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Sentence Examples Clinker shipbuilding was a genuine craft, in which the shipwright remained close to his materials. In 1855 he established Mort's dry dock at Balmain, and progressed from shipbuilding to locomotive manufacture and general engineering. With evidence like that, it's not at all hard to see why teak is commonly used in the construction, shipbuilding, and outdoor furniture industry. The documentary record for shipbuilding firms on the Thames is practically non-existent. When he learnt of a valuable Baltic convoy carrying timber and tar for shipbuilding due into port, he waited to ambush it off Scarborough. During the age of sail, the Thames River region was the leading shipbuilding area in Britain. Spain needed pine for tar, turpentine, and wood-essential naval stores for its shipbuilding industry in Cuba. The state is focusing on 15 industries, from shipbuilding to aerospace engineering. Born in Glasgow in 1850, he migrated at the age of four to Quebec, where his father built up a lucrative career in shipbuilding and lumber. One of the first documentaries with a strong social conscience, it illustrates the social impact of shipbuilding on the depressed local economy. There are more fields to go into like shipbuilding and building skyscrapers and bridges and stuff. A third tradition of Atlantic shipbuilding involved light-framed vessels covered with hides. Mining, shipbuilding and heavy industry had always ensured the man's place in society, but prosperity transformed the region beyond recognition. The short-termism that has characterised shipbuilding on the Clyde for decades has to end. His empire was based in real estate, but he branched into everything from cotton to shipbuilding to insurance. Exports are driven mainly by shipbuilding, mineral oils, machinery and equipment. The site currently comprises three dry docks, one of which will be filled in to facilitate construction of a large shipbuilding hall. Fishing is one of the oldest industries in Kuwait, as are pearling and shipbuilding. The Swedish shipbuilding company, Kockums has constructed seven Landsort class minehunters for the Swedish Navy. He is currently revising his dissertation, a study of World War II merchant shipbuilding on San Francisco Bay, for publication. Show More Sentences Lillesand was once a fishing and shipbuilding town, but now it plays host to rich Norwegians on holiday, or who have taken up residence. Prime Minister Curtin emphasized Australia's need for an adequate merchant navy and shipbuilding and repair facilities. However, Scotland's steel industry was over-reliant on the fluctuating fortunes of the British shipbuilding yards. By late 1899, he managed to acquire the goodwill of their insolvent shipbuilding business. The company often hires firms that have no shipbuilding experience to design critical spaces. Despite all this, until recently little was known about medieval ships and shipbuilding. I got a job in a large shipbuilding firm and for the first two weeks I didn't touch a drop of alcohol. Two billion German marks have been invested in the area's shipbuilding but the figures still show South Korea forging ahead. Railway engine manufacture was Glasgow's second largest heavy industry, after shipbuilding. A new expanded yard at Portsmouth will be the most modern naval shipbuilding facility in the world. Prosecutors say Kim covered up the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars from the chaebol's shipbuilding and trading companies to bankroll the car company. That opened a period of intense growth in scientific knowledge in the area of steamship mechanics, shipbuilding, hydrography and shipboard artillery. Thanks to his patronage of events such as the biennial, the city is the cultural capital of this nation made wealthy by oil, shipbuilding and business. Among Kangaroo Island's earliest industries, apart from the whaling and sealing, were shipbuilding, salt harvesting, quarrying and the production of eucalyptus oil. The evolution of the shipbuilding tradition of Sulawesi is considered. Like shipbuilding or steel-making, the careful planning and building of a national power system is one of those remarkable things, requiring titanic skills, now all but lost. The long decline of shipbuilding had a downward multiplier effect on these regional economies which became the depressed areas of inter-war Britain. It invested over 773,000 taels to reconstruct the shipbuilding factory. There was slave labor available, but shipwrights, machinists, sailmakers, and all the skilled trades required in shipbuilding were in critically short supply. Welcome to Ravenscraig, the ruins of a steelworks that once employed 13,000 people to produce the metal used in Scotland's shipbuilding and heavy engineering industries. Show More Sentences Union bosses called on the Government to give a greater commitment to UK aerospace and shipbuilding industries when placing publicly funded orders. Five million marks annually was allocated to run the navy, with a total budget of 408 million marks for shipbuilding. He anticipated that German industry, now heavily involved in shipbuilding, would back a campaign to maintain a higher construction rate. Kearsarge was built at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, under the 1861 American Civil War emergency shipbuilding program. During this period, Bristol became a shipbuilding and manufacturing centre. Traveling through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire. Shipbuilding