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'''Cammell Laird''' was a British shipbuilder, formed by the union of the shipbuilding interests of William Laird & Son with the Sheffield steelmakers Charles Cammell Co. in 1903 . | '''Cammell Laird''' was a British shipbuilder, formed by the union of the shipbuilding interests of William Laird & Son with the Sheffield steelmakers Charles Cammell Co. in 1903 . | ||
− | Laird's began with warship construction in the 1840s and was a leader in large vessels by 1885. Their primary yard was at Birkenhead. | + | Laird's began with warship construction in the 1840s and was a leader in large vessels by 1885. Their primary yard was at Birkenhead.{{Burt1986|p. 9}} |
==Shipbuilding== | ==Shipbuilding== | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | |'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Mutine|f=p}}||sloop||1 Mar, 1900||Sold 16 Aug, 1932 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Rinaldo|f=p}}||sloop||29 May, 1900||Sold 21 Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Pathfinder|f=p}}||scout cruiser||16 Jul, 1904||Torpedoed 5 Sep, 1914 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Patrol|f=p}}||scout cruiser||13 Oct, 1904||Sold 21 Apr, 1920 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Cossack|f=p}}||destroyer||16 Feb, 1907|| 1919 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Swift|f=p}}||flotilla leader||7 Dec, 1907|| 9 Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Renard|f=p}}||destroyer||30 Nov, 1909|| Aug, 1920 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Wolverine|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Jan, 1910||Collision 12 Dec, 1917 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Racoon|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Feb, 1910||Wrecked 9 Jan, 1918 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Adamant|f=p}}||depot ship||1911||Sold 21 Sep, 1932 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Lapwing|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Jul, 1911|| 26 Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Lizard|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Oct, 1911|| 4 Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{AU-Melbourne|f=p}}||light cruiser||30 May, 1912||Sold 8 Dec, 1928 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Audacious|f=p}}||dreadnought||14 Sep, 1912||Mined 27 Oct, 1914 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Garland|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Apr, 1913|| Sep, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Caroline|f=p}}||light cruiser||29 Sep, 1914||Preserved | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Cleopatra|f=p}}||light cruiser||14 Jan, 1915||Sold 1931 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Birkenhead|f=p}}||light cruiser||18 Jan, 1915||Sold 26 Oct, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Kempenfelt|f=p}}||flotilla leader||1 May, 1915|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Castor|f=p}}||light cruiser||28 Jul, 1915||Sold Jul, 1936 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Abdiel|f=p}}||flotilla leader||12 Oct, 1915|| Jul, 1936 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-E42|f=p}}||submarine||22 Oct, 1915||Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-E41|f=p}}||submarine||22 Oct, 1915||Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Chester|f=p}}||light cruiser||8 Dec, 1915||Sold 9 Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Gabriel|f=p}}||flotilla leader||23 Dec, 1915|| 9 May, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Ithuriel|f=p}}||flotilla leader||8 Mar, 1916|| 8 Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-E46|f=p}}||submarine||4 Apr, 1916||Sold Sep, 1922 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-1Grenville|f=p}}||flotilla leader||17 Jun, 1916|| Dec, 1931 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Parker|f=p}}||flotilla leader||16 Aug, 1916|| 5 Nov, 1921 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Hoste|f=p}}||flotilla leader||16 Aug, 1916||Collision 21 Dec, 1916 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Seymour|f=p}}||flotilla leader||31 Aug, 1916|| 7 Jan, 1930 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Saumarez|f=p}}||flotilla leader||14 Oct, 1916|| 8 Jan, 1931 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Caledon|f=p}}||light cruiser||25 Nov, 1916||Sold Jan, 1948 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Valentine|f=p}}||flotilla leader||24 Mar, 1917||Stranded 15 May, 1940 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-L7|f=p}}||submarine||24 Apr, 1917||Sold 1930 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Valhalla|f=p}}||flotilla leader||22 May, 1917|| 17 Dec, 1931 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-L8|f=p}}||submarine||7 Jul, 1917||Sold Oct, 1930 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Scott|f=p}}||flotilla leader||18 Oct, 1917||Torpedoed 15 Aug, 1918 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Bruce|f=p}}||flotilla leader||26 Feb, 1918||Sunk 22 Nov, 1939 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-R11|f=p}}||submarine||16 Mar, 1918||Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-R12|f=p}}||submarine||9 Apr, 1918||Sold Feb, 1923 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Douglas|f=p}}||flotilla leader||8 Jun, 1918|| 20 Mar, 1945 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-H33|f=p}}||submarine||24 Aug, 1918||Sold 1944 