Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : offices of "Engineering" · leaf 40
pendence ; but there was then developed a pro-nounced spirit of emulation amongst the British firms,which had a marked effect on competition in western seas.At the beginning of the nineteenth century much of theoversea work done by the Scotts was for the West Indiantrade. The vessels were not often… … THE LORD OF THE ISLES.(See paye 13.) Typical Ships of 1800- 1810. 11 the output was 16,800 tons.1 This output included a succes-sion of fine ships for the West India trade, to the order ofsome of the old Glasgow companies, amongst the numberbeing Stirling, Gordon and Company; J. Campbell…