replaced trade as the major activity on the river and shipbuilding companies were rapidly establishing themselves on the river. The immediate postwar period saw a severe reduction in warship orders which was balanced by a prolonged boom in merchant shipbuilding. During the Middle Ages, shipbuilding had become an important industry for the town. These and other raids prompted a shipbuilding program at the dockyards of Seville. Iberian kingdoms developed expertise in both cannon manufacturing and shipbuilding. There is no evidence that these were adopted in Western shipbuilding by direct emulation. After a rapid decline in the town's steel industry, shipbuilding quickly became Barrow's largest and most important industry. By 1790 Sunderland was building around nineteen ships per year making it the most important shipbuilding centre in the United Kingdom. In 1678 Stockton was building ships and Yarm also had a shipbuilding activity at that time. The shipbuilding company of William Gray was established here in 1862 and Gray became one of the most influential men in the town. After his return to Scotland in 1424, he established a shipbuilding yard at Leith, a house for marine stores, and a workshop. James V did not share his father's interest in developing a navy and shipbuilding fell behind that of the Low Countries. Louis' recent shipbuilding programme had given France the largest navy in Europe. In addition to agriculture, slave labor was increasingly used in mining, shipbuilding and other industries. Show More Sentences During this period Bristol also became a centre of shipbuilding and manufacturing. Docks were developed along with a shipbuilding industry, flour milling and soap manufacture on the river's Cheshire bank. In 2010, Malta managed to privatise telecommunications, postal services, shipyards and shipbuilding. The shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh has seen rapid growth with exports to Europe. This pattern can be seen in textile production, mining and eventually steel, shipbuilding, rail working and other industries. Major industries include iron, steel, chemicals, food processing, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding and construction. It was not until industry transformed the linen and shipbuilding trades that the economy and the population boomed. The Jersey way of life involved agriculture, milling, fishing, shipbuilding and production of woollen goods. The industrial belt of central Scotland, also a major shipbuilding centre in Glasgow, was also hard hit by the slump. The Firth of Clyde like the River Clyde has historically been an important centre of shipbuilding and shipping. Traditionally, Aberdeen was home to fishing, textile mills, shipbuilding and paper making. Other references to Indian timber used for shipbuilding is noted in the works of Ibn Jubayr. There is considerable knowledge regarding shipbuilding and seafaring in the ancient Mediterranean. His treatise on shipbuilding treats three kinds of galleys and two kinds of round ships. The industrial revolution made possible the use of new materials and designs that radically altered shipbuilding. Brunel's Great Eastern represented the next great development in shipbuilding. Between 1906 and 1908, output of the Clyde shipbuilding industry declined by 50 percent. After his return to Scotland in 1424 he established a shipbuilding yard at Leith, a house for marine stores, and a workshop. The emphasis on electronics came about due to the decline in traditional Scottish heavy industries such as shipbuilding and mining. In May 1917 Eric Geddes, based at the Admiralty, was put in charge of shipbuilding, and in July he became First Lord of the Admiralty. Show More Sentences The village was founded around the harbour and shipbuilding industry, but is now best known as a seaside resort with a high quality beach. The origins of naval shipbuilding on Milford Haven were in the private shipyard of Jacobs on the north side of the Haven at Milford. Milford Haven has experienced a history of boom and slump in shipbuilding, fishing, as a railhead and an ocean terminal. By 1870, shipbuilding had ceased at New Quay but most of the men living there still went to sea. Conversely, industries such as petrochemical industry and shipbuilding would fall under heavy industry. Birkenhead is perhaps best known for the shipbuilding of Cammell Laird, and for the town's seaport. Historically, the Port of Barrow and BAE cover a large area, so that Barrow is one of the country's largest shipbuilding centres. The coal and shipbuilding industry that once dominated the North East suffered a marked decline during the second half of the 20th century. The island acted as a natural shelter, which allowed the development of Barrow's large shipbuilding yards. Consequently, the shipbuilding industry developed in many islands, from small fishing boats, to whaling sloops to larger passenger services. Changes in shipbuilding in the rest of Europe led to the demise of the longship for military purposes. In the 18th century, after the Great Northern War, the city's economy boomed with shipbuilding and trade. The Vikings were major contributors to the shipbuilding technology of their day. Cebu's industry helps make the Philippines the 5th largest shipbuilding country in the world. The Bay of Fundy's ports and basins became major shipbuilding and shipping centres in the 19th Century. The communities around the Minas Basin were sustained by fishing, logging, farming, mining, boat building and shipbuilding. Naval