Austin & Pickersgill
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This Sunderland shipbuilder was formed in 1954 by the merger of S P Austin & Son Ltd (founded in 1826) and W Pickersgill & Sons Ltd (founded in about 1838). The Wear Dock Yard of S P Austin was subsequently used for repair, while shipbuilding was concentrated at Pickersgill's Southwick yard. In 1968 the firm took over Bartram & Sons Ltd and became a member company of British Shipbuilders in 1977. In 1986 Austin & Pickersgill merged with Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd to form North East Shipbuilders Ltd (NESL), but closed in 1988.
Today, the remaining part of the Sunderland yard is operated by the A&P Group, a shiprepair/construction company that takes its initials from Austin & Pickersgill and owns several shipyards in the UK.
L A Ritchie (ed): The Shipbuilding Industry, a guide to historical records (Manchester University Press 1992)
For details of the company archives see Tyne & Wear Archives Service[1]
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