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1. Title Ayrshire Dockyard Co. 1928 The yard was bought by Lithgow's. A couple of tramps were completed, and work started on a couple of others, but production came to a halt when the Depression hit the shipbuilding industry badly. During World War II many of the pontoons used in the D-Day landings were fabricated at the Harbourside site. WWI the yard built fleet tugs for the Admiralty along with merchant ships, Indian coastal passenger steamers and three standard "B" types were completed. The Scottish Maritime Museum currently uses the old platers shed to house boats and engines. In 1912 Mackie & Thomson take over the site after selling their Govan shipyard to Harland & Wolff 1920s The main customers of the yard were Clan Line Steamers and from 1919 to 1928, they built 25 ships. 1959 The yard discontinued ship repairing. 1961 started making cold rolled metal sections for Ayrshire Metal Products they closed the site. Finally demolishing the site in 2009. 1930s No shipbuilding happened in 1933 and manufacturing only really picked up from 1936 onwards. However, soon after, the yard was purchased by National Shipbuilders Security. The yard's main function became that of a ship repairer which it continued doing throughout the 40s and 50s. In 1915 the Company changed their name to the Ayrshire Dockyard Co. they produced a Variety of ships until 1936