The Swan-Hunter Shipyard is/was on which river?
Swan Hunter onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea's world-class multi-lay vessel 'Lewek Constellation' shortly thereafter. The Company owned three main yards: All three were on the north side of River Tyne. The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. At various times Swan Hunter also owned Palmers Hebburn Yard, Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Yard and Readheads at South Shields which were all on the south side of the River Tyne. Naval vessels Commercial vessels Cable ships Bulk Carrier Research Vessels Tankers Swan Hunter Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan
Swan Hunter decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. It was then forced to call in the receivers when the UK government awarded the contract for to Kvaerner Govan in 1993. The receiver took steps to break up the business. However, the main shipyard in Wallsend was bought out from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire. The yard subsequently undertook several ad-hoc ship repair and conversion projects for private-sector customers. In 2000 Swan Hunter was awarded the contract to design and build two (Auxiliary) Landing Ship Dock ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with two other ships being built by