by magoonigal » Fri May 25, 2012 11:15 pm
I know, confusing is'nt it!
Really it should be "The Hebburn Shipyard of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd"
But Lloyds always has Hawthorn, Leslie (S.B.) Ltd Newcastle.
Vickers-Armstrongs (S.Bs) Ltd gets Newcastle as well whilst Swan Hunter and Clelands get Wallsend.
The Mercantile Navy List has Hebburn-on-Tyne.
As you say it probably had a lot to do with where the Head Office was situated as well.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.