The shipbuilder William Pickersgill & Sons of Sunderland focused on building dry cargo ships for British shipowners, particularly from Liverpool. Some insights into that market early in the twentieth century are provided by the out letter volume from 1903 to 1907 written by one of the partners, Frederick Pickersgill, He combined the roles of what today we would call sales director and technical director. The letter book covers the period from July 1903 to the end of 1907. Fred Pickersgill left the business in 1908, when there were no ships on the stocks after a severe depression had hit shipbuilding. From these letters it is possible to build up a picture of the relationship between the shipbuilder and shipowners and their negotiations, as well as the fortunes of the business as it negotiated a shipbuilding slump.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    A Shipbuilder’s Letters to Shipowners: William Pickersgill & Sons 1903–1907


    Contributors:
    Buxton, Ian (author)

    Published in:

    The Mariner's Mirror ; 106 , 4 ; 464-478


    Publication date :

    2020-10-01


    Size :

    15 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown




    JOHN WILLIS & SONS, SHIPOWNERS, 1830–1899

    Crosse, John | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1972


    Small Ship Helicopter Operations - The Shipbuilder's View

    Houston, S. / Lawrence, E. C. / Royal Institution of Naval Architects et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997


    Ship Fabrication: Ship Fabrication: From Shipbuilder's Viewpoint

    Sueoka, H. / Marine Boards; Committee on Marine Structures | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997


    A shipbuilder's view of safety*

    Meek, M. / Brown, W.R. / Fulford, K.G. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1985


    SHIPOWNERS

    Online Contents | 1998