John Brown & Company
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJohn Brown & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding concern during the Dreadnought Era. Originally founded as an engineering firm, it acquired the J. & G. Thomson shipbuilding firm, which had been winning contracts to build destroyers for the Royal Navy in 1899. Operation then continued under the Brown name.
Shipbuilding
Ship | Type | Launched | Fate |
H.M.S. Sutlej | armoured cruiser | 18 Nov, 1899[1] | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Thorn | destroyer | 17 Mar, 1900[2] | Broken up 1919 |
H.M.S. Tiger | destroyer | 19 May, 1900[3] | Collision 1908 |
H.M.S. Vigilant | destroyer | 16 Aug, 1900[4] | Broken up 1920 |
H.M.S. Bacchante | armoured cruiser | 21 Feb, 1901[5] | Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |
H.M.S. Leviathan | armoured cruiser | 3 Jul, 1901[6] | Sold 3 Mar, 1920 |
H.M.S. Antrim | armoured cruiser | 8 Oct, 1903[7] | Sold 19 Dec, 1922 |
H.M.S. Hindustan | pre-dreadnought | 19 Dec, 1903[8] | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Caronia | armed merchant cruiser | 13 Jul, 1904[9] | Scrapped 1932 |
H.M.S. Avenger | armed merchant cruiser | 21 Feb, 1905[10] | Scrapped 1932 |
H.M.S. Lusitania | armed merchant cruiser | 7 Jun, 1906[11] | Torpedoed 7 May, 1915 |
H.M.S. Inflexible | battlecruiser | 26 Jun, 1907[12] | Sold 1 Dec, 1921 |
H.M.S. Beagle | destroyer | 16 Oct, 1909[13] | 1 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Bulldog | destroyer | 13 Nov, 1909[14] | 21 Sep, 1920 |
H.M.S. Foxhound | destroyer | 11 Dec, 1909[15] | 1 Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Bristol | light cruiser | 23 Feb, 1910[16] | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Acorn | destroyer | 1 Jul, 1910[17] | Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Alarm | destroyer | 29 Aug, 1910[18] | May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Brisk | destroyer | 20 Sep, 1910[19] | Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Orama | armed merchant cruiser | c. 1911 | Torpedoed 19 Oct, 1917 |
H.M.S. Hind | destroyer | 28 Jul, 1911[20] | 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.A.S. Australia | battlecruiser | 25 Oct, 1911[21] | Scuttled 12 Apr, 1924 |
H.M.S. Hornet | destroyer | 20 Dec, 1911[22] | 1921 |
H.M.S. Hydra | destroyer | 19 Feb, 1912[23] | 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Southampton | light cruiser | 16 May, 1912[24] | Sold |
H.M.S. Acasta | destroyer | 10 Sep, 1912[25] | May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Achates | destroyer | 14 Nov, 1912[26] | May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Ambuscade | destroyer | 25 Jan, 1913[27] | Sep, 1921 |
H.M.S. Aquitania | armed merchant cruiser | 21 Apr, 1913[28] | Scrapped 1950 |
H.M.S. Tiger | battlecruiser | 15 Dec, 1913[29] | Sold Feb, 1932 |
H.M.S. Milne | destroyer | 5 Oct, 1914[30] | Sep, 1921 |
H.M.S. Barham | dreadnought | 31 Oct, 1914[31] | Torpedoed 25 Nov, 1941 |
H.M.S. Morris | destroyer | 19 Nov, 1914[32] | |
H.M.S. Melampus | destroyer | 16 Dec, 1914[33] | 22 Sep, 1921 |
H.M.S. Moorsom | destroyer | 20 Dec, 1914[34] | Nov, 1921 |
H.M.S. Melpomene | destroyer | 1 Feb, 1915[35] | 9 May, 1921 |
H.M.S. Mons | destroyer | 1 May, 1915[36] | |
H.M.S. Marne | destroyer | 29 May, 1915[37] | |
