Lithgows Limited is a family-owned Scottish company that had a long involvement in shipbuilding, based in Kingston, Port Glasgow, on the River Clyde in Scotland.
Then in 1908 brothers William Lithgow's sons, James and Henry, assumed control;[1] they bought the Bay yard in 1911.
[1] In 1918 Russell & Company was renamed Lithgows Ltd.[1] Further acquisitions included the Inch Yard of Dunlop, Bremner (see above) in 1919[1] (although it continued to trade under its own name until 1926), the Glen Yard of William Hamilton and Company also in 1919[1] (although it continued to trade under its own name until 1963), steel stockholders James Dunlop & Company in 1920,[1] the closed yard of Murdoch & Murray in 1923 (giving them complete ownership of the entire Port Glasgow waterfront from Bay to Inch), the Greenock enginebuilder Rankin & Blackmore Ltd also in 1923 and the Irvine-based shipbuilder Ayrshire Dockyard Ltd in 1928.
Then in 1935 Lithgows took control of the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Govan although it continued trading as a separate entity.
In 1961 Lithgows took control of Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd. at Newark (although it continued to trade as a separate entity).
[1] After 1977 Lithgows Ltd remained in family hands and their business interests diversified into hotels, electronics and aquaculture (sold in 2010).
Then in 1997 Clydeport leased the Inchgreen Drydock to UiE Scotland for ship refitting[3] and the Arrol 'Goliath' Gantry Crane was demolished.