stonehenge
HMS Stonehenge was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the third group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 23 March 1943....
- HMS Stubborn
HMS Stubborn was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 11 November 1942...
- HMS Sturdy
HMS Sturdy was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on September 30, 1943....
- HMS Stygian
HMS Stygian was a S-class submarine of the British Royal Navy, and the only ship so far to bear the name. The ship is listed as being a member of the fourth group, although she had the external stern torpedo tube fitted as in the third group.After an eventful career in the Pacific during the...
- HMS Subtle
HMS Subtle was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on January 27, 1944....
- HMS Supreme
HMS Supreme was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on February 24, 1944...
- HMS Surf
HMS Surf was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on December 10, 1942. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Surf....
- HMS Syrtis
HMS Syrtis was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on March 23, 1943...
- HMS Taku
HMS Taku was a British T class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 18 November 1937 and was commissioned on 3 October 1940.-Career:...
- HMS Talisman
HMS Talisman was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched on the 29 January 1940.-Career:...
- HMS Tempest
HMS Tempest was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched in June 1941.-Career:Tempest had a short-lived career, serving in the Mediterranean....
- HMS Thetis
HMS Thetis was a Group 1 T-class submarine of the Royal Navy which served under two names. Under her first identity, HMS Thetis, she commenced sea trials on 4 March 1939. She sank during trials on 1 June 1939 with the loss of 99 lives...
- HMS Thorn
HMS Thorn was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched in March 1941.-Career:Thorn had a short-lived career, serving in the Mediterranean....
- HMS Thunderbolt
HMS Thetis was a Group 1 T-class submarine of the Royal Navy which served under two names. Under her first identity, HMS Thetis, she commenced sea trials on 4 March 1939. She sank during trials on 1 June 1939 with the loss of 99 lives...
- HMS Trasher
HMS Thrasher was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead, launched in November 1940, and had an active career in the Mediterranean and Pacific Far East.-Mediterranean:...
- HMS Trident
HMS Trident was a British T class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 12 January 1937 and was commissioned on 1 October 1939...
- HMS Unseen - HMCS Victoria
HMCS Victoria is a long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy, the lead ship of her class. She is named after the city of Victoria, British Columbia. She was purchased from the Royal Navy, and is the former HMS Unseen . The class was also renamed from the Upholder-class. She...
- HMS Unicorn - HMCS Windsor
HMCS Windsor is a long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy, the second ship of the Victoria class. She is named after the city of Windsor, Ontario. Windsor was purchased from the Royal Navy, and is the former HMS Unicorn.-Design:HMCS Windsors displacement is approximately...
- HMS Ursula - HMCS Corner Brook
HMCS Corner Brook is a long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy. She is the former Royal Navy Upholder class submarine HMS Ursula , purchased from the British at the end of the Cold War...
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Ironclads
- HMS Agincourt
HMS Agincourt was one of three Minotaur class ironclads, the sistership of HMS Minotaur and a near sister to HMS Northumberland...
- Huascar
Torpedo Boats
- HMS Rattlesnake
HMS Rattlesnake was a unique design of torpedo gunboat of the Royal NavyA result of the Russian war scare of 1885, she was designed by Nathaniel Barnaby that year and built by Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead....
Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
Mandarin
RMAS Pintail
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Aldersdale
RFA Appleleaf
RFA BayleafRFA Bayleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.-Construction:Bayleaf was one of four ships ordered from Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1973, and laid down in 1975 as the Hudson Sound. When the ordering company ran into financial difficulties, the ships were laid up, and...
RFA BrambleleafRFA Brambleleaf was a Leaf-class support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She should not be confused with the support/freighting tanker RFA Brambleleaf of 1959, also with the pennant number A81. On the 18th of August 2009 she was towed to Ghent for scrapping....
RFA DewdaleRFA Dewdale was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Taken over by the Admiralty and completed as a Landing Ship Gantry carrying 15 LCMs with accommodation for 150 military personnel. Her landing craft were in the first assault waves during the North African...
RFA OrangeleafRFA Orangeleaf is a Leaf-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.RFA Orangeleaf saw action in the Gulf War in 1991 and was one of the first units to hear the code "Walkman" which was to signify the start of the offensive against Saddam Hussein's forces in Kuwait.During early to...
Training Ships
Presidente SarmientoARA Presidente Sarmiento is a museum ship, originally built as a training ship for the Argentine Navy. She is considered to be the last intact cruising training ship from the 1890s....
