Bain & Brown, Leith and Granton, U.K.
Concrete Shipbuilding on the Forth. Good progress is being made with the work of eqipping the new yard established at Granton by Bain & Brown, of Leith and Granton, for the construction of ferro-concrete vessels. Already one vessel of this description has been constructed by the firm. It is a power-driven fishing smack of 30 ft. in length.
The Granton yard covers an area of six acres with a sea frontage of 620 ft. There will be ten building berths, and there is room also for a berth slipway, with workshop alongside, where it is proposed to undertake the repair of steel ships up to 350 ft. in length.
The company propose to undertake the work of construction self-propelled concrete ships of various lengths up to 360 ft. The first class of vessel contemplated is a steam trawler, 136 ft., between perpendiculars, 23 ft. 6 in. beam, and 13 ft. 7 in. from deck to keel, for which design have been prepared. Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, March 20, 1919 page 355
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