shipbuilding and construction remain key as well, with Bath Iron Works in Bath and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. Maine has a longstanding tradition of being home to many shipbuilding companies. Other such examples of shipbuilding families were the Skolfields and the Morses. During the 18th and 19th centuries, wooden shipbuilding of this sort made up a sizable portion of the economy. Show More Sentences Southern cities like Cadiz and Seville expanded rapidly from the commerce and shipbuilding spurred on by the demands of the American colonies. Around Bell Water Gate some private shipbuilding or repair may have existed in the 15th century. Mughal India had a large shipbuilding industry, which was also largely centered in the Bengal province. Despite being one of the UK's leading shipbuilding centres, the Associated British Ports' Port of Barrow is only a minor port. In the early 1990s, the decline of shipbuilding led to mass redundancies in the area. The forests which covered it in ancient times supplied the Greeks and Sicilians with timber for shipbuilding. Utilizing their great skills in shipbuilding and navigation they raided and conquered parts of France and the British Isles and Ireland. Several local companies specialise in shipbuilding and repairs to small tonnage craft. The Russian shipbuilding industry is today involved in new fast landing craft activities with Dugon-class assault landing vessels. Revenues declined in its minicomputer selling program, marine engineering and shipbuilding. The evocative images of their embarcation and installation by Erika Barahona Ede recall Bilbao's heroic shipbuilding and industrial past. A MERSEYSIDE shipbuilding firm is to be prosecuted over the death of a welder who became trapped while driving a forklift truck. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the economy of the North was dominated by heavy industry such as weaving, shipbuilding, steelmaking and mining. Traditionally, the Scottish economy has been dominated by heavy industry underpinned by shipbuilding in Glasgow, coal mining and steel industries. Historian Andrew Thorpe argues that Labour lost credibility by 1931 as unemployment soared, especially in coal, textiles, shipbuilding, and steel. Teignmouth has a tradition of shipbuilding from the 17th century. The industry declined in the early 20th century, but in 1921 Morgan Giles bought the last derelict shipbuilding yard and gave the industry a new stimulus. Much shipbuilding is carried out in the shipyards around the Baltic Sea. Oman has a long tradition of shipbuilding, as maritime travel played a major role in the Omanis' ability to stay in contact with the civilisations of the ancient world. The loss rate was higher in certain periods than others, reflecting greater or lesser attention and standards of shipbuilding, organization, supervision, training, etc. Show More Sentences The development of shipbuilding facilitated the spread of bronze. This shipbuilding technology continued through the classical period. The energy and carbon from coal underpinned the development of the iron and steel, chemicals, shipbuilding and other industries around these ports. From 1904 to 2004, the Thornycroft shipbuilding yard was a major employer in Southampton, building and repairing ships used in the two World Wars. By the end of the 1950s, however, the rise of other shipbuilding nations, recapitalised and highly productive, made many European yards uncompetitive. In the same time frame it is estimated that over 300 firms have engaged in shipbuilding on Clydeside, although probably a peak of 30 to 40 at any one time. Soon, the Clyde gained a reputation for being the best location for shipbuilding in the British Empire, and grew to become the world's preeminent shipbuilding centre. When the theatre of operation moved to the Atlantic, this role was assumed by Portsmouth and Plymouth, with Chatham concentrating on shipbuilding and ship repair. In fact, with clever utilization of resources and a mammoth shipbuilding program, the Union managed to steadily increase the blockade throughout the war. The main industries in Emden are automobile production and shipbuilding. When the Dutch started to become competitors of the Hansa in shipbuilding, the Hansa tried to stop the flow of shipbuilding technology from Hanseatic towns to Holland. Historically it was a major seafaring town, with both the shipping and fishing industries using the port, with shipbuilding also being a major industry. The 1820s saw the birth of the area's renowned shipbuilding tradition when John Laird opened his shipyard in Birkenhead, later expanded by his son William. Barrow has a long and complex history of shipbuilding and maritime trade. By 1727 shallow draught boats could get upstream beyond Hereford, and a significant shipbuilding industry developed at Monmouth, Llandogo, Brockweir and Chepstow. The valley woodlands were carefully managed to produce mature trees for shipbuilding, or by coppicing for charcoal, and to provide bark for tanning. Manufacturing in Scotland has shifted its focus, with heavy industries such as shipbuilding and iron and steel declining in their importance and contribution to the economy. The shipbuilding industry on the River Clyde increased greatly from the 1840s and by 1870 the Clyde was producing more than half of Britain's tonnage of shipping. After the Industrial Revolution in Scotland, the Scottish economy concentrated on heavy industry, dominated by the shipbuilding, coal mining and steel