John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft, was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick in 1866. It moved to Woolston, Southampton, in
Thornycroft with his first boat, Nautilus
Rap of 1873 marked the start of Thornycroft's torpedo boat business
Advertisement for J.I. Thornycroft & Co. in Brassey's Naval Annual 1915
Vosper Thornycroft shipyard at Woolston
Hunt-class destroyer
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The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. The first vessels were ordered in early 1939 to meet the need for compact, wel
John I. Thornycroft & Company
…of the war, and Thornycroft's yard received its fair share of the bombs. Among the more notable ships built by the yard in the war years were the two Hunt-class destroyer escorts, HMS Bissenden and HMS Brecon, (Type IV) with better stability than their sisters. The largest naval vessel built at Woolston during…
HMS Blean, a Type III Hunt-class destroyer
A Hunt-class destroyer in dry dock, painting from the Royal Museums Greenwich
Ibrahim al-Awal, formerly Mendip, captured by Israel from Egypt in 1956
ORP Krakowiak (L115)