McTay Marine


McTay Marine was a shipbuilder in Bromborough, Merseyside from 1974 to 2016.

History

McTay Marine Ltd was founded in 1974 as a subsidiary of McTay Engineering Ltd, of Bromborough, Wirral, with the intention to build small ships. Over the following 39 years the company went on to build over 120 vessels, many of them being complex and innovative designs. Among the company's successes is the building of the first beam trawler in the United Kingdom, which was also the largest built up till that time. The first tug built by the company was the United Kingdom's first "Voith" tug, and the second built was the UK's first "Azimuth" fitted tug to be built. The McTay built tug Trafalgar became the world's most powerful "Voith" tug on its completion and delivery in 1998.
McTay Engineering had been set up in 1963 by James McBurney and Jim Taylor. McTay Engineering specialised in the construction of storage tanks and associated plant. Taylor and McBurney had, prior to the formation of McTay Engineering been employed by another shipbuilding company, and in 1973 they began to consider the building of small workboats and launches, which led to the formation of the subsidiary McTay Marine Ltd in 1974.
The company went into liquidation in 2015 and the shipyard was taken over by Carmet Marine Ltd.

Facilities

McTay Marine Limited was a world-renowned reputation in the design, build and delivery of specialised ships and workboats since its inception back in 1974. Located at its 6-acre site at Bromborough on the banks of the River Mersey this longstanding icon in small ship construction built over 120 complex vessels over a period spanning well over thirty-years. The shipyard is now owned by Carmet Marine Ltd.
The shipyard has a fully equipped build hall and engineering workshop; build hall is 80 metres in length by 25 metres in height with 10.4-metre-high doors opening directly onto the slipway. Engineering shop is 50 metres in length and is directly adjacent. Overhead cranage is available in the form of one 25- and two 5-ton travelling cranes; engineering shop has similar capacities to hand.
The slipway is again fully equipped and has a maximum 300-tonne capacity, and can be used for both vessel repairs and also launch activities.
Mobile cranes, elevating work platforms and forklifts are also available to support both build and repair activities.
The build hall can comfortably accommodate a new build in either steel or aluminium to 80 metres LOA and 20 metres in beam; modifications in build methodology are such that these constraints can also be flexed to suit the individual project requirements.
In summary the following is available;
Shannon is a harbour and coastal tug, originally built in 1981 as the Eldergarth. The tug is noteworthy as the first British-built Azimuthing Stern Drive tug. Shannon has been acquired by Emu Limited and re-equipped in Southampton with a suite of specialist winches and a stern mounted ‘A’ frame.
During heavy rain, London's sewage storm pipes overflow into the River Thames, sending dissolved oxygen levels plummeting and threatening the species it supports. Two dedicated McTay vessels, oxygenation barges Thames Bubbler and Thames Vitality are used to replenish oxygen levels, as part of an ongoing battle to clean up the river, which now supports 115 species of fish and hundreds more invertebrates, plants and birds.
The £6.5M contract, to build the superstructure and assemble CRV Leonardo for NATO, safeguarded the jobs of McTay's 60-strong workforce. The Coastal Research Vessel now monitors submarine activity in the Mediterranean.
Yard NoNameDateTypeOwner
1Unknown1973LaunchTImbacraft Ltd.
2Quintail1973WorkboatTarbert Boatyard
3Unknown1974Survey LaunchScott Watson
4Sterling Steel1974YachtR Talbot-Smith
5Sue Anne1974WorkboatT H Jones
6Sharon Vale1974Fishing VesselGeo Moody
7Unknown1974WorkboatGrangemouth Boatmen
38Canada1981TugCurrently Svitzer
40Eldergarth/Shannon1981ASD TugCurrently Emu
41Rowangarth1981ASD TugCurrently Svitzer
45Hendra1982FerryShetland Islands Council
46Bon Marin de Serk1983FerryIsle of Sark Shipping Co.
49Stirling Elf1983Offshore Supply VesselStirling Shipping Co. Ltd
52Deft1984Voith TugDover Harbour Board
53Dextrous1984Voith TugDover Harbou Board
54Bramley Moore1984Tugnow Smit Liverpool
68Point Halifax1986ASD Tugnow Leonard M owned by McKeil Marine Ltd. https://mckeil.com/our-fleet/leonard-m
75Cathy M1986FerryJames Molinary Ltd, Gibraltar
79Thames Bubbler II1988Oxygenation bargeThames Water Utilities
82Moorhen1989Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
83Moorfowl1989Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
84Chartwell1989Survey VesselOsiris Hydrographic
87199045m ro-ro ferryOrkney Ferries
88199045m ro-ro ferryOrkney Ferries
115Fidra1995Firefighting tug
116199635m ro-ro ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
117Lyndhurst1996Tug
118Lady Alma1996Tugnow Svitzer Alma
119Trafalgar1998Tugnow Smit Trafalgar
120Thames Vitality1997Oxygenation bargeThames Water Utilities
1211998FerryArgyll and Bute Council
122Marigold1998Trawler
123Oban2000TenderRoyal Maritime Auxiliary Service
124Oronsay2000TenderRoyal Maritime Auxiliary Service
125Omagh2000TenderRoyal Maritime Auxiliary Service
1272001FerryStrangford Lough ferry
128200230m coastal research vesselNATO
129200350m ro-ro ferryCaledonian MacBrayne
130VitalMulti-Role Vessel 17m2013CARMET TUG Company Limited