[2] In 1901–1902 the business moved nine miles up the River Hull to a new yard at Grovehill, Beverley purchased from Cochrane, Hamilton & Cooper.

The new yard initially produced trawlers and whalers with dredging of the River Hull allowing larger ships to be built.

[4] During both world wars it built large numbers of ships such as minesweepers and anti-submarine trawlers for the Royal Navy.

That company changed its name to Phoenix Shipbuilders Ltd in December 1976 and had a receiver appointed in May 1977,[6] resulting in the closure of the Beverley yard with nearly 180 redundancies.

[4] The site reverted to the ground landlords, Beverley Borough Council, and was later developed as the Acorn Industrial Estate.