There are two reasons why Glasgow shipbuilding eventually failed. Failure of the Yards to modernise effectively, and the refusal in the final times, of the workforce to continue to live in poverty and be exploited by the rich.
It was the guy from Scott's Greenock showed the Japanese how to build ships in a modular system and mirror image building for muti-ship contracts for identical sister ships,yet he never upgraded his own yards to do the same. I served my time in Scotts Cartsburn and Klondyke yards(1978-1982),the heavy machinery was ancient then!
Very interesting thanks. A book I'm reading tells me Glasgow was a story told throughout the British shipbuilding industry. Interesting that a state enforced merger of the entire Glaswegian industry played a part in its ultimate demise. The same story is true for the British car industry after it was consolidated into British Leyland. I guess politicians are poor micromanagers.
Well presented Glasgow is gradually improving with new housing new company's moving in and retail is main employer in the city it has taken Glasgow 60 years to recover but Glasgow also re invents itself there are pockets of poverty still within the city that needs addressed Glasgow is a very vibrant city the population of greater Glasgow is over 1.2 million more people have just moved out towards the suburbs there are multiple regeration projects ongoing today and for the future this will take time glaswegians are very good people and tourists are now coming to Glasgow to see this great city
The Cunard Queens of Clydebank disgree. The RMS Queen Mary - Still holds the record for the most people carried on any ship in history at any given time, 16,000 people. Also transported a significant fraction of the US troops that fought in WW2 alongside the RMS Queen Elizabeth. The RMS Queen Elizabeth - Still holds the record for the largest riveted ship ever built. The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) - Still holds the record for the most distance ever travelled by any ship in history, 6,000,000+ miles. And that's just 3 of the 30,000+ ships built on this river. In 1913 we produced 34% of all shipping by tonnage in the world. That's 1/3rd of global shipping output all on one river.
Thank you for the exciting video. Hope you make more. It is sad, although not in Glasgow, the parody of the two Scottish administration ferries being built in Greenock. The cost to the taxpayer of Scotland’s ferry fiasco firm is approaching a ‘scandalous’ half a billion pounds, five years late, still not finished.
No, during Queen Victoria’s rule, Glasgow was named as The Second City of the British Empire. Other contenders were Manchester and Birmingham. The only thing that Liverpool gave the former empire was ‘Cilla Black’.
There are two reasons why Glasgow shipbuilding eventually failed. Failure of the Yards to modernise effectively, and the refusal in the final times, of the workforce to continue to live in poverty and be exploited by the rich.
It was the guy from Scott's Greenock showed the Japanese how to build ships in a modular system and mirror image building for muti-ship contracts for identical sister ships,yet he never upgraded his own yards to do the same. I served my time in Scotts Cartsburn and Klondyke yards(1978-1982),the heavy machinery was ancient then!
Great video, currently working in the govan shipyard so appreciated someone covering this part of Glasgows history, cheers pal
Very well-made and educational video. Keep up the good work.
No it isn’t, it is full of inaccuracies and photographs of other places. Whoever made this obviously hasn’t done their research properly.
Thanks for an accurate video on Glasgow's shipbuilding industry and it's sad decline. Very interesting. 👍👍
Very interesting thanks. A book I'm reading tells me Glasgow was a story told throughout the British shipbuilding industry.
Interesting that a state enforced merger of the entire Glaswegian industry played a part in its ultimate demise. The same story is true for the British car industry after it was consolidated into British Leyland. I guess politicians are poor micromanagers.
Brilliantly researched and presented. Thank you
Thatcher was responsible to a great extent for the demise of shipbuilding on the Clyde, especially the lower Clyde.
Well presented Glasgow is gradually improving with new housing new company's moving in and retail is main employer in the city it has taken Glasgow 60 years to recover but Glasgow also re invents itself there are pockets of poverty still within the city that needs addressed Glasgow is a very vibrant city the population of greater Glasgow is over 1.2 million more people have just moved out towards the suburbs there are multiple regeration projects ongoing today and for the future this will take time glaswegians are very good people and tourists are now coming to Glasgow to see this great city
i could point out a few mistakes but overall this vid good stuff!
Great video
Glasgow built the ships that made the Empire great
The empire wasn't great!!!
You’ve got your information for this from where?
Verry integrering video
Great history
So well done. Who are you??
They never understood the word "quality" in Scotland. Only "cheap".
Cunard might disagree with you there having built a lot of their luxurious ocean liners here eg Queen Mary, Lusitania, QE2 etc
The Cunard Queens of Clydebank disgree.
The RMS Queen Mary - Still holds the record for the most people carried on any ship in history at any given time, 16,000 people. Also transported a significant fraction of the US troops that fought in WW2 alongside the RMS Queen Elizabeth.
The RMS Queen Elizabeth - Still holds the record for the largest riveted ship ever built.
The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) - Still holds the record for the most distance ever travelled by any ship in history, 6,000,000+ miles.
And that's just 3 of the 30,000+ ships built on this river. In 1913 we produced 34% of all shipping by tonnage in the world. That's 1/3rd of global shipping output all on one river.
Clyde built equated to a R R standard of ship building.
What a load of nonsense you speak, Clyde built is two words that I used all over the world like R R.
@@carltrotter7622that’s incredible. Thanks for the information
The unions killed the ship building the car manufacturers the steel works and the mines militants were the reason for their demise
Thank you for the exciting video. Hope you make more. It is sad, although not in Glasgow, the parody of the two Scottish administration ferries being built in Greenock. The cost to the taxpayer of Scotland’s ferry fiasco firm is approaching a ‘scandalous’ half a billion pounds, five years late, still not finished.
Glasgow wasn't known as the second City of the British Empire that British City and Title was given to Liverpool .
Glasgow was named the second city of the empire in the 19th century. Not Liverpool
No, during Queen Victoria’s rule, Glasgow was named as The Second City of the British Empire. Other contenders were Manchester and Birmingham. The only thing that Liverpool gave the former empire was ‘Cilla Black’.
The historical film footage in this documentary isn't even geographically accurate 😅.
Some of the pictures and footage didn't match the narration, that's true, but he narrated a very concise and accurate story, so well done to him.