Appledore Shipyard, 1a Hubbastone Road, Appledore, Northam, Bideford, Devon EX39 1LZ

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"Appledore Shipbuilders was founded in 1855/56 at the Richmond Shipyard when the first open building dock was constructed. In those early days vessels up to 2,000 tons dead-weight could be constructed. The Richmond Dock remained the main facility until 1969/70 when the totally enclosed "Ship Factory" was constructed."

https://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/home/1578533/appledore-shipyard-reaches-key-milestone.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appledore_Shipbuilders

2025: "Appledore Shipbuilders is a shipbuilder in Appledore, North Devon, England.In October 2003, the Appledore shipyard went into receivership,[10] and in early 2004 was acquired by DML, the operators of Devonport dockyard.[11] The company was reconstituted as Appledore Shipbuilders (2004) Limited and was run by the DML subsidiary DML Appledore. During this period the yard's main activity was the installation of machinery packages and other systems for luxury yachts for Devonport Yachts Ltd.[12]

In June 2007, Babcock International Group acquired DML, including its operations at the Appledore Shipyard, renaming them Babcock Marine Appledore. A Royal Navy contract secured 300 jobs in Appledore until 2015.[13] The Appledore yard constructed elements of the two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Bow sections for HMS Queen Elizabeth were completed in April 2010 and were barged to Rosyth Dockyard for integration with other modules.[14] The yard then built flight deck sponsons and centre blocks for Queen Elizabeth.[15] From 2012, Appledore built similar sections for Queen Elizabeth's sister ship HMS Prince of Wales.[15]

Babcock announced in November 2018 that it had no future for the shipyard, which closed on 15 March 2019. The last vessel to be built at the yard was the LÉ George Bernard Shaw, an Irish Naval Service vessel.[16][17][18]

In August 2020, InfraStrata (owners of Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff) bought the dormant shipyard for £7 million.[19] The deal saw the shipyard renamed H&W Appledore.[20]

In July 2022, the shipyard won a £55 million contract to refit former Royal Navy mine-hunting ship HMS Quorn (M41) which is expected to be passed to the Lithuanian navy in 2024.[21] "

The yard is currently owned by Harland & Wolff. https://www.harland-wolff.com/facilities/appledore/ 

Harland & Wolff acquired by Navantia UK https://www.harland-wolff.com/contact/

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Shipyard

1a Hubbastone Road

Appledore

Bideford EX39 1LZ

Email

navantiauk@navantia.es

Phone

0330 124 0427

Website

https://www.harland-wolff.com/contact/

https://www.harland-wolff.com 

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