The company was established in Grangemouth by William Miller and Samuel Popham Jackson in 1885.
[2] While there they witnessed the christening and launch of the Mexican steamer Tabasqueño, after which Carnegie gave a speech at the luncheon that followed.
In 1920 the Greenock yard was itself incorporated as the Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd, while upon the split in 1918 the Grangemouth-based yard became the Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd.[1][3] The company continued to build merchant ships and some naval vessels during the Second World War, eventually producing 31 new ships during the war.
The winding up of operations in the 1980s saw the re-emergence of the Grangemouth Dockyard Company as a private concern in 1984, but it was subsequently liquidated in 1987.
[1] Records and documents relating to the company and its activities are held by the National Archives of Scotland, and Falkirk Museums.