Warship Building on the Clyde. Naval orders and the prosperity of the Clyde shipbuilding industry, 1889-1939

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First published 1987. Scholarly work, drawing on the writer's doctoral thesis 'Warship Building on the Clyde, 1889-1939. A financial study', Stirling, 1986. Deals with a major part of the output of Clyde shipyards in 20th century charting the impact of the growth, development and decline of the Royal Navy / British seapower on the industry. Chapters include: 'Robert Napier and the foundation of the Clyde warshipbuilding industry'; 'Robert Napier'a successors and warshipbuilding on the Clyde prior to 1889'; '1889-99 - the Navy Defence Act and its consequences'; '1899-1907 - the intervention of the armaments manufacturers'; '1907-14 - prewar problems'; 'The First World War and its aftermath'; '1921-29 - arms limitation'; '1929-34 - financial crisis'; '1934-39 - rearmament and recovery'. Extensive appendices including 'Details of Admiralty orders for warships', 1859-1939. Much about individual yards, eg Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Robert Napier & Sons, William Beardmore & Co Ltd, etc