MacCrindle Shipbuilding


MacCrindle Shipbuilding Ltd was a shipbuilder in Ardrossan, Scotland.

History

Ardrossan Shipyard built the South or New Shipyard in about 1916, with the first keel plate laid there in 1918. The yard covered and had five building berths capable of accommodating 400-500 ft boats of up to 9000 tons. The shipyard allowed vessels to be launched directly into the Firth of Clyde.
Vessels launched from the south yard:-
Yard NoNameTypeLaunchNotes
SS Hunstanworth2580 gross tons
305SS GlassfordCargo Vessel19192580 gross tons; Pennant Shipping, Cardiff
309SS PoljanaCargo Vessel19193886 gross tons; Winge & Co., Christiania
310SS DunkerquoisCargo Vessel19203160 gross tons
312SS Skrymer9 October 19201990 gross tons

The yard closed in 1930. By 1969, some of the land was acquired by the McCrindle group, who continued the tradition of small shipbuilding in Ardrossan. McCrindle Shipbuilding was formed in 1976. They took over the yard number sequence of the earlier Ardrossan Dockyard, and became the last operating shipbuilder in the town.
McCrindle Shipbuilding finished their last ship, the trawler Spes Melior V, in 1990.

Ships built

Yard NoNameTypeLaunchNotes
434Kylesku then Corran Ferry3 September 1975Highland Regional Council
Stanes MoorSullom Voe Workboatbefore 1984-
435Renfrew Ferry1984Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive
436Renfrew Ferry1984Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive
439Cromarty RoseNigg Ferry1986-
440RenownTrawler1987J. W. Buchan & Partners, Fraserburgh
438Steadfast IIITrawler1987A. M. Gardner & Partners, Anstruther
441RymarleeTrawler1988Arthur Duthie & Co, Inverness
442Spes Melior VTrawler1990was Amadeus; now Rachel Jay