J. Samuel White & Company was the oldest firm n the Admiralty List and built 252 ships for the Royal Navy alone. The yard's closure in 1966 ended 300 years of ship-building during which time the company had gained acclaim from mercantile and naval customers alike.
Famed early on for fast revenue cutters and naval brigs, in it's final years Royal Navy destroyers earned it great distinction. Highly innovative, it developed and patented many pioneering products while other innovations included semi-diesel engines, heat exchangers, air conditioners and compressors, besides a range of marine thruster units.
