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Shipbuilding in Irvine. Ayrshire Dockyard Co To Maritime Museum. This is a picture of the Ayrshire Dockyard Company in the 1920’s. .
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Shipbuilding in Irvine Ayrshire Dockyard Co To Maritime Museum
This is a picture of the Ayrshire Dockyard Company in the 1920’s.
The ships are at a very early stage of construction – just the keel plates showing. It is possibly one of five ‘BARON’ ships whose ‘Built’ date is given as 1927 or 1928 and which were all built by Ayrshire Dockyard Irvine. The five are: • ssBARON PENTLANDYard No 507Launched: Tuesday, 28/06/1927Built: 1927Ship Type: SteamshipLength: 342.1 feet • ss BARON SALTOUNYard No 508 Built: 1927Ship Type: Cargo VesselLength: 342.1 feet • ss BARON COCHRANEYard No 509 Built: 1927Ship Type: Cargo VesselLength: 341.8 feet • ssBARON YARBOROUGHYard No 511 Built: 1928Ship Type: Cargo VesselLength: 341.6 feet • ss BARON NEWLANDSYard No 512 Built: 1928Ship Type: Cargo VesselLength: 341.8 feet
Picture showing Ayrshire Dockyard Co and Irvine harbour , late 1920’s. There are 3 ships docked in the harbour and 3 ships being built at the shipyard.
Ship yard is transformed into Ayrshire Metal Products manufacturing plant in 1961 and prospered until the late 1990’s Ayrshire Metal Products
Demolition of the last remnants of Ayrshire Metal Products in 2009. The successor to Ayrshire Dockyard Co site in 1961
Ayrshire Dockyard site is almost unrecognisable as the thriving shipyard it once was. Only the plater’s shed is intact and used by the Maritime museum to store old marine engines Carrick
Entrance to the Maritime Museum at Irvine Harbour on the former shipbuilding site