A. Leslie and Company

A. Leslie and Company was a shipbuilding company that was started in around 1853, based North-East England. The company later merged with the locomotive manufacturer R and W Hawthorn to create Hawthorn Leslie and Company in 1886, when the founder Andrew Leslie retired.

Between 1854 and 1885 the ship yard built 255 vessels. The company employed around 2600 men, with more jobs in ancillary trades.