William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding and marine engineering company.
William Doxford & Sons' shipyard and engine works, River Wear 1967
HMS Opal at Doxford, ready for launch, 11 September 1915.
Cargo ship Finix ready for launch, 18 April 1969
The engine shop at Doxford's shipyard during the Second World War: the diesel engine of a merchant ship is undergoing tests.
Austin & Pickersgill was a shipbuilding company formed in Sunderland, England in 1954.
William Doxford & Sons
…sometimes with the machinery running. Court Line collapsed in 1974 and the company was nationalised. It was privatised in 1986 when it was merged with Austin & Pickersgill to form North East Shipbuilders. However, the last ship built at Pallion was floated out of the yard in 1989 after which it closed as a shipbuilding…
Launch of the SD14 Syrie from the Southwick shipyard of Austin & Pickersgill, 14 February 1968
SD14 cargo ship Catharina Oldendorff ready for launch, 20 August 1974