A. Leslie and Company

Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1853
Defunct1886
FateMergers with R and W Hawthorn
SuccessorHawthorn Leslie and Company
HeadquartersNewcastle upon Tyne, North-East England
Key people
Andrew Leslie
ProductsShips
Number of employees
2600

Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn was a shipbuilding company that was started in 1853 on an 8-acre site at Hebburn Quay, Newcastle upon Tyne.[1] The company later merged with the locomotive manufacturer R and W Hawthorn to create Hawthorn Leslie and Company in 1886,[2] when the founder Andrew Leslie retired.

Between 1854 and 1885 the ship yard built 255 vessels.[3] and in 1866 constructed a dry dock, which exists till present day.[4] The company employed around 2600 men, with more jobs in ancillary trades.[3] By 1886, the company later merged with the locomotives company R. and W. Hawthorn, forming the Hawthorn Leslie & Company.[5]

  1. ^ Stanley Bruce The Shipbuilders of Aberdeen
  2. ^ "Hawthorn Shipbuilders". EdinPhoto. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Local Information for Hebburn". Town Info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  4. ^ Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn - History
  5. ^ Kerr, Fred (30 June 2017). Steam at Work: Preserved Industrial Locomotives. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4738-9659-8.