A. Leslie and Company
Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn was a shipbuilding company that was started in 1853 on an 8-acre site at Hebburn Quay, Newcastle upon Tyne. The company later merged with the locomotive manufacturer R and W Hawthorn to create Hawthorn Leslie and Company in 1886, when the founder Andrew Leslie retired.
Between 1854 and 1885 the ship yard built 255 vessels. and in 1866 constructed a dry dock, which exists till present day. The company employed around 2600 men, with more jobs in ancillary trades.Ships built
In total company built 258 ships.
Some of the better-known ships built by Andrew Leslie & Co include:
- , chemical and oil product tanker, completed in 1879 for Bell & Symonds, London.
- , cargo steamship, completed in 1879 for JD Milburn, Newcastle.
- , chemical and oil product tanker, completed in 1881 for Bell & Symonds, London.