H.M.S. Mameluke | destroyer | 14 Aug, 1915[38] | |
H.M.S. Ossory | destroyer | 9 Oct, 1915[39] | |
H.M.S. Napier | destroyer | 27 Nov, 1915[40] | |
H.M.S. Canterbury | light cruiser | 21 Dec, 1915[41] | Sold Jul, 1934 |
H.M.S. Repulse | battlecruiser | 8 Jan, 1916[42] | Sunk 10 Dec, 1941 |
H.M.S. Narborough | destroyer | 2 Mar, 1916[43] | Wrecked 12 Jan, 1918 |
H.M.S. Penn | destroyer | 8 Apr, 1916[44] | |
H.M.S. Romola | destroyer | 14 May, 1916[45] | 13 Mar, 1930 |
H.M.S. E 35 | submarine | 20 May, 1916[46] | Sold Sep, 1922 |
H.M.S. Peregrine | destroyer | 29 May, 1916[47] | |
H.M.S. Rowena | destroyer | 1 Jul, 1916[48] | Handed over 21 Jul, 1937 |
H.M.S. Restless | destroyer | 12 Aug, 1916[49] | Handed over 23 Nov, 1936 |
H.M.S. E 36 | submarine | 16 Sep, 1916[50] | Lost 17 Jan, 1917 |
H.M.S. Rigorous | destroyer | 30 Sep, 1916[51] | 5 Nov, 1926 |
H.M.S. Simoom | destroyer | 30 Oct, 1916[52] | Torpedoed 23 Jan, 1917 |
H.M.S. E 50 | submarine | 13 Nov, 1916[53] | Mined 1 Feb, 1918 |
H.M.S. Skate | destroyer | 11 Jan, 1917[54] | 4 Mar, 1947 |
H.M.S. Tarpon | destroyer | 10 Mar, 1917[55] | 4 Aug, 1927 |
H.M.S. Ceres | light cruiser | 24 Mar, 1917[56] | Sold 5 Apr, 1946 |
H.M.S. Telemachus | destroyer | 21 Apr, 1917[57] | 26 Jul, 1927 |
H.M.S. Pegasus | seaplane carrier | 9 Jun, 1917[58] | Sold 22 Aug, 1931 |
H.M.S. Vanoc | destroyer | 14 Jun, 1917[59] | |
H.M.S. Vanquisher | destroyer | 18 Aug, 1917[60] | |
H.M.S. Wakeful | destroyer | 6 Oct, 1917[61] | Torpedoed 29 May, 1940 |
H.M.S. Watchman | destroyer | 2 Nov, 1917[62] | 23 Jul, 1945 |
H.M.S. Simoom | destroyer | 26 Jan, 1918[63] | |
H.M.S. Scimitar | destroyer | 27 Feb, 1918[64] | |
H.M.S. Scotsman | destroyer | 30 Mar, 1918[65] | |
H.M.S. Scythe | destroyer | 25 Apr, 1918[66] | |
H.M.S. Scout | destroyer | 27 Apr, 1918[67] | |
H.M.S. Seabear | destroyer | 6 Jul, 1918[68] | |
H.M.S. Seafire | destroyer | 10 Aug, 1918[69] | |
H.M.S. Hood | battlecruiser | 22 Aug, 1918[70] | Sunk 24 May, 1941 |
H.M.S. Searcher | destroyer | 11 Sep, 1918[71] | |
H.M.S. Seawolf | destroyer | 2 Nov, 1918[72] | |
H.M.S. Venomous | destroyer | 21 Dec, 1918[73] | 4 Mar, 1947 |
H.M.S. Verity | destroyer | 19 Mar, 1919[74] | 4 Mar, 1947 |
H.M.S. Veteran | destroyer | 26 Apr, 1919[75] | Torpedoed 26 Sep, 1942 |
H.M.S. Enterprise | light cruiser | 23 Dec, 1919[76] | Sold Apr, 1946 |
H.M.A.S. Australia | heavy cruiser | 17 Mar, 1927[77] | Broken up 1955 |
H.M.A.S. Canberra | heavy cruiser | 31 May, 1927[78] | Sunk |
H.M.S. Acasta | destroyer | 8 Aug, 1929 | Sunk 8 Jun, 1940 |
H.M.S. Achates | destroyer | 4 Oct, 1929 | Sunk 31 Dec, 1942 |
H.M.S. Basilisk | destroyer | 6 Aug, 1930 | Bombed 1 Jun, 1940 |
H.M.S. Beagle | destroyer | 29 Sep, 1930 | Scrapped 1946 |
H.M.S. Fortune | destroyer | 29 Aug, 1934[79] | Broken up 1946 |
H.M.S. Foxhound | destroyer | 12 Oct, 1934[80] | Broken up 1948 |
H.M.S. Southampton | light cruiser | 10 Mar, 1936[81] | Bombed 11 Jan, 1941 |
H.M.S. Icarus | destroyer | 26 Nov, 1936[82] | Broken up 1946 |
H.M.S. Ilex | destroyer | 28 Jan, 1937[83] | Broken up 1948 |
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
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- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
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Bibliography
- Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).