John Cashmore Ltd









British Rail Riddles Standard Class 5MT 73116, being scrapped in 1967


John Cashmore Ltd (also known as J Cashmore, or simply as Cashmore's or other derivations) was a company operating largely in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. It became best known for ship breaking and scrapping redundant British railway locomotives.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Ship breaking


    • 2.1 Civilian vessels




  • 3 References





History


The company was founded in 1872 by a member of the Cashmore family in Horseley Heath, Staffordshire.[1] While eventually the large part of the business was in Newport, with a business address at the Old Town Dock, the headquarters was in Great Bridge, Tipton.[2][3] Scrapping of steam locomotives from the LMR, ER and WR, also took place at Gold's Hill, Great Bridge.[1]


The ship breaking business was closed in October 1976, and the remaining business was incorporated into the Gynwed Group.[2]



Ship breaking


It ran a ship breaking business on the banks of the River Usk, which had a very high tide enabling large vessels to be moved upstream.[2] It scrapped many ex-Royal Navy ships including the following:[4]




  • HMS Bruizer (Destroyer - 1914)


  • HMS Lurcher (Destroyer - 1922)


  • HMS E27 (Submarine - 1922)


  • HMS E33 (Submarine - 1922)


  • HMS G5 (Submarine - 1922)


  • HMS Nautilus (Submarine - 1922)


  • HMS Inconstant (Light cruiser - 1922)


  • HMS Undaunted (Light cruiser - 1923)


  • HMS Gibraltar (1923)


  • HMS Cordelia (Light Cruiser -1923)


  • HMS Collingwood (Dreadnought battleship - 1923)


  • HMS H21 (Submarine - 1926)


  • HMS K2 (Submarine - 1926)


  • HMS K6 (Submarine - 1926)


  • HMS Cheltenham (1927)


  • HMS Tower (Destroyer - 1928)


  • HMS E48 (Submarine - 1928)


  • HMS G4 (Submarine - 1928)


  • HMS H30 (Submarine - 1935)


  • HMS Caterham (Minesweeper - 1935)


  • HMS Bryony (Sloop - 1938)


  • HMS Unswerving (Submarine - 1946)


  • HMS Trident (Submarine - 1946)


  • HMS Enterprise (Light Cruiser - 1946)


  • HMS Convolvulus (1947)


  • HMS Cyclops (1947)


  • HMS Colombo (1948)


  • HMS Lookout (1948)


  • HMS Delhi (1948)


  • HMS Frobisher (1949)


  • HMS Ajax (1949)


  • HMS Leamington (1951)


  • HMS Devonshire (1954)


  • HMS Magicienne (1956)


  • HMS Start Bay (1958)


  • HMS Cleopatra (1958)


  • HMS Zebra (1959)


  • HMS Cockade (1964)


  • HMS Undine (1965)


  • HMS Ursa (1967)


  • HMS Carysfort (1970)


  • HMS Troubridge (1970)


  • HMS Acheron (Submarine - 1971).


  • HMS Verulam (1972).



Civilian vessels




  • MV Reina del Pacifico (1958)


  • PS Cardiff Queen (1968)



References









  1. ^ ab "John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridge, Tipton". Sandwell Community History and Archives Service. Black Country History. 1967. PHS/553. Retrieved 25 January 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abc Jim Dyer (20 December 2011). "John Cashmore - Everything Iron And Steel". Newport Past. Retrieved 25 January 2016.


  3. ^ Cranage, John (25 June 2009). "Entrepreneur Norman Cashmore dies". Birmingham Post.net. Retrieved 23 Feb 2011.


  4. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.











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