Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
Shipbuilding company
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders was a Scottish shipbuilding consortium, created in 1968 as a result of the amalgamation of five major shipbuilders of the River Clyde. It entered liquidation, with much controversy, in 1971. Wikipedia
Successor: Govan Shipbuilders; Scotstoun Marine Ltd; Yarrow Shipbuilders; Marathon (Clydebank)
Ceased operations: 1972
Founded: 1968
Headquarters: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Key people: Sir Anthony Hepper (Chairman); Kenneth Douglas C.B.E.(Managing Director); Sir Robert Smith (Liquidator)
Number of employees: 13,000