Records of James Lamont & Co Ltd, shipbuilders and repairers, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 140
- Dates of Creation:1907-1981
- Name of Creator:
- Physical Description:24.2 metresThere are no physical characteristics or technical requirements that affect the use of this material.
Scope and Content
This material is currently being re-listed. Where available, covering dates for series of records have been given.
- Order books 1955-1980
- Job books
- Estimates 1929-1978
- Correspondence 1943-1975
- Ship files 1947-1978
- Ship plans 1932-1974 (ship nos. 367-445)
- Yard plans 1907-1974
- Memorandum and articles of association 1925
- Minute books
- Annual reports
- Registers of directors and members
- Board reports
- Board correspondence
- Private ledgers
- Journals; cash books
- Nominal accounts
- Sales records
- Purchase books
- Materials books 1947-1978
- Dock records
- Technical records
- Launch records c1946-1978
- Photographs
- Publicity materials
- Calendars
- Personnel records 1947-1981
- Blackwood & Gordon Boat & Engine Cost Book 1885-1894 [UGD 140/12/18]
Administrative / Biographical History
James Lamont & Co , ship builders and repairers, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, was founded in 1870 . In 1925 , the firm was incorporated as a private limited company, James Lamont & Co Ltd , at the same time absorbing the boiler making and engineering business of Andrew Turner Lamont, Greenock. In 1929 , the Castle Works at Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, formerly owned by Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, were acquired. Shipbuilding commenced at these works from around 1946 , but they were closed in 1980 . The ship-repairing works at Greenock however, survived until 1989 when they too were closed.
Ritchie, L A (ed) The Shipbuilding Industry: A guide to Historical Records (Manchester, 1992)
Arrangement
This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Loan : 1986 : ACCN 0079
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Digital file level list available in searchroom.
Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)2485) and London (NRA18848)
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Additional Information
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Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 17 May 2002
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