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The private firm of Messrs Laird Bros at Birkenhead had the highest reputation for the vessels of war they produced. These included, among others, the iron frigate Birkenhead, the world-famous cruiser Alabama, the old battleships Agincourt and Vanguard, the historic armour-clad turret ship Huascar and so on down to the first class battleship Royal Oak, the Mars and the Glory. Hardly any other private firm attained greater eminence and the distinguished services it rendered to Naval architecture were recognised not only by the British Government but by foreign governments. The Birkenhead works covered an area of 22 acres in 1897, and the special feature was their series of graving docks for repair and construction of vessels of every size, equipped with powerful steam cranes and ever other convenience, while alongside the fitting-out wharf the largest battleship can lie- as many during construction did- at all states of the tide. In addition there were extensive modern engine shops and boiler works. (Army & Navy Illustrated, c.1897). | |
Ships built by Laird (ordered by launch date)... : | ||
| Name | Launched | Fate |
| HMIS Medusa | 1839 | Wrecked 9th December 1853. |
| HMS Dover | 1840 | Sold 1866. |
| HMS Birkenhead | 30th December 1845 | Wrecked 26th February 1852 Algoa Bay, South Africa. |
| HMS Resolute | 19th February 1855 | Renamed Adventure 16th February 1857. |
| HMS Assistance | 5th April 1855 | Purchased on stocks on 16th January 1855. Wrecked off Hong Kong 7th June 1860 and sold 30th July 1860. |
| HMS Brave | 11th February 1856 | Scrapped March 1869. |
| HMS Bullfinch | 25th February 1856 | Scrapped August 1864. |
| HMS Brazen | 8th March 1856 | Scrapped August 1864. |
| HMS Rainbow | 8th March 1856 | Sold November 1888. |
| HMS Blossom | 21st April 1856 | Scrapped November 1864. |
| HMS Adventure * | 19th February 1857 | Renamed (ex - Resolute) 16th February 1857 and launched 3 days later on 19th February 1857. Scrapped 1877 |
| Quangtung | 1863 | 1891 |
| HMS Scorpion | October 1863 | Sold February 1903. Subsequently lost on 17th June 1903. |
| HMS Wivern | 29th August 1863 | Sold May 1922. |
| HMS Agincourt | 27th March 1865 | Keel laid under name CAPTAIN, changed to AGINCOURT soon after. Became a training ship at Portland in 1895. Renamed TS BOSCAWEN III March 1904, GANGES II 1906, coal hulk C109 1908. Sold 1960. |
| HMS Captain | 27th March 1869 | Foundered 7th September 1870. |
| HMS Vanguard | 3rd January 1870 | Sunk in collision 1st September 1875. |
| HMS Cuckoo | 14th August 1873 | Renamed Vivid on 19 February 1912, Vivid II in January 1922, YC37 in 1923 and finally sold to Hocking, Plymouth in 1959. |
| HMS Ant | 14th August 1873 | Scrapped June 1926. |
| HMS Hyaena | 30th August 1873 | Sold 3 April 1906 |
| HMS Weazel | 4th September 1873 | Renamed C118 1904. |
| HMS Griffon | 16th December 1876 | Sold privately (Richmond) 28th September 1891. |
| HMS Watchful | 13th February 1883 | Sold 14th May 1907. |
| HMS Mistletoe | 7th February 1883 | Sold 14th May 1907. |
| HMS Rattlesnake | 11th September 1886 | Sold 1910 |
| HMS Royal Oak | 5th November 1892 | Sold 14th January 1914. |
| HMS Renard | 6th December 1892 | Sold 1905. |
| HMS Onyx | 7th September 1892 | Renamed Vulcan II 1919. |
| HMS Lynx | 9th December 1893 | Scrapped 1912 |
| HMS Ferret | 9th December 1893 | Sunk as a target 1911 |
| HMS Banshee | 17th November 1894 | Scrapped 10th April 1912. |
| HMS Contest | 1st December 1894 | Sold 11th July 1911. |
| HMS Dragon | 15th December 1894 | Sold for scrap 9th July 1912. |
| HMS Sparrowhawk | 8th October 1895 | Wrecked 17th June 1904. |
