Richardson, Duck and Company

[1] Its premises were the former yard of engine builders Fossick of Stockton and its first vessel was the iron-hulled steamship Advance.

[1] They built about 11 vessels at Middlesbrough and then sold the yard to Backhouse and Dixon in 1862.

[1] By the end of that decade Richardson, Duck had built five hundred tramp steamers, other merchant ships and lighters.

[1] Richardson, Duck's ships in 1911 included the cargo steamship Budapest (yard no.

In 1912 Richardson, Duck built 12 ships and became a limited liability company.

[1] Richardson, Duck's wartime merchant orders included Farnworth (yard no.

In 1919 Richardson, Duck became a public company and in 1920 James and Walter Gould acquired a controlling interest in it.

Richardson, Duck built the cargo steamship Conistone as yard no. 686 and launched her in 1924. She was renamed Nollington Court in 1927 and sank in the Caribbean in 1937. [ 3 ]