Short Brothers of Sunderland

Short Brothers Limited was a British shipbuilding company formed in 1850 and based at Pallion, Sunderland since 1869.

[1] In 1850 George Short founded a shipyard at Hylton[1] to build small wooden ships for local users.

[1] In 1871 the yard built its first iron-hulled ship the High Stretfield and the company started using the name Short Brothers.

[1] John Y Short became a distinguished naval architect and at the 1878 Paris Exhibition he was awarded a gold medal.

[1] They included the passenger liner SS Spartan Prince, built in 1897, which spent its early years of service carrying thousands of Italian migrants to the USA.

[1] Therefore, after Short's launched the universal bulk carrier MV Carlton on 17 October 1963 and completed her in January 1964, they closed the business with the loss of 300 jobs.