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English shipbuilder (1837–1908)
John Wigham Richardson (7 January 1837 – 15 April 1908) was an English shipbuilder on Tyneside during the late 19th and early 20th century. Richardson
John_Wigham_Richardson
Scotch-Irish inventor and lighthouse engineer (1829–1906)
shipbuilder John Wigham Richardson. John Richardson Wigham (15 January 1829 – 16 November 1906) was a prominent lighthouse engineer of the 19th century. John Richardson
John_Richardson_Wigham
British shipbuilding company
The Wigham Richardson shipbuilding company was named after its founder, John Wigham Richardson (1837-1908), the son of Edward Richardson, a tanner from
Wigham_Richardson
Shipbuilding company based in England
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson and originally known as C. S. Swan & Hunter, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and
Swan_Hunter
Surname list
Wigham is a surname, and may refer to: Eliza Wigham (1820 – 1899), Scottish campaigner Gary Wigham (born 1961), English cricketer John Richardson Wigham
Wigham
British sport shooter & politician (1865–1953)
sport shooter and Conservative politician. He was the first son of John Wigham Richardson, the shipbuilder from Newcastle upon Tyne. He also competed at the
Philip_Richardson
Scottish activist (1820–1899)
Ladies' Emancipation Society. Her brother John Richardson Wigham was a prominent lighthouse engineer. Elizabeth Wigham, later known as "Eliza", was born on
Eliza_Wigham
Topics referred to by the same term
John Grubb Richardson (1813–1891), major Irish industrialist who founded the model village of Bessbrook near Newry John Wigham Richardson (1837–1908)
John_Richardson
English social reformer
four sons. The Richardson clan were a "close-knit Quaker family". John Wigham Richardson, born 1837, was her elder brother, and wrote in his memoirs of their
Elizabeth_Spence_Watson
1859 Palmers took over a shipyard at Willington Quay, Howdon 1860 John Wigham Richardson opened the Neptune shipbuilding yard at Low Walker, Newcastle upon
Timeline of shipbuilding on the River Tyne
Timeline_of_shipbuilding_on_the_River_Tyne
officially started John Wigham Richardson's Neptune shipyard delivered the 'Colonia', its first cableship 1903 John Wigham Richardson's shipbuilding company
Timeline of Newcastle upon Tyne
Timeline_of_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
British chemist (1840–1922)
University of Aberdeen. In 1873 Merz married Alice Mary Richardson, a sister of John Wigham Richardson the Tyneside ship builder. Together they had three sons
John_Theodore_Merz
Biform lighthouse lens design (1885–1920s)
1869 and first proposed by John Richardson Wigham in 1872, and again proposed by Thomas Stevenson in 1885 (infringing Wigham's patent). The hyper-radial
Hyperradiant_Fresnel_lens
John Richardson (1667–1753), English Quaker minister and autobiographer John Wigham Richardson (1837–1908), English shipbuilder Lewis Fry Richardson (1881–1953)
List_of_Quakers
Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet (1865–1953) Sir William Wigham Richardson, 2nd Baronet (1893–1973) Sir George Wigham Richardson, 3rd Baronet (1895–1981)
Richardson_baronets
Cemetery in London, England
historian John Rennie the Younger (1794–1874) civil engineer Dwarkanath Tagore (1794–1846), Bengali industrialist and benefactor John Wigham Richardson (1837–1908)
Kensal_Green_Cemetery
British electrical engineer
of industrial chemist John Theodore Merz (a Quaker from Germany) and Alice Mary Richardson, a sister of John Wigham Richardson the Tyneside ship builder
Charles_Hesterman_Merz
British electrical engineer (born 1942)
Richardson), granddaughter of John Wigham Richardson. Richardson was a Quaker Victorian shipbuilder and founder of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson shipbuilders
Andrew_Karney
British learned society and membership organisation
(1822–1907) Charles Parsons (1854–1931) Sir Richard Redmayne (1865–1955) John Wigham Richardson (1837–1908) Addison Langhorne Steavenson (1836–1913) Robert Stephenson
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
North_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers
English social worker and philanthropist (1879–1958)
of industrial chemist John Theodore Merz (a Quaker from Germany) and Alice Mary Richardson, a sister of John Wigham Richardson, the Tyneside ship builder
Teresa_Merz
British engineer (1826–1898)
involved in two public disputes with John Richardson Wigham. The first was about the best way to power street lights. Wigham claimed that gas lights were superior
James_Nicholas_Douglass
Battle-class destroyer
Fleet against the French in 1692. Barfleur was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 1 November 1943 and commissioned
HMS_Barfleur_(D80)
Australian businessman, born in Hexham John Urpeth Rastrick (1780–1856), steam locomotive builder John Wigham Richardson (1837–1908), shipbuilder Daniel Ainsleigh
List of people from Northumberland
List_of_people_from_Northumberland
Wrecked British collier
by storms in September 2021. The SS Commodore was built in 1870 by Wigham Richardson & Sons Ltd. in Newcastle upon Tyne, as yard number 62. She was constructed
SS_Commodore_(collier)
British marine engineering and shipbuilding firm (1851–1986)