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Campbell|f=p}}||flotilla leader||21 Sep, 1918|| 18 Feb, 1947 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-H34|f=p}}||submarine||5 Nov, 1918||Sold 1945 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Cairo|f=p}}||light cruiser||19 Nov, 1918||Sunk | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Mackay|f=p}}||flotilla leader||21 Dec, 1918|| 18 Feb, 1947 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Malcolm|f=p}}||flotilla leader||29 May, 1919|| 25 Jul, 1945 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Capetown|f=p}}||light cruiser||18 Jun, 1919||Sold Apr, 1948 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Rodney|f=p}}||dreadnought||17 Dec, 1925||Broken up 1948 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Phoenix|f=p}}||submarine||3 Oct, 1929||Sunk 16 Jul, 1940 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Achilles|f=p}}||light cruiser||1 Sep, 1932||Transferred 1948 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sealion|f=p}}||submarine||16 Mar, 1934|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Salmon|f=p}}||submarine||30 Apr, 1934||Sunk 9 Jul, 1940 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Fearless|f=p}}||destroyer||12 May, 1934||Sunk 23 Jul, 1941 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Foresight|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Jun, 1934||Sunk 12 Aug, 1942 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Hardy|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Apr, 1936||Sunk 10 Apr, 1940 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Spearfish|f=p}}||submarine||21 Apr, 1936||Sunk 1 Aug, 1940 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Inglefield|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Oct, 1936||Sunk 25 Feb, 1944 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Safari|f=p}}||submarine||18 Nov, 1941||Sold 1946 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sahib|f=p}}||submarine||19 Jan, 1942||Sunk 24 Apr, 1943 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Saracen|f=p}}||submarine||16 Feb, 1942||Sunk 14 Aug, 1943 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sibyl|f=p}}||submarine||29 Apr, 1942||Broken up 1948 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Seadog|f=p}}||submarine||11 Jun, 1942||Sold 24 Dec, 1947 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-SeaNymph|f=p}}||submarine||29 Jul, 1942||Broken up 1948 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sickle|f=p}}||submarine||27 Aug, 1942||Sunk Jun, 1944 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Simoom|f=p}}||submarine||12 Oct, 1942||Sunk Nov, 1943 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Stubborn|f=p}}||submarine||11 Nov, 1942||Expended 30 Apr, 1946 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Surf|f=p}}||submarine||10 Dec, 1942||Sold 22 Oct, 1949 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Syrtis|f=p}}||submarine||4 Feb, 1943||Sunk 28 Mar, 1944 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Stonehenge|f=p}}||submarine||23 Mar, 1943||Sunk 15 Mar, 1944 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Stoic|f=p}}||submarine||8 Apr, 1943||Sold Jul, 1950 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Storm|f=p}}||submarine||18 May, 1943||Scrapped Sep, 1949 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Stratagem|f=p}}||submarine||21 Jun, 1943||Sunk 22 Nov, 1944 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Spirit|f=p}}||submarine||20 Jul, 1943||Broken up 1950 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Statesman|f=p}}||submarine||14 Sep, 1943||Sold 3 Jan, 1961 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sturdy|f=p}}||submarine||30 Sep, 1943||Sold Jul, 1957 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Stygian|f=p}}||submarine||30 Nov, 1943||Sold 28 Oct, 1949 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Subtle|f=p}}||submarine||27 Jan, 1944||Broken up Jul, 1959 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Supreme|f=p}}||submarine||24 Feb, 1944||Broken up Jul, 1950 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-SeaScout|f=p}}||submarine||24 Mar, 1944||Broken up 1965 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Selene|f=p}}||submarine||24 Apr, 1944||Sold 1961 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Solent|f=p}}||submarine||8 Jun, 1944||Broken up 1961 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sleuth|f=p}}||submarine||6 Jul, 1944||Broken up 1958 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sidon|f=p}}||submarine||4 Sep, 1944||Explosion 16 Jun, 1955 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Spearhead|f=p}}||submarine||2 Oct, 1944||Scrapped 1967 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Spur|f=p}}||submarine||17 Nov, 1944||Broken up Oct, 1969 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Scorcher|f=p}}||submarine||18 Dec, 1944||Broken up 1962 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Sanguine|f=p}}||submarine||15 Feb, 1945||Cannibalised 1969 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Saga|f=p}}||submarine||14 Mar, 1945||Disposal 1969 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{UK-Springer|f=p}}||submarine||14 May, 1945||Disposal 1972 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:09, 19 January 2022
Cammell Laird was a British shipbuilder, formed by the union of the shipbuilding interests of William Laird & Son with the Sheffield steelmakers Charles Cammell Co. in 1903 .