industries. Cedars, already ravaged by centuries of shipbuilding, were driven nearly to extinction in the twentieth century by the introduction of a parasite. Show More Sentences They funded sawmills that supplied cheap wood for houses and shipbuilding. Modern shipbuilding makes considerable use of prefabricated sections. Where state subsidies have been removed and domestic industrial policies do not provide support in high labor cost countries, shipbuilding has gone into decline. Conversely, Croatia is privatising its shipbuilding industry. Outside Medieval Europe, great advances were being made in shipbuilding. The Indians also exported teak for shipbuilding to ancient Persia. Sur was one of the most famous shipbuilding cities of the Indian Ocean. In the 17th century, the Somers Isles Company suppressed shipbuilding, as it needed Bermudians to farm in order for it to generate income from the land. The Harland and Wolff shipbuilding firm was created in 1861, and by the time the Titanic was built, in 1912, it had become the largest shipyard in the world. Belfast is at the western end of Belfast Lough and at the mouth of the River Lagan giving it the ideal location for the shipbuilding industry that once made it famous. The company in a press release Friday said it will construct the six 550-tonne pipelaying vessels at its shipbuilding facilities in The Netherlands. What came out of the industrial revolution was a period when the Northeast of England's economy was dominated by iron and steel, coal mining and shipbuilding. Although agriculture remained important, industries such as weaving, metallurgy, sugar refining, ceramics, and shipbuilding were introduced and developed. Over the centuries, deforestation for the shipbuilding, charcoal, forest glass, and brickmaking industries has left the Low Weald with only remnants of that woodland cover. For many years, PTC has worked closely with the shipbuilding industry. Han China developed advanced cartography, shipbuilding, and navigation. He had trained in shipbuilding at Northfleet and, with Joshua Field, became a partner in his father's firm, trading as Maudslay, Sons and Field of North Lambeth. The region was renowned for shipbuilding in the medieval period, when its shipyards catered to major powers in Eurasia, including the Mughals and Ottomans. In Glasgow, as guests of Lord Blantyre, the delegation stayed at Erskine House and given tours of shipbuilding and steel fabrication facilities on banks of the River Clyde. Situated near the mouth of the Merrimack River, it was once a fishing, shipbuilding and shipping center, with an industry in silverware manufacture. Show More Sentences Major industries include textiles, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding, steel, electronics, energy, construction materials, chemicals, ceramics, food processing, and leather goods. Indian shipbuilding, particularly in Bengal, was advanced compared to European shipbuilding at the time, with Indians selling ships to European firms. The fluyt was a recent breakthrough in Dutch shipbuilding design that sailed faster, carried more cargo and needed less crew than conventional ships of the time. Coppiced hardwoods were used extensively in carriage and shipbuilding, and they are still sometimes grown for making wooden buildings and furniture. In May 2004, it was reported that the company was considering selling its shipbuilding divisions, BAE Systems Naval Ships and BAE Systems Submarines. Examples from Classical Literature It was the change from wood to metal that caused the decline of shipbuilding in Canada. In the introduction of shipbuilding improvements they are without a rival still. Some came to fish, some to purchase furs of the Indians, and some for timber for shipbuilding. But the French designs in shipbuilding were generally better than the English. The chief industries are the manufacture of bed and table linen, towelling and woollen cloth, shipbuilding and flax-spinning. These are the vital questions in the art of both shipbuilding and playwriting. The engineering works and shipbuilding yards at Clydebank are famous, and at Dumbarton there are others almost equally busy. I put it there to show the progress we have made in shipbuilding since that day. Not long after the death of Champlain there was a world-wide advance in shipbuilding. All they had to do with the shipbuilding was to bank their rake-off. In the eighteenth century shipbuilding in Quebec continued to flourish. There was something of a shipbuilding flavour in the following story. Most of these men work in the shipbuilding yards of Belfast. Tommy Proctor, a former towage industry worker, also gave a talk about shipbuilding in the North East. The first Canadian shipbuilding was the result of dire necessity. The first American naval shipbuilding program, An Act to Provide a Naval Armament, March 18, 1794, was drafted in response to Algerine pirate attacks. Treasury Department, draws clear parallels from the decline of the domestic shipbuilding industry to the present-day trade dispute with the subsidized carriers. Find more words! 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What is the adverb for shipbuilding? What is the adjective for shipbuilding? What is the noun for shipbuilding? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words shipbuilders shipbuilder shipborne shipboard ship shiny ship-building shiplap shipless shipload shiploads shipman 12-letter Words Starting With s sh shi ship shipb shipbu shipbui shipbuil shipbuild shipbuildi shipbuildin