James Lamont & Co was a shipbuilder and ship-repairer on the Clyde.
History James Lamont & Co were established as a ship repairer at East India Harbour, Greenock, in 1870. After the collapse of the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd, Lamonts purchased the Castle Yard at Port Glasgow in 1929. Clyde Shipbuilding had been at the Castle yard from 1900 from which they launched about 100 ships. Before that, Blackwood & Gordon built 202 ships at the yard from 1860. Lamont did not build ships there until 1938, reverting to repairs during the war and becoming a full shipyard again once hostilities were over.
In 1979 the company announced that it was to give up shipbuilding and concentrate on repair work, which had been expanded by the opening of a 113m dry-dock in 1966.
Ships built
Over 70 ships, including for the Associated Humber Lines, Darlington, Harrogate and Selby Yard No Name Launch Type Notes 375 Eilean Dubh 1951 Kessock ferry Ross & Cromarty County Council 388 Ardgerry 1957 coaster P MacCallum & Sons Greenock 389 Wrestler 1957 tug Steel & Bennie Ltd 390 Campaigner 1957 tug Steel & Bennie Ltd 391 Royal Daffodil II 1957 cruise Wallasey Local Government Board, Liverpool 395 Selby 1959 coaster Associated Humber Lines 403 1965 Skye ferry Caledonian Steam Packet Company 405 1966 Skye ferry Caledonian Steam Packet Company 407 Flying Falcon 1967 tug Clyde Shipping Co Ltd 408 James Lamey 1967 tug J. H. Lamey Ltd of Liverpool +several other tugs 411 Warrior 1969 tug Steel & Bennie Ltd 412 Dalmarnock 1970 Sludge carrier Glasgow City Council 416 MV Kilbrannan 1972 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian Steam Packet Company 417 MV Morvern 1972 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 418 1973 ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 419 1974 ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 420 MV Bruernish 1973 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 421 MV Coll 1973 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 422 1973 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 423 1974 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 424 1975 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 425 1976 landing-craft type ferry Caledonian MacBrayne 431 Garroch Head 1977 Sludge carrier Glasgow City Council 432 Divis 11 1978 Sludge carrier Belfast City Corporation - the yard's final build.
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