Laird's began with warship construction in the 1840s and was a leader in large vessels by 1885. Their primary yard was at Birkenhead.[1]
Shipbuilding
Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
H.M.S. Mutine | sloop | 1 Mar, 1900 | Sold 16 Aug, 1932 |
H.M.S. Rinaldo | sloop | 29 May, 1900 | Sold 21 Oct, 1921 |
H.M.S. Pathfinder | scout cruiser | 16 Jul, 1904 | Torpedoed 5 Sep, 1914 |
H.M.S. Patrol | scout cruiser | 13 Oct, 1904 | Sold 21 Apr, 1920 |
H.M.S. Cossack | destroyer | 16 Feb, 1907 | 1919 |
H.M.S. Swift | flotilla leader | 7 Dec, 1907 | 9 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Renard | destroyer | 30 Nov, 1909 | Aug, 1920 |
H.M.S. Wolverine | destroyer | 15 Jan, 1910 | Collision 12 Dec, 1917 |
H.M.S. Racoon | destroyer | 15 Feb, 1910 | Wrecked 9 Jan, 1918 |
H.M.S. Adamant | depot ship | 1911 | Sold 21 Sep, 1932 |
H.M.S. Lapwing | destroyer | 29 Jul, 1911 | 26 Oct, 1921 |
H.M.S. Lizard | destroyer | 10 Oct, 1911 | 4 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.A.S. Melbourne | light cruiser | 30 May, 1912 | Sold 8 Dec, 1928 |
H.M.S. Audacious | dreadnought | 14 Sep, 1912 | Mined 27 Oct, 1914 |
H.M.S. Garland | destroyer | 23 Apr, 1913 | Sep, 1921 |
H.M.S. Caroline | light cruiser | 29 Sep, 1914 | Preserved |
H.M.S. Cleopatra | light cruiser | 14 Jan, 1915 | Sold 1931 |
H.M.S. Birkenhead | light cruiser | 18 Jan, 1915 | Sold 26 Oct, 1921 |
H.M.S. Kempenfelt | flotilla leader | 1 May, 1915 | |
H.M.S. Castor | light cruiser | 28 Jul, 1915 | Sold Jul, 1936 |
H.M.S. Abdiel | flotilla leader | 12 Oct, 1915 | Jul, 1936 |
H.M.S. E 42 | submarine | 22 Oct, 1915 | Sold Sep, 1922 |
H.M.S. E 41 | submarine | 22 Oct, 1915 | Sold Sep, 1922 |
H.M.S. Chester | light cruiser | 8 Dec, 1915 | Sold 9 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Gabriel | flotilla leader | 23 Dec, 1915 | 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Ithuriel | flotilla leader | 8 Mar, 1916 | 8 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. E 46 | submarine | 4 Apr, 1916 | Sold Sep, 1922 |
H.M.S. Grenville | flotilla leader | 17 Jun, 1916 | Dec, 1931 |
H.M.S. Parker | flotilla leader | 16 Aug, 1916 | 5 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Hoste | flotilla leader | 16 Aug, 1916 | Collision 21 Dec, 1916 |
H.M.S. Seymour | flotilla leader | 31 Aug, 1916 | 7 Jan, 1930 |
H.M.S. Saumarez | flotilla leader | 14 Oct, 1916 | 8 Jan, 1931 |
H.M.S. Caledon | light cruiser | 25 Nov, 1916 | Sold Jan, 1948 |
H.M.S. Valentine | flotilla leader | 24 Mar, 1917 | Stranded 15 May, 1940 |
H.M.S. L 7 | submarine | 24 Apr, 1917 | Sold 1930 |
H.M.S. Valhalla | flotilla leader | 22 May, 1917 | 17 Dec, 1931 |
H.M.S. L 8 | submarine | 7 Jul, 1917 | Sold Oct, 1930 |
H.M.S. Scott | flotilla leader | 18 Oct, 1917 | Torpedoed 15 Aug, 1918 |
H.M.S. Bruce | flotilla leader | 26 Feb, 1918 | Sunk 22 Nov, 1939 |
H.M.S. R 11 | submarine | 16 Mar, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 |
H.M.S. R 12 | submarine | 9 Apr, 1918 | Sold Feb, 1923 |
H.M.S. Douglas | flotilla leader | 8 Jun, 1918 | 20 Mar, 1945 |
H.M.S. H 33 | submarine | 24 Aug, 1918 | Sold 1944 |
