Tyneside Shipbuilding - Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd.

Restored reproduction of the front cover of the Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. Ltd. souvenir brochure dated 1929.  Original artist unknown.

Founded in 1871 by shipbuilder Charles Mitchell, the company began as a ship repair yard at Point Pleasant, Wallsend. Under William Boyd, it evolved into a major marine engine builder, pioneering steel boilers and triple expansion engines by the 1880s.

In 1903, it was acquired by Swan Hunter, and famously built the Parsons turbines for the RMS Mauretania, one of the fastest liners of its time. The yard also supplied engines for British warships and commercial vessels.

Nationalised in 1977, it became part of British Shipbuilders, later contributing to offshore projects like the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Though the yard closed, its legacy remains in Tyneside’s industrial heritage.

Printed on high quality 230gsm matt archival paper.