John Crown & Sons Ltd, was a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
shipbuilding company founded in 1847 and based on the
River WearThe River Wear is located in North East England, rising in the Pennines and flowing eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea at Sunderland.-Geology and history:...
, Sunderland.
Ships built by John Crown & Sons Ltd
Naval vessels
- River-class frigate
The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....
- Castle-class corvettes
The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943...
- HMS Farnham Castle
HMS Farnham Castle was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.She was laid down at John Crown & Sons Ltd in Sunderland on 25 June 1943 and launched on 25 April 1944 before being commissioned on 31 January 1945 -References:...
- HMS Hedingham Castle
HMS Hedingham Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy named after Hedingham Castle in Essex.She was originally to have been called Gorey Castle . She was launched at John Crown & Sons Ltd in Sunderland on 30 October 1944...
- Flower-class corvettes
The Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...
- HMS Burdock
- HMS Campion
- HMS Heliotrope
- HMS Hollyhock
HMS Hollyhock was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy.Hollyhock was laid down at John Crown & Sons Ltd on 27 November 1939 and launched on 19 August 1940...
- HMS Bullrush
- HMS Bugloss
- Isles-class trawler
The Isles class trawlers were a class of naval trawler used by the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II....
- HMS Earraid
- HMS Filla
- HMS Gruinard
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Auxiliaries
- Tug
A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...
- Empire Ash
- Empire Belle
- Empire Dolly
- Empire Demon
- Empire Frank
- Empire Nicholas
- Empire Phyllis
- Empire Sally
- Empire Wold
- Collier
Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships. In the late 18th century a number of wooden-hulled sailing colliers gained fame after being adapted for use in voyages of exploration in the South Pacific, for...
- Empire Highlander
- Empire Lambeth
- Empire Lowlander
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See also
- List of shipbuilders and shipyards
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