William Scott Shipbuilders
| Private | |
| Industry | Shipbuilding, Shipowner |
| Fate | Closed |
| Successor | Yard taken over by William Patterson |
| Founded | 1823 or 1824 |
| Defunct | 1831 |
| Headquarters | River Avon, UK |
|
Key people
|
William Scott (founder), William Patterson, Christopher Scott, Sir Robert Seppings, James Mullen Scott (son), John Scott, Sr. |
William Scott Shipbuilders was a short lived shipbuilder in Bristol, England in the 19th century and an early producer of steamships. The yard was important in the development of Bristol Shipbuilding with Scott's assistant, William Patterson, going on to produce the SS Great Britain.
The founder, William Scott (b. 1756), was part of a well known Scottish shipbuilding family from Greenock, and moved to Barnstaple, England, in the late-18th century to engage in the timber trade. With Christopher Scott (probably his brother) he purchased his first vessel in around 1810, the barque William for the New Brunswick to Baltic route. They later acquired a number of vessels including the sloop Pomona of 32 t for use as a packet on the Greenock-Bristol run.
Hilhouse vacated the shipyard and dry-dock at Wapping on the south side of the River Avon in 1824, and Scott seized the opportunity to enter shipbuilding with his son, James Mullen Scott, as William Scott & Son. William Patterson joined the firm as Scott's assistant and together they built the steam packet Lord Beresford for the Channel Islands run. The engine was fitted out by Price Bros. of Neath. Scott may also have built the steamship Bristol in 1823 for the Swansea to Bristol service, making that the first vessel built by the firm. Both were constructed to the plans of Sir Robert Seppings, Surveyor of the Navy.
...
Wikipedia