They are the signature plate for the company that built the ship and were proudly fitted to the front of the ships bridge for all to see. They normally display the shipbuilders name and location, the unique ships yard number and the year the vessel was built. It is very rare to find the ships name on a builders plate.
Antique shipbuilders plate.
Cast brass ship builders plate:
Built by John Harker LTD,
Shipbuilders & Engineers,
Knottingley, Yorks, 1964.
Antique shipbuilders plate.
Engraved brass ship builders plate:
John Lewis & Sons LTD, No 329
Shipbuilders & Engineers, 1956, Aberdeen.
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Antique shipbuilders plate.
Cast brass ship builders plate:
Cammell Laird & Co ( Shipbuilders & Engineers ) LTD,
No 1304, 1962, Birkenhead, England.
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Antique shipbuilders plate
Cast brass ship builders plate:
Designed & built by, James Pollock sons & Co LTD,
Shipbuilders and Engineers,
London & Faversham, England.
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Antique shipbuilders plate
Cast brass ship builders plate:
No 1125, Lobnitz & Co LTD,
Renfrew, Scotland.
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Antique shipbuilders plate
Engraved brass ship builders plate:
No 1258, Turbine Steamer, "Slieve More",
Built by Denny - Dumbarton, 1932.
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Antique shipbuilders plate
Cast brass ship builders plate:
No 87, 1941, Odense steel shipyard,
Odense, Denmark.
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Antique shipbuilders plate
Engraved brass builders plate:
The Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd,
No 304
Shipbuilders & Engineers,
Dundee.
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