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James Lamont & Co

James Lamont & Co

Scottish shipbuilder

James Lamont & Co was a shipbuilder and ship-repairer on the Clyde.

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History

James Lamont & Co were established as a ship repairer at East India Harbour, Greenock, in 1870.[1] After the collapse of the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd , Lamonts purchased the Castle Yard at Port Glasgow in 1929. Clyde Shipbuilding had been at the Castle yard from 1900 from which they launched about 100 ships.[2] Before that, Blackwood & Gordon built 202 ships at the yard from 1860.[3] Lamont did not build ships there until 1938, reverting to repairs during the war and becoming a full shipyard again once hostilities were over.[4]

In 1979 the company announced that it was to give up shipbuilding and concentrate on repair work, which had been expanded by the opening of a 113m dry-dock in 1966.

Ships built

Over 70 ships,[5] including for the Associated Humber Lines, Darlington, Harrogate and Selby[1]

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    "Port Glasgow Yards". History of Port Glasgow. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd - Records of Murdoch & Murray, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow and Dumbarton". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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    "Vessel list". www.clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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    "James Lamont & Co Ltd". History of Port Glasgow. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Shipyard search results for "1596"". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 20 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
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    "MV Eilean Dubh". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "Ardgerry". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "Wrestler". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Campaigner". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "Royal Daffodil II". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "mv Selby". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  12. [12]
    "mv Portree". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  13. [13]
    "mv Broadford". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  14. [14]
    "Flying Falcon". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  15. [15]
    "James Lamey". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  16. [16]
    "Warrior". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  17. [17]
    "Dalmarnock". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "Kilbrannan". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "Morvern". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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    "MV Jupiter". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  21. [21]
    "MV Juno". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  22. [22]
    "MV Bruernish". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  23. [23]
    "MV Coll". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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    "MV Rhum". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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    "MV Eigg". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  26. [26]
    "MV Canna". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  27. [27]
    "MV Raasay". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  28. [28]
    "Garroch Head". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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