Shipbuilders Sentence Examples

Numbers of English artisans and shipbuilders, Swedish ironfounders, German engineers and French manufacturers sought fortunes in the new country, and diffused industry by their example.

Many of the most important improvements in the construction of ships, especially steam vessels, are due to the enterprise and skill of the Clyde shipbuilders, who, from the time of Robert Napier of Shandon (1791-1876), who built and engined the first steamers for the Cunard Company, formed in 1840, have enjoyed an unrivalled reputation for the construction of leviathan liners, both as regards mechanical appliances and the beauty and convenience of the internal arrangements.

There are two public parks - Broad Meadow (zo acres), part of ground reclaimed in 1859, and Levengrove (32 acres), presented to the corporation in 1885 by Peter Denny and John McMillan, two shipbuilders who helped lay the foundation of the town's present prosperity.

Irvine's was closed down for the final time, and the yards were used by other shipbuilders.

Modern plans of foreign warships were mainly provided by British shipbuilders supplying smaller countries.

The ancient Egyptians were renowned shipbuilders and the Romans traveled along Red Sea shores.

He was also very interested in his family history and his ancestors the Banks family shipbuilders of Plymouth.

The shipbuilders of 1800 had run out of oak and had to use teak from India.

Irvine 's was closed down for the final time, and the yards were used by other shipbuilders.

In rebuilding, the company followed up an Admiralty request for British shipbuilders to develop the use of electric welding in warship construction.