William Scott Shipbuilders

1756), was part of a well known Scottish shipbuilding family from Greenock,[1] and moved to Barnstaple, England, in the late-18th century to engage in the timber trade.

With Christopher Scott (probably his brother) he purchased his first vessel in around 1810, the barque William for the New Brunswick to Baltic route.

[3] William Patterson joined the firm as Scott's assistant[4] and together they built the steam packet Lord Beresford for the Channel Islands run.

Several sail and steam vessels followed, including the first steamship entirely constructed in Bristol, the packet Wye in 1826 and several West Indiamen.

Despite steady output from the yard and activity in the timber trade, William Scott was called in by the creditors in 1830, and the final vessel, the steamer Nautilus was completed in 1831.