Robert Steele & Company
Robert Steele & Company is a shipbuilder based in Greenock, Scotland formed in 1815 by Robert Steele and two sons. It followed dissolution of a shipbuilding partnership between Robert Steele and John Carswell, known as "Steele and Carswell."[1] The first vessel the company built was the three-masted barque Rebecca.[1] The company was one if the shipbuilders credited with the development of the four-masted barque along with Alexander Stephen and Sons.[2]
The company built twenty China tea clippers, including Ariel, Falcon, Kate Carne, Serica, Taeping and Sir Lancelot, many of which won China Tea Races.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Howard, Mark. "Robert Steele and Company: Shipbuilders of Greenock" (PDF). The Northern Mariner. Canadian Nautical Research Society. II (3): 17–29. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ Nick Robins (21 January 2014). Scotland and the Sea: The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History. Seaforth Publishing. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-1-4738-3441-5.
Shipyards of the Clyde
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