Robert Napier (engineer)
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Robert Napier was a Scottish marine engineer known for his contributions to Clyde shipbuilding.
Robert Napier
Early side-lever engine designed by Napier, from PS Leven (1823), on display at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton
Robert Napier, bust by Edward Wyon 1867
John Brown & Company
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John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including RMS Lusitania, RMS Aquitania, HMS Hood, HMS Repulse,
CSS Robert E. Lee, launched in 1860
Bothnia, launched in 1874
Advertisement for John Brown & Company in Brassey's Naval Annual 1915, featuring the Indefatigable-class battlecruiser HMAS Australia.