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Wm Simons & Co Ltd.

Location

Renfrew
Renfrewshire
United Kingdom

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Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1860 - 1957
Review: 
Company merged

Last updated

5 years 27 weeks ago

About

The shipbuilders Simons and Lobnitz were based in Renfrew. William Simons and Company had begun business elsewhere but settled in Renfrew in 1860. During World War II the rival shipbuilding firm Lobnitz, apart from shipbuilding, designed and built Mulberry Harbours which were used to offload cargo on a beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy. Simons-Lobnitz Ltd was established in 1959 when G & J Weir Holdings Ltd, pump manufacturers, Glasgow, took over Lobnitz & Co Ltd, shipbuilders, Renfrew, Scotland, and merged it with William Simons & Co Ltd, ship and dredger builders, Renfrew, Scotland, which had been acquired by G & J Weir Ltd in 1957. Simons and Lobnitz were famous for building sand dredgers. The Renfrew ship yards closed in the early 1960s. Source: Wikipedia (see link above)   see also website: http://www.clydemaritime.co.uk/wm_simon  

Equipment built

Name Type Built Power Volume
A R DUFRESNE BLD 1914
254-C TSHD 1950 2000 m³
6x hopperbarges Tandjong Priok HB 1876
Abertawe BLD 1875
Achilleon HB 1899
AGNES SHD 1903
ALEXANDER GOLOVATCHEFF SHD 1899 60 kW
Andrei Stempinsky SHD 1899
Annie W Lewis TSHD 1927
ANTLEON TSHD 1898
AYAME BLD 1890
B D NO 1 BLD 1886
B.D. 10 SHD 1919
Baghdad TSHD 1940
BALARI SHD 1913
Barao De Maua BLD 1929
Barbus BLD 1924
Basra TSHD 1937 1750 m³
BATMAN HB 1883
BEAVER SHD 1889
Bhagirathi TSHD 1957 3000 m³
BLYTH BLD 1892
Bontebok TSHD 1953
Briton BLD 1902
BRUCE BLD 1905
BUNYIP BLD 1879
Carrick BLD 1938
CETUS SHD 1905
Charles Harrison BLD 1913
Chelura GHD 1923
Child shd 1916
CLEOPATRA BLD 1906
CLOCH BLD 1882
CLYDE BLD 1882
CORMORANT SHD 1913
Corozal BLD 1911 750 m³
COWLEY SHD 1922
Craigiehall BLD 1903
CROCODILE BLD 1883
DEVOLANT BLD 1899
DEVON BLD 1895
DOLPHIN BLD 1886
DRAGON BLD 1904
DREDGER PREMIER BLD 1907
DUNDEE BLD 1871
Dunedin 222 BLD 1881
Edward Jackson BLD 1905
EGERTON SHD 1907
Empire Champion BLD 1945
Empire Dockland HB 1944
Empire Forager TSHD 1946 1144 m³
Empire Marshland HB 1946
Empire Moorland HB 1946
Empire Portland HB 1944
Empire Sandboy BLD 1944
Empire Upland HB 1945
Empire Woodland HB 1946
ESK BLD 1887
ESPANA BLD 1884
FAWKNER HB 1883
Fedor Enrold HD 1898
FLEETWOOD BLD 1872
FORTH BLD 1883
FOYERS CSD 1906
Frederic Fryer SHD 1903
FYLDE BLD 1936
G WARD COLE BUD 1889
G.F.H. CSD 1922
Gefion BLD 1885
Gertrude Grigg TSHD 1937 416 kW 685 m³
GOOLWA HB 1877
Gordipija HB 1899
GOUSTAV BOLE BLD 1898
Governador SHD 1908
GRAMPUS SHD 1902
GREENOCK BLD 1876
GREENORE BLD 1867
Gunga TSHD 1921
HARRINGTON SHD 1892
Hessam GD 1908
HOPPER DREDGER NO 1 SHD 1892
HYDRA NO 6 BLD
Ibadan TSHD 1949
IJmuiden 1 BLD 1866
IJmuiden 2 BLD 1866
IRVINE BLD 1891
J H Astell SHD 1892
J H W D Enterprise CSD 1961 4429 kW
