Records of Scotts of Greenock (Est'd 1711) Ltd, shipbuilders, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland

• Directors' reports and accounts 1967-1976
• Financial files 1966-1976
• Company secretary's files 1977-1981

Established in 1711 as a shipbuilding company in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, Scotts of Greenock acquired all of the machinery for its vessels from Robert Napier & Sons Ltd or James Cook, both of Glasgow, Scotland. This happened until 1825 when machinery was acquired from the Scotts' Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock. By this time, Scotts of Greenock had become part of Scott, Sinclair & Co, being incorporated as Scotts of Greenock (Est'd 1711) Ltd in 1899 at the same time as Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd.

Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd , Greenock, reformed Scotts of Greenock (Est'd 1711) Ltd as a holding company in 1967 to handle the non-shipbuilding business assets and investments not being transferred to the merged Scott Lithgow company.

In 1977, ownership of the company transferred to John Swire & Sons Ltd , London, England.

This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by function and/or format. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.

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National Archives of Scotland : 1994

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Manual file level list of the Scott Lithgow Group collection available in searchroom

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Records held by Scott Lithgow Ltd prior to acquisition by the National Archives of Scotland

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See source list on Shipping and Shipbuilding Industry available via the Glasgow University Archive Services homepage

GB 248 GD 323/3/4/8 Records of Scotts Shipbuilding Co Ltd includes correspondence, memos and reports on takeover of Scotts of Greenock (Est'd 1711) Ltd by John Swire & Sons Ltd including minutes of buy-out meetings, share transfers, accounts and press releases

GB 248 GD 319 Records of Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd

GB 248 GD 323/3 Records of Scotts Shipbuilding Co Ltd

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The fonds level of description was compiled by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 10 October 2001

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