| 词条 | Richardson, Duck and Company |
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HistoryThe yard was founded as the South Stockton Iron Ship Building Co in 1852.[1] Its premises were the former yard of engine builders Fossick of Stockton and its first vessel was the iron-hulled steamship SS Advance.[1] In 1855 Joseph Richardson and George Nixon Duck took over the yard. They built fifty iron steamships, a paddle steamer, ten sailing ships and 29 barges in their first ten years.[1] In 1859 they built the paddle steamer Tasmanian Maid (yard no. 9)[2] which in 1863 was converted into the gunboat {{HMS|Sandfly|1863|6}}. In 1859 Richardson, Duck took over the Rake Kimber yard at Middlesbrough.[1] They built about 11 vessels at Middlesbrough and then sold the yard to Backhouse and Dixon in 1862.[1] In 1870 Richardson, Duck built {{SS|Burgos}} (yard no. 160)[2] which in 1884 was re-engined with a triple-expansion engine made by Blair & Co of Stockton-on-Tees. In 1893 the company built the German merchant ship SS Athen. In the 1900s Richardson, Duck started building steel hulls.[1] By the end of that decade Richardson, Duck had built five hundred tramp steamers, other merchant ships and lighters.[1] It had also become licensees for the Isherwood system of longitudinal framing.[1] Richardson, Duck's ships in 1911 included the cargo steamer SS Budapest (yard no. 616)[2] which was later renamed SS Kerwood and in 1918 was commissioned into the US Navy as {{USS|Kerwood|ID-1489|6}}. In 1912 Richardson, Duck built 12 ships and became a limited liability company.[1] During the First World War the yard built the Arabis-class sloop {{HMS|Rosemary|1915|6}} (yard no. 661)[2] and Aubrietia-class sloop {{HMS|Tulip|1916|6}} (yard no. 666).[2] It also built a further dozen tramp steamers, eight standard War "A" tramps and a standard "AO" tanker.[1] Richardson, Duck's wartime merchant orders included SS Farnworth (yard no. 651), {{SS|Plawsworth}} (yard no. 652)[2] and SS Cardigan (yard no. 653) launched in 1917; {{SS|Kenilworth}} (yard no. 662), {{SS|War Vulture}} (yard no. 671), {{SS|War Ostrich}} (yard no. 672) and {{SS|War Anglian}} (yard no. 673) all launched in 1918 and {{SS|Clearton}} (yard no. 677)[2] launched in 1919. In 1919 Richardson, Duck became a public company and in 1920 James and Walter Gould acquired a controlling interest in it.[1] In 1922 the yard suffered industrial action and a lack of orders. Richardson, Duck's final ship was {{SS|Southborough}} (yard no. 689) in 1924.[2] In May 1925 the Gould Group went into liquidation and in 1933 the yard was demolished.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite web |url= http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Richardson,_Duck_and_Co |title=Richardson, Duck and Co |author= |date=29 January 2009 |work=Grace's Guide: The Best of British Engineering 1750–1960s |publisher= |accessdate=25 May 2011}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web |url= http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/richardsonduck/aalist.htm |title=RICHARDSON, DUCK & Company Limited |publisher=Teesbuiltships |accessdate=26 May 2011}} 7 : Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom|Thornaby-on-Tees|Teesside|Manufacturing companies established in 1855|Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1925|1855 establishments in England|1925 establishments in England |
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