James Lamont & Co


James Lamont & Co was a shipbuilder and ship-repairer on the Clyde.

History

James Lamont & Co were established as a ship repairer at East India Harbour, Greenock, in 1870. After the collapse of the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd, Lamonts purchased the Castle Yard at Port Glasgow in 1929. Clyde Shipbuilding had been at the Castle yard from 1900 from which they launched about 100 ships. Before that, Blackwood & Gordon built 202 ships at the yard from 1860. Lamont did not build ships there until 1938, reverting to repairs during the war and becoming a full shipyard again once hostilities were over.
In 1979 the company announced that it was to give up shipbuilding and concentrate on repair work, which had been expanded by the opening of a 113m dry-dock in 1966.

Ships built

Over 70 ships, including for the Associated Humber Lines, Darlington, Harrogate and Selby
Yard NoNameLaunchTypeNotes
375Eilean Dubh1951Kessock ferryRoss & Cromarty County Council
388Ardgerry1957coasterP MacCallum & Sons Greenock
389Wrestler1957tugSteel & Bennie Ltd
390Campaigner1957tugSteel & Bennie Ltd
391Royal Daffodil II1957cruiseWallasey Local Government Board, Liverpool
395Selby1959coasterAssociated Humber Lines
4031965Skye ferryCaledonian Steam Packet Company
4051966Skye ferryCaledonian Steam Packet Company
407Flying Falcon1967tugClyde Shipping Co Ltd
408James Lamey1967tugJ. H. Lamey Ltd of Liverpool

+several other tugs
411Warrior1969tugSteel & Bennie Ltd
412Dalmarnock1970Sludge carrierGlasgow City Council
416MV Kilbrannan1972landing-craft type ferryCaledonian Steam Packet Company
417MV Morvern1972landing-craft type ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
4181973ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
4191974ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
420MV Bruernish1973landing-craft type ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
421MV Coll1973landing-craft type ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
4221973landing-craft type ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
4231974landing-craft type ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
4241975landing-craft type ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
4251976landing-craft type ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
431Garroch Head1977Sludge carrierGlasgow City Council
432Divis 111978Sludge carrierBelfast City Corporation - the yard's final build.