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    Thos. W. Ward Ltd was a Sheffield, Yorkshire, steel, engineering and cement business, which began as coal and coke merchants. It expanded into recycling...
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  • of his company Thos. W. Ward Limited (Company No. 81020), and its First World War-era "employee" Lizzie the Elephant. Thomas William Ward was born in Sheffield...
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  • bought by Sheffield engineer and shipbreaker Thos. W. Ward in 1934. Two years later Laycock was bought from Ward by a group of investors and put into the...
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    the first half of the 1930s before being sold off for scrapping to Thos. W. Ward. The British Admiralty took possession of her before demolition commenced...
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  • Explorer was sold for £13,500 to Thos. W. Ward for breaking up; Excalibur in turn was also subsequently sold to Thos. W. Ward. Other countries have since developed...
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    three-drum boilers fed steam turbines rated at 22,000 shaft horsepower (16,000 kW), giving a speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). One ship, Bristol, had Brown-Curtis...
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  • decommissioned on 8 December 1971. Laid up at Chatham, the ship arrived at Thos. W. Ward Grays, Essex, for scrapping on 3 June 1972. Whilst in transit from Chatham...
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    the first half of the 1930s before being sold off for scrapping to Thos. W. Ward. The British Admiralty took possession of her before demolition commenced...
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    and Briton Ferry Steelworks. Taylor's Foundry, Baglan Engineering and Thos. W. Ward serviced these industries. They were built on land close to the River...
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    1965. She was sold for scrap again in July 1965, finally berthing at Thos. W. Ward in Inverkeithing for break up in early August. One of Roberts' guns...
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