John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including RMS Lusitania
John_Brown_&_Company
Town in North Tyneside, England
shipbuilding and was the home of the Wigham Richardson shipyard, which later amalgamated to form Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, probably best known for building
Wallsend
List of ships with the same or similar names
gale. SS Regulus (1907), of 548 GRT, was launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Newcastle upon Tyne. In September 1917 she rescued the crew of
Regulus_(ship)
British shipbuilding company
It was founded in 1864 by John and Thomas Cleland, and operated until it was acquired by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1967. The company built a
Clelands_Shipbuilding_Company
Church in Wallsend, England
and taken to Carville Hall, and eventually given to St Peter's by Wigham Richardson in 1891. The pipe organ is a Harrison & Harrison instrument of the
St_Peter's_Church,_Wallsend
Irish politician (1806–1885)
Pim's daughter Mary was the wife of pioneering lighthouse engineer John Richardson Wigham. Pim had several notable descendants. His grandson Jonathan Ernest
Jonathan_Pim_(1806–1885)
1941 cargo ship
cargo ship that was built in 1941 as Empire Drayton by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Northumberland, United Kingdom for the Ministry of
SS_Belgian_Sailor
Cemetery in Dublin, Ireland
publisher Horace Walpole (1880–1964), damask and linen manufacturer John Richardson Wigham (1829–1906), lighthouse engineer and inventor Anna Haslam (1829–1922)
Friends_Burial_Ground,_Dublin
British ocean liner from 1922 to 1942
RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911–1917 RMS Laconia. The new ship was launched
RMS_Laconia_(1921)
English Quaker businessman (1786–1863)
Routledge. p. 776. ISBN 978-1-135-43402-1. Baker, Anne Pimlott. "Richardson, John Wigham (1837–1908)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed
Jonathan_Priestman
Ocean liner
MS Bergensfjord was an ocean liner built in 1955 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, for Norwegian America Line. She was 18,739 gross register tons
MS_Bergensfjord_(1955)
British ocean liner (1906–1935)
a British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend on the River Tyne, England, launched in 1906. She was
RMS_Mauretania_(1906)
John Readhead & Sons was a shipyard on the River Tyne in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England founded in 1865. John Readhead and John Softley founded
John_Readhead_&_Sons
J-class destroyer
destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne as part of the 1936 Build Programme and
HMS_Janus_(F53)
Maritime museum in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
which was in use from 1902 to 1972. It includes some inventions of John Richardson Wigham. The Great Eastern display: a history of the SS Great Eastern (designed
National Maritime Museum of Ireland
National_Maritime_Museum_of_Ireland
Minotaur-class cruiser
cancelled in April 1957. Superb's keel was laid by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear on 23 June 1942. The ship was launched
HMS_Superb_(25)
1910 British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line
British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line, by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson of Wallsend, England, and launched in 1910. Franconia mainly sailed
RMS_Franconia_(1910)
British passenger & cargo liner that traded in the Indian Ocean
1950, and the only one of the four to be built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Low Walker. She was the third BI ship to be named after Dwarka
MV_Dwarka
Building in England, UK
by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear for the British Cunard Line, and launched on 20 September 1906. John Readhead & Sons, a
Tyne_and_Wear_Archives
South Australian cartoonist
John Henry Chinner (30 June 1865 – 15 December 1933) was a South Australian artist, best known for his caricatures of prominent people. Chinner was born
John_Henry_Chinner
King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy
named after Admiral George Anson. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Shipyard on the River Tyne and launched on 24 February 1940, being
HMS_Anson_(79)
German-built cargo steamship
Germany launched Löwenburg on 8 July and completed her that September. Wigham Richardson and Company in Low Walker, England launched Wartburg on 11 September
USS_Wabash_(ID-1824)
British shipbuilding and repair company
Works in 1824. When he was joined by his son, John Laird in 1828, their first ship was an iron barge. John realised that the techniques of making boilers
Cammell_Laird
Passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway
ship achieve a speed of 10 knots. She was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited in Neptune Yard, Low Walker on the River Tyne for the Great
TSS_Waterford
Lighthouse in Norfolk
advocates of these forms of illumination, James Nicholas Douglass and John Richardson Wigham respectively) were not conclusive and further trials later took
Happisburgh_Lighthouse
Daring-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
classification as destroyers. Daring was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the Tyne and engined by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company
