Swan Hunter (Neptune)

1860-1988

Low Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

54.980556, -1.533889 · 10 feet

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Woodside Avenue, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, England, NE6 4LT, United Kingdom

Nearby Locations

		Km
Swan Hunter (Wallsend)		0.6	021°
Hawthorn Leslie		0.6	066°
APCL Group Ltd Tyneside		1.0	066°
Vickers-Armstrong		1.4	188°
Royal Marines Reserve Tyne	EGG11	3.4	241°
Spiller's Wharf		3.4	244°

The main series of integrated yard numbers from Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson days (with the Wallsend yard) ended with HMS Bristol in 1967.

After its closure in 1988, it has become the Neptune Yard and Offshore Technology Centre.

Ships

Royal Navy
1973	Type 82 Bristol class	D23	HMS Bristol
1977	Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class	D88	HMS Glasgow
1978	Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class	D87	HMS Newcastle
1980	Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class	D89	HMS Exeter
1985	Type 42 (Batch 3)	D98	HMS York
1988	Type 22 (Batch 2) Boxer class	F96	HMS Sheffield
1990	Type 22 (Batch 3) Cornwall class	F87	HMS Chatham
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
1965	OL class	A124	RFA Olmeda
1966	Ness class	A339	RFA Lyness
1967	Ness class	A345	RFA Tarbatness
1974	Rover class	A273	RFA Black Rover
1974	Rover class	A271	RFA Gold Rover