Jalengi TSHD 1950 4000 m³
JINGA CSD 1908
JOHN MILNE SHD 1891
JUPITER SHD 1892
KADINA HB 1877
KALU CSD 1908
KARNAFULI I TSHD 1906
KATE SHD 1897
Kerbala TSHD 1924 1100 m³
KHARKI BLD 1900
Kirkuk TSHD 1924 1500 m³
KUPHUS BLD 1887
LA PUISSANTE BLD 1900
Labrus CSD 1911
LADY BOURDILLON TSHD 1944
LADY WILLINGDON BLD 1937
Landguard (1898) HB 1898
Leven BLD 1885
LIGER TSHD 1924 1100 m³
London BLD/ 1889
LORD WILLINGDON TSHD 1926
LORETO SHD 1925
Lyster BLD 1896
M.O.P. 210-C SD 1910
M.O.P. 211-C SHD 1912
M.O.P. 223-C TSHD 1946 1144 m³
M.O.P. 227-C TSHD 1950 2000 m³
M.O.P. 228-C TSHD 1949 2000 m³
M.O.P. 28-C BLD 1944
MacQuarie BLD 1908
MADRAS SHD 1904
Manar BLD 1904
Manche BLD 1891 375 kW 320 m³
Manchester BLD 1890
MAUI BLD 1909
Mawhera BLD 1908
MEDUSA BLD 1875
Melbourne BLD 1885
Mersey No. 24 gd 1937
Mersey No. 25 GD 1937 816 m³
MIKHAIL LISSOVSKY BLD 1900
Mikhail Lissovsky BLD/ 1900
MILES K BURTON GD 1897
Morib HB 1944
Murihiku BLD 1904
NAUTILUS SHD 1903
NEPTUNE BLD 1878
NEPTUNE BLD 1881
Nirmal HB 1945
NO. 3 BLD 1885
NO. 4 BLD 1885
NO.14 GD 1897
NO.15 GD 1897
NO.18 BLD 1914
NO.508 ( MASTODON ) BLD 1910
NO.7 BLD 1902
OCTOPUS BLD 1904
OCTOPUS BLD 1895
Onega TSHD 1939
Onger TSHD 1935
Orna HB 1899
ORTOIRE BLD 1895
Otter BLD 1889
OYO TSHD 1948 2435 m³
PARMELIA BLD 1896
Patunga CSD 1928
PELICAN SHD 1908
Percy Sanderson BLD 1894 800 kW 1000 m³
PERVI SHD 1899
PHOLAS BLD 1893
PLATYPUS BLD 1884
Presidente Aleman TSHD 1948 2435 m³
Pungue BLD 1911
QHC DREDGE NO 2 BLD 1914
Ramsgate Dredger BLD/ 1889
Rietbok TSHD 1930
RIGA BLD 1901
Robert Hughes TSHD 1932
ROBERT VASSALL BLD 1912
RONALDSHAY TSHD 1922
RUBI SEDDON SHD 1903
S Caterina BLD 1938
S D SEVERN SHD 1919
SAND GROUSE SHD 1909
Sandchime GD 1952
Sandormen SHD 1899
Sandpiper SHD 1906
SANDPUMP DREDGER NO 1 BLD 1892
Shunkai Maru no. 1 GHD 1900
SICILY BLD 1892
Silurus BLD 1915
SIR GEORGE LLOYD CSD 1922
Sir Godfrey Armstrong TSHD 1947
SIR JOHN COODE BLD 1896
Sir Shanmukham TSHD 1937 416 kW 685 m³
Sir Zafrullah BLD 1937
SLANEY BLD 1896
SODE-GA-URA-MARU BLD 1888
ST DAVID BLD 1906
ST HILDA BLD 1902
ST LAWRENCE CSD 1875
ST LAWRENCE CSD 1910
STONEWALL BLD 1903
Success CSD 1900
Sulaimaniyah TSHD 1935
T B TAYLOR BLD 1914
T I C DREDGER NO 7 BLD 1902
T.C.C. DREDGER No. 10 BLD 1931
T.C.C. DREDGER No. 9 BLD 1914
Teredo BLD 1901
Tethys TSHD 1905
Thames Conservancy Hopper No. 3 HB 1898
THOMAS BENT BLD 1885
TIGON TSHD 1924 1500 m³
TORRENS BLD 1877
TRITON BLD 1892 710 kW
US Corozal BLD 1911 750 m³
VALENCIA BLD 1884
Veluthamba BLD 1937
Victor Augustinovich BLD 1898 92 kW
Ville d'Eu BLD 1885
Vizagapatam CSD 1926
Volgaskaiaja BLD 1894
VTOROI SHD 1899
W 101 HB 1944
W 103 HB 1946
W 29 HB 1946
W 30 HB 1946
W 31 HB 1944
W 32 HB 1946
W 98 HB 1946
W.D. 54 GD 1937 816 m³
W.D. Delta B & K HB 1920 550 m³
W.D. Europe BLD 1955
W.D. Gamma HB 1920 550 m³
WALRUS SHD 1897
WALTER GLYNN BLD 1895
WATERLOO BLD 1893
William Price BLD 1898
WILLUNGA BLD 1876
WOODFORD TSHD 1925
ZERAN TSHD 1944
Zeya TSHD 1939
Zuiho BLD 1901

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