H.M.S. Campbell | flotilla leader | 21 Sep, 1918 | 18 Feb, 1947 |
H.M.S. H 34 | submarine | 5 Nov, 1918 | Sold 1945 |
H.M.S. Cairo | light cruiser | 19 Nov, 1918 | Sunk |
H.M.S. Mackay | flotilla leader | 21 Dec, 1918 | 18 Feb, 1947 |
H.M.S. Malcolm | flotilla leader | 29 May, 1919 | 25 Jul, 1945 |
H.M.S. Capetown | light cruiser | 18 Jun, 1919 | Sold Apr, 1948 |
H.M.S. Rodney | dreadnought | 17 Dec, 1925 | Broken up 1948 |
H.M.S. Phoenix | submarine | 3 Oct, 1929 | Sunk 16 Jul, 1940 |
H.M.S. Achilles | light cruiser | 1 Sep, 1932 | Transferred 1948 |
H.M.S. Sealion | submarine | 16 Mar, 1934 | |
H.M.S. Salmon | submarine | 30 Apr, 1934 | Sunk 9 Jul, 1940 |
H.M.S. Fearless | destroyer | 12 May, 1934 | Sunk 23 Jul, 1941 |
H.M.S. Foresight | destroyer | 29 Jun, 1934 | Sunk 12 Aug, 1942 |
H.M.S. Hardy | destroyer | 7 Apr, 1936 | Sunk 10 Apr, 1940 |
H.M.S. Spearfish | submarine | 21 Apr, 1936 | Sunk 1 Aug, 1940 |
H.M.S. Inglefield | destroyer | 15 Oct, 1936 | Sunk 25 Feb, 1944 |
H.M.S. Safari | submarine | 18 Nov, 1941 | Sold 1946 |
H.M.S. Sahib | submarine | 19 Jan, 1942 | Sunk 24 Apr, 1943 |
H.M.S. Saracen | submarine | 16 Feb, 1942 | Sunk 14 Aug, 1943 |
H.M.S. Sibyl | submarine | 29 Apr, 1942 | Broken up 1948 |
H.M.S. Seadog | submarine | 11 Jun, 1942 | Sold 24 Dec, 1947 |
H.M.S. Sea Nymph | submarine | 29 Jul, 1942 | Broken up 1948 |
H.M.S. Sickle | submarine | 27 Aug, 1942 | Sunk Jun, 1944 |
H.M.S. Simoom | submarine | 12 Oct, 1942 | Sunk Nov, 1943 |
H.M.S. Stubborn | submarine | 11 Nov, 1942 | Expended 30 Apr, 1946 |
H.M.S. Surf | submarine | 10 Dec, 1942 | Sold 22 Oct, 1949 |
H.M.S. Syrtis | submarine | 4 Feb, 1943 | Sunk 28 Mar, 1944 |
H.M.S. Stonehenge | submarine | 23 Mar, 1943 | Sunk 15 Mar, 1944 |
H.M.S. Stoic | submarine | 8 Apr, 1943 | Sold Jul, 1950 |
H.M.S. Storm | submarine | 18 May, 1943 | Scrapped Sep, 1949 |
H.M.S. Stratagem | submarine | 21 Jun, 1943 | Sunk 22 Nov, 1944 |
H.M.S. Spirit | submarine | 20 Jul, 1943 | Broken up 1950 |
H.M.S. Statesman | submarine | 14 Sep, 1943 | Sold 3 Jan, 1961 |
H.M.S. Sturdy | submarine | 30 Sep, 1943 | Sold Jul, 1957 |
H.M.S. Stygian | submarine | 30 Nov, 1943 | Sold 28 Oct, 1949 |
H.M.S. Subtle | submarine | 27 Jan, 1944 | Broken up Jul, 1959 |
H.M.S. Supreme | submarine | 24 Feb, 1944 | Broken up Jul, 1950 |
H.M.S. Sea Scout | submarine | 24 Mar, 1944 | Broken up 1965 |
H.M.S. Selene | submarine | 24 Apr, 1944 | Sold 1961 |
H.M.S. Solent | submarine | 8 Jun, 1944 | Broken up 1961 |
H.M.S. Sleuth | submarine | 6 Jul, 1944 | Broken up 1958 |
H.M.S. Sidon | submarine | 4 Sep, 1944 | Explosion 16 Jun, 1955 |
H.M.S. Spearhead | submarine | 2 Oct, 1944 | Scrapped 1967 |
H.M.S. Spur | submarine | 17 Nov, 1944 | Broken up Oct, 1969 |
H.M.S. Scorcher | submarine | 18 Dec, 1944 | Broken up 1962 |
H.M.S. Sanguine | submarine | 15 Feb, 1945 | Cannibalised 1969 |
H.M.S. Saga | submarine | 14 Mar, 1945 | Disposal 1969 |
H.M.S. Springer | submarine | 14 May, 1945 | Disposal 1972 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
Bibliography
- Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).