former sunderland shipyard see austin & pickersgill . a & p group type private company industry marine engineering headquarters hebburn tyne and wear england number of locations 3 services ship repair and ship conversion revenue 124.3 million gbp 2013 number of employees over 600 website www.ap group.co.uk a & p group ltd is the largest ship repair and conversion company in the uk with three shipyards located in hebburn middlesbrough and falmouth . the company undertakes a wide variety of maintenance and repair work on commercial and military ships with projects ranging from a two day alongside repair period through to multimillion uk pound conversion projects lasting for a year or more . contents 1 history 2 current operations 2.1 a & p tyne 2.2 a & p tees 2.3 a & p falmouth 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established in 1971 as a & p appledore international ltd apa a joint venture technology transfer consultancy between british shipbuilding companies austin & pickersgill and appledore shipbuilders and focused on ship design and construction . 1 2 initially the business was directed towards the growing far east market as well as the americas and europe . 3 based on the production engineering solutions developed for the innovative ship factory at appledore in the late 1960s and subsequently at pallion sunderland apa developed the formal build strategy approach . this was taken up by hyundai when they developed the first modern shipyard in south korea at ulsanin the 1970s . 3 4 the build strategy template was subsequently adopted in british shipbuilders other shipyards and in the usa . 3 following sale of appledore shipbuilders to the government at the time of the collapse of its parent court line in 1974 and the subsequent nationalisation of austin & pickersgill in 1977 the shareholding was purchased by its management . 3 apa acquired the shiprepair facilities of falmouth docks & engineering company in 1984 and they remain one of the company s two major centres . 5 6 the company subsequently focused on shiprepairs rather than shipbuilding 7 becoming a & p group in 1995 5 and being acquired by royal bank development capital in 1997 . 5 over the years the company has operated shiprepair facilities in many parts of the world . from the mid 1970s until privatisation in 1994 the neorion shiprepair yard on syros was managed for the greek government . 8 dubai drydocks opened in 1983 under apa management . 9 the takeover of the former naval dockyard at gibraltar as gibrepair in 1985 was short lived a victim of local social politics . 10 in 2001 the a & p acquired cammell laird s shipyards at birkenhead teesside and tyneside 11 in 2005 a & p sold the birkenhead yard to northwestern shiprepairers & shipbuilders 12 and closed its facilities in southampton king george v dock and the four dock complex in wallsend near newcastle upon tyne in order to focus all ship repair activity in its newer facilities in hebburn a & p tyne a & p tees at middlesbrough was also retained to support the important southern north sea offshore oil and gas operations and dredging contractors ; the strategically situated falmouth operation a & p falmouth was also retained . in 2009 a & p was fully acquired by cardiff property developer bailey group ; that company had previously acquired a 50 % stake in 2006 . 13 in 2011 apa was acquired by atlantic & peninsula marine services which also has an interest in cammell laird . 14 15 current operations edit as one of only two remaining significant commercial ship repair companies in the united kingdom along with cammell laird a & p group has become a centre of excellence for ship owners and managers operating in north west europe and continues to grow a profitable and successful business employing over 1 000 skilled staff 678 employees in 2013 plus agency workers 16 in the north east and south west of england . a & p tyne edit a chemical tanker being repaired in the a & p tyne dry dock a & p tyne is located at hebburn tyne and wear uk and is positioned along the river tyne . the facility consists of two dry docks only one is currently in use two quays and a large steel fabrication shed . the facility also has eight cranes lifting up to 100 tonnes a steel workshop joinery workshop and engineering workshop . the dry dock at a & p tyne is the largest on the east coast of the uk . it is 259 metres 850 ft long 45.7 metres 150 ft wide and has a depth of 5.6 metres 18 ft below the datum of navigational charts allowing it to accommodate a wide variety of ships . the two quays are bede quay and west quay . a & p tees edit a & p tees is located in middlesbrough uk and is located on the mouth of the river tees . the yard has two dry docks and six cranes ranging up to forty tonnes lifting capacity . dry dock number one is 175.4 metres 575 ft long 23.4 metres 77 ft and has a depth of 1.7 metres 5 ft 7 in below chart datum . dry dock number two is 120 metres 390 ft long 18.6 metres 61 ft wide and a has a depth below chart datum of 0.37 metres 1 ft 3 in . like a & p tyne a & p tees has a wide variety of workshops and fabrication sheds around the site . a & p falmouth edit a & p falmouth is located in falmouth cornwall uk on the mouth of the river fal . the yard is located in the third largest natural deep water harbour in the world and is the largest ship repair complex in the uk . a & p falmouth has three large graving docks and can accommodate ships up to 100 000 dwt . number two dock queen elizabeth dock is the largest graving dock and is 252.8 metres 829 ft long 39.6 metres 130 ft wide and a has depth below chart datum of 5.6 metres 18 ft . dock number three is 220.98 metres 725 ft long 28.04 metres 92 ft wide and a depth below chart datum of 3.2 metres 10 ft . dock number four is 172.5 metres 566 ft long 26.21 metres 86 ft wide and has a depth below chart datum of 2.9 metres 9 ft 6 in . there are four wharfs in the yard county wharf duchy wharf queens wharf and south of queens wharf . the yard has six cranes with a total load capacity of 60 tonnes . it has also a steel fabrication shed engineering workshop electrical workshop and joinery workshop . see also edit list of shipbuilders and shipyards references edit clarke joe f. building ships on the north east coast . whitley bay the bewick press . p. 452 . isbn 1 898880 05 0 . a & p group about us . retrieved 29 april 2013 . a b c d lamb thomas ; a & p appledore international february 1994 . the national shipbuilding research program pdf . us department of the navy . p. 3 pdf 13 . amsden alice h 1989 . asia s next giant south korea and late industrialization . new york oxford university press inc. pp. 276 277 . isbn 0 19 505852 6 . a b c the manufacturer archived june 10 2011 at the wayback machine . hasell nick 1 june 1991 . uk falmouth ready for turn of tide . management today . retrieved 29 april 2013 . a & p group home page todd daniel 1991 . industrial dislocation the case of global shipbuilding . london routledge . p. 158 . isbn 0 415 04213 5 . dubai drydocks an introduction . shipcare and maritime management . 15 dubai supplement 3 . november 1983 . archer e g 2006 . gibraltar identity and empire . abingdon routledge . p. 62 . isbn 0 415 34796 3 . a & p holdings acquires cammell laird holdings ocean liner museum http www.walesonline.co.uk business in wales business news 2009 07 16 bailey group takes 100 stake in ship repair firm a p 91466 24164835 http www.nebusiness.co.uk business news latest business news 2011 03 02 new owner for a p tyne shipyard 51140 28260514 a & p group is under new ownership . . a & p group . retrieved 10 april 2014 . company check external links edit a & p group official website a & p group official blog 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 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s bsc british shipbuilders corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a % 26p group & oldid 741941829 categories british shipbuilders corporationcompanies established in 1971engineering companies of englandcompanies based in tyne and wearfalmouth cornwall1971 establishments in englandhidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 17 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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