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Swan Hunter, formerly known as 'Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson', was one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. Based in Wallsend, Tyne andamp; Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century - most famously, the RMS Mauretania which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and the RMS Carpathia which rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic. Swan and Hunter was formed in 1880. In 1903, it merged with Wigham Richardson specifically to bid for the prestigious contract to build the Mauretania on behalf of Cunard. Together they combined the forces of three powerful shipbuilding families and their bid was successful. The new company went on to build what was to become, in its day, the most famous ocean going liner in the world.
Swan Hunter, formerly known as 'Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson', was one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. Based in Wallsend, Tyne andamp; Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century - most famously, the RMS Mauretania which held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, and the RMS Carpathia which rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic. Swan and Hunter was formed in 1880. In 1903, it merged with Wigham Richardson specifically to bid for the prestigious contract to build the Mauretania on behalf of Cunard. Together they combined the forces of three powerful shipbuilding families and their bid was successful. The new company went on to build what was to become, in its day, the most famous ocean going liner in the world.