ICONIC MARITIME: Cockatoo Island, The Heart of Australian Shipbuilding
When talking about Australian shipbuilding heritage, it is impossible to not mention Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. Originally a prison, the island became a dockyard in the 1800s and produced hundreds of ships for the Royal Australian Navy until its closure in 1991. Over 290 ships – totalling some 150,000 tons – were built on […]
ICONIC MARITIME: Celebrating Leonard Roy Harmon as part of #BlackHistoryMonth
Celebrating maritime, marine engineering and shipbuilding across the globe, we take a look at the iconic people and locations that are instrumental to the industry – This week and as part of Black History Month, we take a look at the incredible contribution of Leonard Roy Harmon, this first black man to have a warship […]
ICONIC MARITIME: Shipbuilding on the Clyde, then and now
Celebrating maritime, marine engineering and shipbuilding across the globe, we take a look at the iconic people and locations that are instrumental to the industry – this week we focus on the famous shipbuilding heritage on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Despite the majority of the Clyde’s shipbuilding history being associated […]
