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Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in Greenock. The company was established in 1828 by John Caird when he received an order to re-engine Clyde paddle-tugs.[1]
John's relative James Tennant Caird joined the company in 1831, and after leaving to work for Randolph, Elder & Co in Glasgow, rejoined the family business for good in 1838.
One year after the death of Robert Caird, the company was bought by Harland & Wolff Ltd in 1916, for £432,493. The firm continued trading as a separate enterprise, with Arthur and Patrick Caird on the board, until 1922. The Arthur St engine plant was sold to John G Kincaid & Co Ltd in 1919.
Ships constructed by Caird
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- P.S. Alfred (1863)
- SS Austria (1857)
- SS Delhi (1906)
- Governor General Loudon (1875)
- SS Persia (1900)
- SS Westphalia (1868)
- SS Silesia (1869)
- SS Hansa (1861)
- SS Oder (1873)
- SS Frisia (1872)
- SS Saint Simon (ex Rhenania) (1873)
- SS Saxonia (1857)
- Baltimore (1867)
- Berlin (1867)
- Ohio (1868)
- Leipzig (1869)
- SS Teutonia (1856)
Notable members of the Caird family
- Edward Caird, philosopher
- John Caird, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
- Robert Caird, head of the company
References
- ^ Middlemiss, Frank. "Cairds". Inverclyde Shipbuilding & Engineering. Greenock: McLean Museum & Art Gallery. http://sites.google.com/site/inverclydeshipbuilding/home/inverclyde-shipyards/cairds. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
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- Engineering companies of Scotland
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- 1922 disestablishments
- Defunct companies of Scotland
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