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Subject: Sunderland Shipyards Alfred Simey & Co
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:35:48 EST

In a message dated 20/03/2006 11:19:26 GMT Standard Time,
writes:
I could find out anything about the Sunderland shipyard called 'A Simey &
Co' in the mid-late 1800s? I've found records on the Internet of ships
built/repaired there, and I know the owner was a member of my father's family,

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Hi Mary,
Alfred Simey & Co. started building wood ships at the Strand Slipway, Strand
Street, Monkwearmouth in 1861, and finally built in iron until 1879.
Apparently they built 33 ships totalling 15,142 tons. Alfred Simey was the son of
Lloyd's Wear Surveyor T.B. Simey who had run his own yard on the Wear before
becoming a surveyor. Simey Sr. was questioned by Lloyd's about his connection
with his son's yard, which he claimed he had only loaned money for. However a
year later his services were discontinued by Lloyd's, although on leaving he
received an annuity of 200 pounds a year.
There were a number of other prominent Simeys in Sunderland at that time,
including Thomas C. Simey, Timber Merchants, Ayres Quay: Thomas Charles Simey,
Merchant & Shipbroker: Ralph Simey, solicitor and Hon. Sec. to the Board of
Trade Navigation School.
Regards Stan Mapstone
www.mapstone.org

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