Flipbook: Richard Dunston Yard List
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Richard Dunston Ltd, Thorne Shipyard
Yard List, 1930-1984
Richard Dunston established a shipyard on the banks of the Stainforth to Keadby Canal in 1858 at Thorne, South Yorkshire where he started building wooden barges. After the death of Thomas Dunston, son of the founder, in 1910 control of the yard fell to the grandson, who quickly gave the company a new direction to undertake building of iron and steel vessels.
Every vessel built at the yard between 1930 and the closure of the yard in 1984 is recorded on this list. You are able to see the unique yard number given to each vessel by the builder, the name given to the vessel by the time she was launched, the date she was completed, the name of the owner, the type of vessel and her key dimensions.
This Yard List was donated to the Society by former Richard Dunston engineer, Steve Wright.
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