1. Shipbuilding in Irvine
Ayrshire Dockyard Co To
Maritime Museum

2. This is a picture of the Ayrshire Dockyard Company in the 1920’s.

3. The ships are at a very early stage of construction – just the keel plates showing. It is possibly one of five ‘BARON’ ships whose ‘Built’ date is given as 1927 or 1928 and which were all built by Ayrshire Dockyard Irvine. The five are:
ss BARON PENTLAND Yard No 507 Launched: Tuesday, 28/06/1927 Built: 1927 Ship Type: Steamship Length: feet
ss BARON SALTOUN Yard No 508 Built: 1927 Ship Type: Cargo Vessel Length: feet
ss BARON COCHRANE Yard No 509 Built: 1927 Ship Type: Cargo Vessel Length: feet
ss BARON YARBOROUGH Yard No 511 Built: 1928 Ship Type: Cargo Vessel Length: feet
ss BARON NEWLANDS Yard No 512 Built: 1928 Ship Type: Cargo Vessel Length: feet

4. Picture showing Ayrshire Dockyard Co and Irvine harbour , late 1920’s
Picture showing Ayrshire Dockyard Co and Irvine harbour , late 1920’s. There are 3 ships docked in the harbour and 3 ships being built at the shipyard.

5. Ship yard is transformed into Ayrshire Metal Products manufacturing plant in 1961 and prospered until the late 1990’s
Ayrshire Metal Products

6. Demolition of the last remnants of Ayrshire Metal Products in 2009
Demolition of the last remnants of Ayrshire Metal Products in The successor to Ayrshire Dockyard Co site in 1961

7. Ayrshire Dockyard site is almost unrecognisable as the thriving shipyard it once was. Only the plater’s shed is intact and used by the Maritime museum to store old marine engines
Carrick

8. Entrance to the Maritime Museum at Irvine Harbour on the former shipbuilding site