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Bartram and Sons remained productive after the Second World War, and many of its ships were exported to overseas buyers. In 1952 its South Dock yard was enlarged and one of its berths was extended. In 1961 it had 1,200 employees and in 1964 it took over the fitting-out quay of
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The Second World War revived demand and in November 1939 Bartram & Sons launched the first of a series of tramp ships to replace tonnage lost to enemy action. In the war the company built 24 cargo ships, 18 of them to standard
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The enlistment of men in the armed forces forced civilian employers to admit women to jobs that only men had been allowed to do. In 1943 Bartram & Sons employed its first woman welder, a Mrs Collard.
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that began in 1929 caused a worldwide slump in shipping. Bartram & Sons completed its last order in September 1930 and had no more for six years. In that time it built only one ship, the 3,829 
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In 1889 Haswell retired, Robert Appleby Bartram's sons, George and William, joined the firm and the name was changed to Bartram & Sons. Between 1902 and 1914 it built 10
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On his father's retirement in 1871, Robert went into partnership with George Haswell as Bartram, Haswell and Company and they moved the business to South Dock in
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In 1935 the UK Government introduced a "scrap and build" scheme to encourage shipowners to order new ships and sell old ones for scrap. Evans and Reid of
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and George Hylton Bartram took over in 1925. From 1921 to 1930 Bartram's built at least 17 tramp steamers.
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In 1965 the Geddes Report recommended that Bartram and Sons should merge with other shipbuilders. In 1968
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The site of Bartram, Haswell & Co (alongside the sea lock, top right) on an 1894 map of Hudson Dock
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In the First World War the company built ships mostly to private order, but including 10
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in 1837–38. In 1852–54 their partnership was dissolved and Bartram's son
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ships 412 ft (126 m) long and 52 ft (16 m) beam.
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In 1922 the firm became a limited company. George's sons,
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The Shipbuilding Industry, a guide to historical records
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Fabricating the bow of a ship in South Dock yard in 1956
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George Bartram and John Lister founded the business in
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Index

Bartram & Sons Ltd

Wearside
North East England
cargo ships
Hylton
Robert Appleby Bartram
Sunderland
barque

cargo liners
Ben Line
tramp ships
Shipping Controller
GRT
Robert Appleby Bartram
Great Depression
GRT
Cardiff
Nailsea Court
Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company
Ministry of War Transport

Short Brothers
Pallion
Austin and Pickersgill
A&P was nationalised
Southwick

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