| HMS Virago | 19th November 1895 | Sold for scrapping October 1919 |
| HMS Thrasher | 5th November 1895 | Sold 4th November 1919. |
| HMS Quail | 24th September 1895 | Sold 23rd July 1919. |
| HMS Earnest | 11th November 1896 | Sold for scrap 1920 |
| HMS Griffon | 21st November 1896 | Sold for scrap 1920 |
| HMS Locust | 5th December 1896 | Sold for scrap 1919 |
| HMS Mars | 30th March 1896 | Sold for scrap 9th May 1921. |
| HMS Panther | 21st January 1897 | Scrapped 1920 |
| HMS Seal | 6th March 1897 | Scrapped 1921 |
| HMS Wolf | 2nd June 1897 | Scrapped 1921 |
| HMS Orwell | 29th September 1898 | Scrapped 1922 |
| HMS Glory | 11th March 1899 | Became Depot Ship and renamed Crescent, 1st May 1920. |
| HMS Mutine | 1st March 1900 | Sold 16th August 1932. |
| HMS Rinaldo | 25th May 1900 | Sold 21st October 1921 |
| HMS Lively | 14th July 1900 | Sold 1st July 1920. |
| HMS Sprightly | 25th September 1900 | Scrapped 1920 |
| HMS Exmouth | 31st August 1901 | Sold for scrap 15th January 1920. |
| HMS Foyle | 25th February 1903 | Sunk 15th March 1917. |
| HMS Itchen | 17th March 1903 | Torpedoed and sank by Uboat U99 in North Sea on 6 July 1917. |
| HMS Arun | 29th April 1903 | Sold 30th June 1920. |
| HMS Topaze | 23rd July 1903 | Sold 1921 |
| HMS Blackwater | 25th July 1903 | Sunk in collision with SS Hero 6th April 1909. |
| HMS C118 * | 1904 | Renamed (ex - Weazel) 1904. Subsequent fate unknown. |
| HMS Diamond | 6th January 1904 | Sold 9th May 1921. |
| HMS Moy | 10th November 1904 | Sold 27th May 1919. |
| HMS Boscawen III * | March 1904 | Renamed (ex - Agincourt) March 1904. Renamed Ganges II 21st June 1906. |
| HMS Liffey | 23rd September 1904 | Sold for breaking June 1919. |
| HMS Ganges II * | 21st June 1906 | Renamed (ex - Boscawen III) 21st June 1906. Renamed C109 September 1908 |
| HMS C109 * | September 1908 | Launched as HMS Agincourt 27th March 1861. Renamed (ex - Ganges II) September 1908. Scrapped 21st October 1960. |
| HMS Alecto | 29th August 1911 | Scrapped 7th July 1949. |
| HMS Vivid * | 1912 | Renamed (ex - Cuckoo) 1912. Renamed Vivid II in January 1922. Renamed YC37 1923. |
| HMS Vulcan II * | 1919 | Renamed 1919 (ex - Onyx). Scrapped 1924. |
| HMS Crescent * | 1st May 1920 | Renamed 1st May 1920 (ex - Glory). Scrapped 19th December 1922. |
| HMS YC37 * | 1923 | Launched as Cuckoo in 1873. Renamed (ex - Vivid) 1923. Sold 1958. |
Ships built by Laird(ordered by name)... : | ||
| Name | Launched | Fate |
| HMS Adventure * | 19th February 1857 | Renamed (ex - Resolute) 16th February 1857 and launched 3 days later on 19th February 1857. Scrapped 1877 |
| HMS Agincourt | 27th March 1865 | Keel laid under name CAPTAIN, changed to AGINCOURT soon after. Became a training ship at Portland in 1895. Renamed TS BOSCAWEN III March 1904, GANGES II 1906, coal hulk C109 1908. Sold 1960. |
| HMS Alecto | 29th August 1911 | Scrapped 7th July 1949. |
| HMS Ant | 14th August 1873 | Scrapped June 1926. |
| HMS Arun | 29th April 1903 | Sold 30th June 1920. |
| HMS Assistance | 5th April 1855 | Purchased on stocks on 16th January 1855. Wrecked off Hong Kong 7th June 1860 and sold 30th July 1860. |
| HMS Banshee | 17th November 1894 | Scrapped 10th April 1912. |
| HMS Birkenhead | 30th December 1845 | Wrecked 26th February 1852 Algoa Bay, South Africa. |
| HMS Blackwater | 25th July 1903 | Sunk in collision with SS Hero 6th April 1909. |
| HMS Blossom | 21st April 1856 | Scrapped November 1864. |
| HMS Boscawen III * | March 1904 | Renamed (ex - Agincourt) March 1904. Renamed Ganges II 21st June 1906. |
| HMS Brave | 11th February 1856 | Scrapped March 1869. |
| HMS Brazen | 8th March 1856 | Scrapped August 1864. |
