British Shipbuilders

British Shipbuilders
IndustryShipbuilding
Marine engineering
Naval architecture
Founded1 September 1977
Defunct1989 (De facto)
2013 (De jure)
FateAssets liquidated
HeadquartersNewcastle upon Tyne, England
Number of employees
87,000 (1977)
62,000 (1982)
5,000 (1987)

British Shipbuilders (BS) was a public corporation that owned and managed the shipbuilding industry in Great Britain from 1977 to the end of the 1980s. Its head office was at Benton House in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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