Cable Ships
Cable Enterprise
CS Retriever
Liners
- Arandora Star
SS Arandora Star was a British registered cruise ship operated by the Blue Star Line from the late 1920s through the 1930s. At the onset of World War II she was assigned as a troop transport and moving refugees. At the end of June 1940 she was assigned the task of transporting German and Italian...
- MV Brisbane Star
MV Brisbane Star was a refrigerated cargo liner built by Cammell Laird & Company Ltd. Shipyards in Birkenhead, United Kingdom for Union Cold Storage and launched in 1937...
- MV Dunedin Star
- SS Kristianiafjord
SS Kristianiafjord was the first ship in the fleet of the Norwegian America Line, built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, UK. The name refers to the fjord leading in to the Norwegian capital Oslo, at the time called Kristiania. Launched from its shipyard on 23 November 1912, it was put into service...
- HMCS Prince David
Mailships
- RMS Connaught
RMS Connaught was a steamship built in 1897 and operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company for Royal Mail as well as passenger service. Connaught was the second ship of this name operated by the line...
- RMS Leinster
RMS Leinster was a vessel operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, served as the Kingstown -Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-123 on 10 October 1918, while bound for Holyhead. She went down just outside Dublin Bay at a point four miles east of...
- RMS Mauretania
RMS Mauretania was launched on 28 July 1938 at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, England and was completed in May 1939. A successor to RMS Mauretania , the second Mauretania was the first ship built for the newly formed Cunard White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard...
- RMS Windsor Castle
Oil Rigs
- Sovereign Explorer
- AV.1 (British Gas)
Oil Tankers
- MV Empire MacColl
MV Empire MacColl was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier ship.MV Empire MacColl was built by Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in November 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance...
Merchant ships
- SS City of Pretoria
The SS City of Pretoria was a British steam merchant. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Second World War with heavy loss of life.-Career:...
- SS Manistee
SS Manistee was a merchant ship of the Elders & Fyffes Line. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy during the Second World War to serve as an Ocean Boarding Vessel.-Pre-war service:...
- SS Kalyan
-Wartime Service:The SS Kalyan was used as a troop ship between England, Egypt and Salonika. She was then refitted as a Hospital Ship and dispatched to North Russia in October 1918. After a 12 day voyage she arrived in Archangel. There she acted as a temporary base hospital for British, Canadian,...
Ferries
- MV Royal Daffodil
The Royal Daffodil is a ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England and is currently the flagship vessel of the three Mersey Ferries...
- MV St David
The Great Western Railway’s ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. Powers were granted by Act of Parliament for the Great Western Railway to operate ships in 1871. The following year the company took over the ships...
- MV St Patrick
The Great Western Railway’s ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. Powers were granted by Act of Parliament for the Great Western Railway to operate ships in 1871. The following year the company took over the ships...
Isle Of Man Steam Packet Co.
- TSS Ben-My-Chree
- TSS Manxman
Turbine Steam Ship Manxman was launched from the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead on 8 February 1955. She was the final vessel in a class of six similar ships ordered by the Isle of Man Steam Packet, and was the second of the Company's ships to carry this name.-Sister ships:*King Orry: built...
- TSS Manxsmaid
- TSS Mona's Isle
TSS Mona’s Isle was a passenger vessel operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1951 to 1980.-History:She was built at Cammell Laird, as one of six ships delivered by the company between 1946 and 1955 at a cost of £570,000 ,....
- TSS Mona's Queen IV
TSS Mona’s Queen No 165283 was a passenger vessel operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1946 to 1962. She was built at a cost of £411,241 ,.-Dimensions:...
- TSS King Orry
TSS King Orry [4] was the lead ship of the King Orry class of passenger ferries and packet ships built for the Isle of Man Steam Packet to replace war-time losses....
- TSS Snaefell
TSS Snaefell was a passenger vessel operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1948 to 1978.-History:She was built at Cammell Laird, as one of six ships delivered by the company between 1946 and 1955 at a cost of £504,448 ,....
- TSS Tynwald
TSS Tynwald No. 165248, was a passenger vessel operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from 1947 to 1974, and was the fifth vessel in the history of the line to bear the name.-History.:...
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See also
Mersey-built ships
- Metro Cammell
The Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company was a Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons, based in Saltley and subsequently Washwood Heath....
- Cammell Laird Gibraltar
Gibdock is a shipyard in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.-History:The Royal Navy Dockyard in Gibraltar was built at the end of the 19th century; three large Graving docks to be known as docks Number 1, 2 and 3 were built....
- Grayson Rollo and Clover Docks
The Grayson Rollo and Clover shipyard was a ship repair and dry dock facility based at Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It was situated on the River Mersey between the former Cammell Laird yard and Woodside Ferry....
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