Online Archives and other Links

At We Made Ships we have tried to bring together a range of online historical sources that tell the stories of shipbuilding in the North East of England. Here are some of the searchable online archives that will help you to dig deeper in to that history.

Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums: https://twarchives.org.uk/
Beamish People's Collection: http://collections.beamish.org.uk/
Co-Curate: Sharing stories from Northern England: https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/
Port of Blyth Heritage: https://www.blythmaritimearchive.org.uk/
Imperial War Museum: https://www.iwm.org.uk/

This site includes many individual links, but here we have listed the main websites you may find useful to go to for further information. These are grouped by region.

North East Shipbuilding

England's North East: has a page specifically about the region's shipbuilding heritage, but also a wealth of other local information: https://englandsnortheast.co.uk/Shipbuilding.html
Grace's Guild to British Industrial History includes pages for many of the shipyards and other businesses mentioned on this site: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/

Blyth Shipbuilding

Port of Blyth: http://portofblyth.co.uk/history/

Tyne Shipbuilding

Jarrow Crusade Facebook page tells the story of the famous march in 'real time': https://www.facebook.com/JarrowCrusade/
Chronicle Live site has a range of 'nostalgia' posts that often use historical images. Search for 'shipbuilding': https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/
Tyne Built Ships is a crowd-sourced site with information about every ship built on the Tyne: http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/
The BBC had a featured section on Tyne shipbuilding, but the site is now archived and some links no longer work. The page on Remembering Swan Hunter is still available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/01/29/swan_hunter_website_feature.shtml
TWAM's Collectiosn Project is an old educational site about the famous Mauretania. Some links no longer work: http://collectionsprojects.org.uk/mauretania/

Wear Shipbuilding

Chronicle Live site includes Wearside and Sunderland stories. Search for 'shipbuilding': https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/
Sunderland Echo's website has a range of stories about shipbuilding, but unfortunately doesn't have a search button: https://www.sunderlandecho.com/retro
The Sunderland Maritime Heritage site contains information about Sunderland's many shipyards: https://www.sunderlandmaritimeheritage.org.uk/shipbuilding
Wear Built Ships is a crowd-sourced site with information about every ship built on the Wear: http://www.sunderlandships.com/

Tees Shipbuilding

Tees Built Ships is a crowd-sourced site with information about every ship built on the River Tees, Hartlepool and Whitby: http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/
Stockton Heritage's website includes a resource pack about the River Tees: https://heritage.stockton.gov.uk/media/1048/a_brief_history_of_the_river_tees.pdf