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Govan Shipbuilders

Govan Shipbuilders Limited
Private
Industry Shipbuilding
Fate Acquired
Predecessor Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering
Successor Kvaerner Govan
Founded September 1972
Defunct 1988
Headquarters Govan, Scotland, UK
Key people
Lord Strathalmond (Chairman)
Eric Mackie OBE (Managing Director)
Number of employees
6000 (1978)
Parent British Shipbuilders (1977-1988)
Subsidiaries Scotstoun Marine Ltd (1973-1980)

Coordinates: 55°51′50.6″N 4°19′8.9″W / 55.864056°N 4.319139°W / 55.864056; -4.319139

Govan Shipbuilders Ltd (GSL) was a British shipbuilding company based on the River Clyde at Glasgow in Scotland. It operated the former Fairfield Shipyard and took its name from the Govan area in which it was located.

The company was formed in 1972 by way of a purchase of the former Fairfield Shipyard in Govan from Sir Robert Smith, Liquidator of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS), itself a product of the amalgamation of several Clydeside yards; Fairfields, Alex Stephens, Charles Connell and Company, Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. and John Browns.

Between 1973 and 1980 Scotstoun Marine Ltd, a subsidiary of Govan Shipbuilders, also operated the former Connell shipyard in Scotstoun.


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