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Messrs Robert Napier and Sons was a famous firm of Clyde shipbuilders and marine engineers at Govan, Glasgow founded by Robert Napier in 1826. It was moved to Govan for more space in 1841. His sons Ja
Early side-lever engine designed by Napier, from PS Leven (1823), on display at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton
HMS Duke of Wellington 1852, the Navy's largest warship (her Napier engines were transferred from the frigate Simoon) firing a gun salute in Portsmouth Harbour during her time as flagship there.
HMS Black Prince in the 1880s
SS Aberdeen
William Beardmore and Company was a British engineering and shipbuilding conglomerate based in Glasgow and the surrounding Clydeside area. It was active from 1886 to the mid-1930s and at its peak empl
Robert Napier and Sons
…purchased by a group of engineers led by the previous manager, A C Kirk. It continued to build ships and engines until 1900 when it was incorporated in William Beardmore and Company. In 1800 Glasgow had no shipbuilding firms. Aged 23, Robert Napier set himself up in his own smith business in Glasgow's Greyfriars Wynd Gallowgate in…
Beardmore advertisement Brasseys 1923
Beardmore Mk7 Paramount taxi, 4-door model
Beardmore 12/30 Tourer, 1925
British Enterprise, built by Beardmore in 1921