Re: Glasgow is the Clyde ....


"Eugene Griessel" <eugene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an agreement with a library that I receive all their discards
before they get sent off for pulping - and may retain any that catch
my fancy. Last night got a load of books - and one caught my eye. A
vernacular history of Glasgow. Publishd in 1962. Idly perusing it the
following phrase caught my eye: "during the second world war more
ships were launched in the Clyde than all the shipyards of America put
together".

Of course this merely compares number of ships and ignores tonnage so
it is a fairly meaningless statement - even if a definition of a
"ship" does not come into it.

However I wonder how much truth the statement holds. I find it a
little difficult to swallow, especially with Kaiser's mob launching a
ship every three days. Anyone care to come up with some figures?


There's actually an online database of Clyde built ships at

http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/search.asp

You can enter a year and get a list of all ships built that year.

It lists the ship name, type, owner, shipyard and final disposition

In 1943 the ships built included

1 Aircraft Transport
1 Algerine Class minesweeper
3 Boom defence vessels
3 Coasters
2 Crane ships
3 Cruisers
1 Cruiser Minelayer
1 Escort Carrier
13 destroyers
3 General Cargo ships
3 merchant Aircraft carriers
2 naval trawlers
4 Passenger Cargo Vessels
8 frigates
2 Salvage Vessels
15 Sloops
5 Submarines


A decent haul but far short of the output of US shipyards that year.

Keith


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