William Beardmore and Company

William Beardmore and Company, Ltd.
Company typeLimited company
IndustrySteelmaking, heavy engineering, shipbuilding, locomotive building, ordnance manufacture, automotive, aviation
Founded1887
Defunct1983 (Closure of Parkhead Forge)
Fatedissolved
HeadquartersParkhead, Glasgow
Dalmuir, Clydebank
Key people
William Beardmore
ProductsCastings, Forgings, Oil Tankers, Naval ships, Steam locomotives, Fixed-wing aircraft, Airships, Automobiles, Motorcycles

William Beardmore and Company was a British engineering and shipbuilding conglomerate based in Glasgow and the surrounding Clydeside area. It was active from 1886 to the mid-1930s and at its peak employed about 40,000 people. It was founded and owned by William Beardmore, later Lord Invernairn, after whom the Beardmore Glacier was named.