MacCrindle Shipbuilding Ltd was a shipbuilder in Ardrossan, Scotland.
History Ardrossan Shipyard built the South or New Shipyard in about 1916, with the first keel plate laid there in 1918. The yard covered and had five building berths capable of accommodating 400-500 ft boats of up to 9000 tons. The shipyard allowed vessels to be launched directly into the Firth of Clyde.
Vessels launched from the south yard:- Yard No Name Type Launch Notes SS Hunstanworth 2580 gross tons 305 SS Glassford Cargo Vessel 1919 2580 gross tons; Pennant Shipping, Cardiff 309 SS Poljana Cargo Vessel 1919 3886 gross tons; Winge & Co., Christiania 310 SS Dunkerquois Cargo Vessel 1920 3160 gross tons 312 SS Skrymer 9 October 1920 1990 gross tons
The yard closed in 1930. By 1969, some of the land was acquired by the McCrindle group, who continued the tradition of small shipbuilding in Ardrossan. McCrindle Shipbuilding was formed in 1976. They took over the yard number sequence of the earlier Ardrossan Dockyard, and became the last operating shipbuilder in the town.
McCrindle Shipbuilding finished their last ship, the trawler Spes Melior V, in 1990.
Ships built
Yard No Name Type Launch Notes 434 Kylesku then Corran Ferry 3 September 1975 Highland Regional Council Stanes Moor Sullom Voe Workboat before 1984 435 Renfrew Ferry 1984 Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive 436 Renfrew Ferry 1984 Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive 439 Cromarty Rose Nigg Ferry 1986 440 Renown Trawler 1987 J. W. Buchan & Partners, Fraserburgh 438 Steadfast III Trawler 1987 A. M. Gardner & Partners, Anstruther 441 Rymarlee Trawler 1988 Arthur Duthie & Co, Inverness 442 Spes Melior V Trawler 1990 was Amadeus; now Rachel Jay
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