The firm of Cammell Laird originated in a boiler works in 1824 before growing and diversifying to become one of a small number of companies worldwide which could build, armour and arm the largest warships from the operations of a single company group. After World War I, it was reconstructed as a naval and mercantile shipbuilder with important financial interests in steel and rolling stock manufacture. Booming activity in World War II and continuing prosperity until the late 1950s was followed by increasing competition and deepening problems. By the 1980s the firm's remaining steel interests had failed; in 1993 the once great Birkenhead shipyard closed. How and why did the businesses grow, then experience such problems and eventually collapse? This book tries to find answers.
- ISBN10 1846314135
- ISBN13 9781846314131
- Publish Date 1 July 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Liverpool University Press
- Edition Digital original
- Format eBook
- Pages 240
- Language English