HMS_Daring_(D05)
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd under the 14th Order for Destroyers in the Emergency War Program
HMS_Whitshed
Shipbuilding company in the United Kingdom
8954000; -1.3824333 John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft, was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft
John_I._Thornycroft_&_Company
Former cargo ship
a 5,267 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1936 by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for the Wallsend Shipping
SS_Hopestar
British marine engine manufacturer from 1881 to 1978
John G. Kincaid & Company was a major British marine engine manufacturer based at the mouth of the River Clyde in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. Its predecessor
John_G._Kincaid_&_Company
Battle-class destroyer
between British and French forces. Corunna was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 29 May 1945 and commissioned
HMS_Corunna
ferry that was built in 1942 as a merchant ship by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport
HMS_Empire_Dace
Cargo steamship that served in both World Wars
whom she was carrying, and 20 members of her crew. In 1901 and 1902, Wigham Richardson & Co, Ltd, built three sister ships for the "Adria" Royal Hungarian
SS_Ariosto
English architect
and the Swan Hunter Memorial Hall, Wigham, opened in 1925 in memory of the men of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. who died in the 1914–1918 war
Frank_Caws
(or SS) Knight of Malta was a cargo liner built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1929. She was owned and operated by Cassar Co. Ltd. in Malta
RMS_Knight_of_Malta
Australia international rugby league footballer & administrator
1979), the Western Suburbs Magpies (1980, in which he, along with Wayne Wigham of the Balmain Tigers was the League's top try-scorer and 1981, in which
John_Ribot
1954 Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy
the Royal Navy into the early 1970s. She was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Her keel was laid down on 23 March 1944 and she was launched
HMS_Albion_(R07)
Brian Binns — Chief of Technical Department, Messrs. Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Captain Wyndham Lindsay Birch — West Yorkshire Regiment, attached
1918_Birthday_Honours_(MBE)
Waugh 1973, Chapter 11. Waugh 1973, pp. 78–79. Waugh 1973, pp. 76–78. Wigham-Richardson, J (1900). "APPENDIX ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUN-DIALS". In Gatty,
Schema for vertical declining dials
Schema_for_vertical_declining_dials
V-class destroyer converted to Type 15 frigate of the Royal Navy
part of the Emergency Programme. She was launched at Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne on 12 October 1942 and commissioned on 27 May
HMS_Grenville_(R97)
1952 class of destroyers of the Royal and Royal Australian navies
Hunter & Wigham Richardson 24 January 1945 29 September 1945 10 August 1949 8 March 1952 8 March 1952 I35 Demon Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson 24 January
Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)
through his mistress Gaynor Millington.[1] In 1949, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. built a 313 feet (95 m)/2,522 long tons (2,562 t) cable ship
Edward_Wilshaw
1961 Type 12M or Rothesay-class frigate of the Royal Navy
radar. Falmouth was laid down on 23 November 1957 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, launched on 15 December 1959 and was completed on 25 July 1961. In
HMS_Falmouth_(F113)
Scottish shipbuilding company
retired from the firm, and John Elder became sole partner. The company became known as John Elder & Co in 1869. When John Elder died in September 1869
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
1937 Dale-class replenishment oiler for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
on the stocks by the Admiralty. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd and launched on 28 December 1936. Abbeydale served until being
RFA_Abbeydale
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
82 officers and ratings. Sorceress was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend on the River Tyne on 13 November 1915 and given the yard
HMS_Sorceress
Royal Navy S class destroyer
down on September 1917 during the First World War by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at their dockyard in Wallsend on the River Tyne with the yard number
HMS_Sparrowhawk_(1918)
MV British Motorist was a 6,891 ton tanker, built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1924 for the British Tanker Company. While
MV_British_Motorist
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
She was one of four destroyers ordered in 1918 from Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne under the 14th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency
HMS_Wild_Swan_(D62)
1941 British cargo ship
was a 7,047 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1941 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom, as the CAM
SS_Graigaur
1784 and became the standard for lighthouses for over a century. John Richardson Wigham was the first to develop a system for the gas illumination of lighthouses
