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John Cashmore Ltd (also known as J Cashmore, or simply as Cashmore's or other derivations) was a company operating largely in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. It became best known for ship breaking and scrapping redundant British railway locomotives.
History
The company was founded in 1872 by a member of the Cashmore family in Horseley Heath, Staffordshire.[1] While eventually the large part of the business was in Newport, with a business address at the Old Town Dock, the headquarters was in Great Bridge, Tipton.[2][3] Scrapping of steam locomotives from the LMR, ER and WR, also took place at Gold's Hill, Great Bridge.[1]
The ship breaking business was closed in October 1976, and the remaining business was incorporated into the Gynwed Group.[2]
Ship breaking
It ran a ship breaking business on the banks of the River Usk, which had a very high tide enabling large vessels to be moved upstream.[2] It scrapped many ex-Royal Navy ships including the following:[4]
- HMS Bruizer (Destroyer - 1914)
- HMS Lurcher (Destroyer - 1922)
- HMS E27 (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS E33 (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS G5 (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS Nautilus (Submarine - 1922)
- HMS Inconstant (Light cruiser - 1922)
- HMS Undaunted (Light cruiser - 1923)
- HMS Gibraltar (1923)
- HMS Cordelia (Light Cruiser -1923)
- HMS Collingwood (Dreadnought battleship - 1923)
- HMS H21 (Submarine - 1926)
- HMS K2 (Submarine - 1926)
- HMS K6 (Submarine - 1926)
- HMS Cheltenham (1927)
- HMS Tower (Destroyer - 1928)
- HMS E48 (Submarine - 1928)
- HMS G4 (Submarine - 1928)
- HMS H30 (Submarine - 1935)
- HMS Caterham (Minesweeper - 1935)
- HMS Bryony (Sloop - 1938)
- HMS Unswerving (Submarine - 1946)
- HMS Trident (Submarine - 1946)
- HMS Enterprise (Light Cruiser - 1946)
- HMS Convolvulus (1947)
- HMS Cyclops (1947)
- HMS Colombo (1948)
- HMS Lookout (1948)
- HMS Delhi (1948)
- HMS Frobisher (1949)
- HMS Ajax (1949)
- HMS Leamington (1951)
- HMS Devonshire (1954)
- HMS Magicienne (1956)
- HMS Start Bay (1958)
- HMS Cleopatra (1958)
- HMS Zebra (1959)
- HMS Cockade (1964)
- HMS Undine (1965)
- HMS Ursa (1967)
- HMS Carysfort (1970)
- HMS Troubridge (1970)
- HMS Acheron (Submarine - 1971).
- HMS Verulam (1972).
Civilian vessels
- MV Reina del Pacifico (1958)
- PS Cardiff Queen (1968)
References
- ^ a b "John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridge, Tipton". Sandwell Community History and Archives Service. Black Country History. 1967. PHS/553. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Jim Dyer (20 December 2011). "John Cashmore - Everything Iron And Steel". Newport Past. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Cranage, John (25 June 2009). "Entrepreneur Norman Cashmore dies". Birmingham Post.net. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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