| HMS Bullfinch | 25th February 1856 | Scrapped August 1864. |
| HMS C109 * | September 1908 | Launched as HMS Agincourt 27th March 1861. Renamed (ex - Ganges II) September 1908. Scrapped 21st October 1960. |
| HMS C118 * | 1904 | Renamed (ex - Weazel) 1904. Subsequent fate unknown. |
| HMS Captain | 27th March 1869 | Foundered 7th September 1870. |
| HMS Contest | 1st December 1894 | Sold 11th July 1911. |
| HMS Crescent * | 1st May 1920 | Renamed 1st May 1920 (ex - Glory). Scrapped 19th December 1922. |
| HMS Cuckoo | 14th August 1873 | Renamed Vivid on 19 February 1912, Vivid II in January 1922, YC37 in 1923 and finally sold to Hocking, Plymouth in 1959. |
| HMS Diamond | 6th January 1904 | Sold 9th May 1921. |
| HMS Dover | 1840 | Sold 1866. |
| HMS Dragon | 15th December 1894 | Sold for scrap 9th July 1912. |
| HMS Earnest | 11th November 1896 | Sold for scrap 1920 |
| HMS Exmouth | 31st August 1901 | Sold for scrap 15th January 1920. |
| HMS Ferret | 9th December 1893 | Sunk as a target 1911 |
| HMS Foyle | 25th February 1903 | Sunk 15th March 1917. |
| HMS Ganges II * | 21st June 1906 | Renamed (ex - Boscawen III) 21st June 1906. Renamed C109 September 1908 |
| HMS Glory | 11th March 1899 | Became Depot Ship and renamed Crescent, 1st May 1920. |
| HMS Griffon | 16th December 1876 | Sold privately (Richmond) 28th September 1891. |
| HMS Griffon | 21st November 1896 | Sold for scrap 1920 |
| HMS Hyaena | 30th August 1873 | Sold 3 April 1906 |
| HMS Itchen | 17th March 1903 | Torpedoed and sank by Uboat U99 in North Sea on 6 July 1917. |
| HMS Liffey | 23rd September 1904 | Sold for breaking June 1919. |
| HMS Lively | 14th July 1900 | Sold 1st July 1920. |
| HMS Locust | 5th December 1896 | Sold for scrap 1919 |
| HMS Lynx | 9th December 1893 | Scrapped 1912 |
| HMS Mars | 30th March 1896 | Sold for scrap 9th May 1921. |
| HMIS Medusa | 1839 | Wrecked 9th December 1853. |
| HMS Mistletoe | 7th February 1883 | Sold 14th May 1907. |
| HMS Moy | 10th November 1904 | Sold 27th May 1919. |
| HMS Mutine | 1st March 1900 | Sold 16th August 1932. |
| HMS Onyx | 7th September 1892 | Renamed Vulcan II 1919. |
| HMS Orwell | 29th September 1898 | Scrapped 1922 |
| HMS Panther | 21st January 1897 | Scrapped 1920 |
| HMS Quail | 24th September 1895 | Sold 23rd July 1919. |
| Quangtung | 1863 | 1891 |
| HMS Rainbow | 8th March 1856 | Sold November 1888. |
| HMS Rattlesnake | 11th September 1886 | Sold 1910 |
| HMS Renard | 6th December 1892 | Sold 1905. |
| HMS Resolute | 19th February 1855 | Renamed Adventure 16th February 1857. |
| HMS Rinaldo | 25th May 1900 | Sold 21st October 1921 |
| HMS Royal Oak | 5th November 1892 | Sold 14th January 1914. |
| HMS Scorpion | October 1863 | Sold February 1903. Subsequently lost on 17th June 1903. |
| HMS Seal | 6th March 1897 | Scrapped 1921 |
| HMS Sparrowhawk | 8th October 1895 | Wrecked 17th June 1904. |
| HMS Sprightly | 25th September 1900 | Scrapped 1920 |
| HMS Thrasher | 5th November 1895 | Sold 4th November 1919. |
| HMS Topaze | 23rd July 1903 | Sold 1921 |
| HMS Vanguard | 3rd January 1870 | Sunk in collision 1st September 1875. |
| HMS Virago | 19th November 1895 | Sold for scrapping October 1919 |
| HMS Vivid * | 1912 | Renamed (ex - Cuckoo) 1912. Renamed Vivid II in January 1922. Renamed YC37 1923. |
| HMS Vulcan II * | 1919 | Renamed 1919 (ex - Onyx). Scrapped 1924. |
| HMS Watchful | 13th February 1883 | Sold 14th May 1907. |
| HMS Weazel | 4th September 1873 | Renamed C118 1904. |
| HMS Wivern | 29th August 1863 | Sold May 1922. |
| HMS Wolf | 2nd June 1897 | Scrapped 1921 |
| HMS YC37 * | 1923 | Launched as Cuckoo in 1873. Renamed (ex - Vivid) 1923. Sold 1958. |
Last edited : 10:20, March 16, 2011
By : kc