History_of_lighthouses
Shipbuilding company
Co. Greenock Dockyard Co. Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall
Kvaerner_Govan
Canadian lighthouse supply and buoy vessel
horsepower (162 kW) (nominal). Simcoe was ordered from Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited to be constructed in their yard at Wallsend, England. The
CGS_Simcoe
Erstwhile British defence company
Co. Greenock Dockyard Co. Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall
BAE_Systems_Marine
Lighthouse on the Howth peninsula, County Dublin, Ireland
improved from catoptric to first order dioptric. At the same time, John Richardson Wigham had patented a gas-burning light, so experiments with this new system
Baily_Lighthouse
Intelligent network based lighting control
long-lasting incandescent lamp with high-resistance filament (1880) John Richardson Wigham – electric lighthouse illumination (1885) Nick Holonyak – light-emitting
Lighting_control_system
US defense and services company
Co. Greenock Dockyard Co. Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall
VT_Group
Edinburgh-class cruiser
1942. Edinburgh was built in Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, her keel laid down on 30 December 1936. She was a fast cruiser, with
HMS_Edinburgh_(16)
Naval architect in the UK
Susan Denham Christie joined the design office of Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson at the Neptune yard on Tyneside, at a time when very few women were
Susan_Mary_Auld
British politician
docks, the Tyne Pontoons at Wallsend, which he sold to Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1903. He was the co-founder and chairman of Manchester Dry
Sir George Renwick, 1st Baronet
Sir_George_Renwick,_1st_Baronet
Class of Royal Navy destroyers built late in World War I
sold for breaking up 4 March 1947. Vimiera – built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, laid down October 1916, launched 22 June 1917, completed
V_and_W-class_destroyer
World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom
that was built as the cargo liner Inanda in 1925 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for a British
SS_Empire_Explorer
Canadian surveying ship
Cartier for service as a hydrographic survey ship by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, at Newcastle upon Tyne, between 1908 and 1910. She saw many duties
HMCS_Cartier
Acasta-class destroyer
specials, with detailed design left to the builders. Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson received an order for one destroyer, HMS Shark, to be built to the
HMS_Shark_(1912)
Steamship
RMS Nascopie was a steamship built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She was launched on December 7, 1911, and achieved
SS_Nascopie
1929 class of British destroyers
load and 1,805 long tons (1,834 t) at deep load. The ships were built by John I. Thornycroft & Company in Woolston, Hampshire and had the broad, slab-sided
A-_and_B-class_destroyer
British shipbuilding company
however, was unable to produce craft of this size, and in 1966 a merger with John I. Thornycroft & Company provided the shipbuilding capacity and experience
Vosper_&_Company
Shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland
from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018. Mullin, John (11 March 2000). "Harland & Wolff locks horns with DTI". The Guardian. London
Harland_&_Wolff
English cargo liner
618 GRT refrigerated cargo liner which was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT)
SS_Inkosi_(1937)
1918 S-class destroyer
two depth charge chutes. Stalwart was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at their Wallsend-on-Tyne shipyard in April 1918. The destroyer
HMAS_Stalwart_(H14)
Subsidiary company of BAE Systems
Co. Greenock Dockyard Co. Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Swan Hunter Group Swan Hunter Smith's Dock Co. John Readhead & Sons Hall Russell & Co. Hall
BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
BAE_Systems_Maritime_–_Naval_Ships
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Second World War. In 1966 Smith's Dock merged with Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson to form Associated Shipbuilders, later to become Swan Hunter Group
South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland
South_Bank,_Redcar_and_Cleveland
Sloop of the Royal Navy
building programme and was laid down at the yards of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne on 28 May 1929. She was launched on 14 March
HMS_Scarborough_(L25)
British shipbuilding company
just six months. In 1966 Smith's Dock merged with Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson to form Associated Shipbuilders, later to become Swan Hunter Group
Smith's_Dock_Company
Former British shipbuilding company
Fairfields, Alex Stephens, Charles Connell & Company, Yarrow Shipbuilders and John Brown & Company. Between 1972 and 1980 Scotstoun Marine, a subsidiary of
Govan_Shipbuilders
British shipping company
Greenway 1986, p. 77. Collard 2015, p. 145. Greenway 1986, p. 78. Armstrong, John (June 1994). "Coastal Shipping: The Neglected Sector of Nineteenth-Century
Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company
Tyne_Tees_Steam_Shipping_Company
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