Swan Hunter

Swan Hunter
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipbuilding
Naval architecture
Offshore installation services
Founded1880; 144 years ago (1880)
HeadquartersWallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Key people
Gerard Kroese, (Director)
Number of employees
25 including contractors (2017)
Websiteswanhunter.com Edit this at Wikidata
World Unicorn, built by Swan Hunter at the Wallsend shipyard, Tyneside in 1973.
Tanker Ottawa launch, Wallsend shipyard, circa 1964

Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company,[1] based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England.

At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson.

The company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century, most famously RMS Mauretania which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and RMS Carpathia which rescued survivors from RMS Titanic.

In 2006 Swan Hunter ceased vessel construction on Tyneside, but continues to provide design engineering services.

  1. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2016.