Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Upper_Clyde_Shipbuilders
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1972
financial difficulties
gptkbp:formedByMergerOf gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkb:Alexander_Stephen_and_Sons
gptkb:Charles_Connell_and_Company
gptkb:Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
gptkbp:founded 1968
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Clydebank
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
gptkbp:industry shipbuilding
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Glasgow
gptkbp:notableEvent work-in protest 1971
gptkbp:notableProduct naval vessels
merchant ships
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 8,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:British_government_(after_nationalisation)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Govan_Shipbuilders
gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders_(re-established)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Connell_&_Company
gptkb:Yarrow_&_Company_Limited
gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkb:Alexander_Stephen_and_Sons
gptkb:Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
gptkb:Stephen_and_Sons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6