shipbuilders type private industry shipbuilding founded 1903 headquarters port glasgow inverclyde scotland key people jim mccoll chairman keith mitchell chief executive number of employees over 70 parent lithgows 1961 1970 scott lithgow 1970 1977 british shipbuilders 1977 1989 clyde blowers capital 2014 present website http www.fergusonmarine.com ferguson marine engineering ltd is a shipyard located in port glasgow on the river clyde in scotland . it is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower clyde and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river the company s mainstay has long been roll on roll off ferries primarily for caledonian macbrayne the largest of which is the stornoway ullapool ferry mv isle of lewis which is also ferguson s largest product ever built . ferguson s also built two of the world s first roll on roll off hybrid powered car ferries mv hallaig and mv lochinvar and the yard is building the third in a class of four . ferguson s has built over 360 ships . on friday 15 august 2014 the shipyard appointed kpmg as administrators placing the company into administration . wednesday 10 september 2014 saw clyde blowers capital an industrial company owned by jim mccoll obe purchased the yard for 600 000 . 1 clyde blowers capital will invest between 8 and 60 million in the shipyard and anticipate growing the workforce by up to 400 employees . contents 1 history 2 yard numbers 3 references 4 external links history edit newark castle to the left adjacent to ferguson s shipyard . the company was founded by the four ferguson brothers peter daniel louis and robert who left the fleming & ferguson shipyard in paisley to lease the newark yard in port glasgow in march 1903 . 2 the ferguson brothers acquired the freehold in the newark yard in 1907 . the company was purchased by john slater ltd. amalgamated industries in 1918 but was returned to the control of the ferguson family in the late 1920s . lithgows ltd. purchased an interest in the business in 1955 after bobby ferguson s death 2 and took control of the company in 1961 . the company remained a separate entity within the scott lithgow group from 1969 to 1977 . 2 the company was nationalised and subsumed into british shipbuilders in 1977 . the business was merged with the ailsa shipbuilding company to form ferguson ailsa ltd. in 1980 . 2 ferguson and ailsa were separated again in 1986 and ferguson merged with appledore shipbuilders in devon to form appledore ferguson . by the late 1980s the only yards still held in state ownership were the smaller appledore and ferguson yards . 3 ferguson was demerged from appledore and acquired by greenock based engineering firm clark kincaid in 1989 and started trading as ferguson shipbuilders . 2 clark kincaid itself was acquired by kvaerner and became kvaerner kincaid in 1990 . ferguson shipbuilders ltd. was sold by kvaerner to ferguson marine plc in 1991 . the entire shareholding in ferguson marine was acquired by the holland house electrical group in 1995 . 4 former owner kvaerner kincaid was sold to scandiaverken in 1999 and later ceased manufacturing at its cartsburn site in greenock during 2000 . in september 2014 following the acquisition by clyde blowers capital the company was renamed ferguson marine engineering ltd. yard numbers edit the company applied yard numbers which started from the end of the sequence used by fleming & ferguson from 1902 . it then used yard numbers which started from the end of the sequence used by the ailsa yard from 1985 . references edit wikimedia commons has media related to fergusons shipyard . ferguson shipbuilders sold to clyde blowers capital . retrieved 10 september 2014 . a b c d e goodwin karin 5 march 2007 . history of a shipbuilding family . bbc news . bowen david 4 september 1994 . britain misses the boat after years in the doldrums there are new opportunities for the shipbuilding industry worldwide . but the once great yards of britain may now be too weak to take advantage says david bowen . the independent . london . the last family run shipyard clydesite magazine 2005 external links edit official site shipyards of the clyde ferguson lithgows scott stephen fairfield h & w yarrow connell barclay curle henderson inglis denny john brown lobnitz beardmore modern timeline of british shipbuilding companies 1960 present 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 hawthorn leslie & company caledon sh b. & eng . co. robb caledon shipbuilding henry robb harland and wolff harland & wolff heavy industries ailsa shipbuilding company ferguson ailsa ailsa & perth ferguson brothers ferguson shipbuilders lithgows scott lithgow scott lithgow scotts sh b. & eng . co. greenock dockyard co. swan hunter & wigham richardson swan hunter group swan hunter smiths dock co. john readhead & sons hall russell & co. hall russell a & p austin & pickersgill north east shipbuilders ltd. a & p appledore international a & p group william doxford & sons appledore shipbuilders dml appledore babcock marine appledore cammell laird & company vsel coastline cammell laird a & p shiprepair nwsl clss vickers armstrongs vickers ltd. shipbuilding marconi marine vsel bae systems marine bae sub . solutions yarrow & co. y w. sh b. ltd. upper clyde shipbuilders ysl marconi marine ysl bae surf . flt . solutions bvt surface fleet bae systems surface ships fairfield sh b. & eng . co. govan sh b. kvaerner govan charles connell & company scotstoun marine john brown & company marathon clydebank uie scotland alexander stephens & sons w. denny & bros. a. & j. inglis simons & lobnitz barclay curle j. i. thornycroft & co. vosper thornycroft vosper thornycroft vt group vosper & co. british hovercraft corporation hoverwork ltd. griffon hoverwork griffon hovercraft ltd. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1960s 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