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McGEOCH’S SUCCESS
CONTINUES AT HOME &
ABROAD
Published 1st October 2021
As
highlighted
in
our
September
blog,
the
annual
British
Industries
Fair
event
was
the
perfect
opportunity
for
McGeoch
to
exhibit
and
secure
orders
for
the
company’s
fast-developing
range
of
products
including
both
domestic
and
marine
lighting
and
ships’
brassfoundry
being
manufactured at the Warwick Works in Birmingham.
In
1956,
there
had
been
an
impressive
list
of
overseas
visitors
to
the
McGeoch
stand
at
the
event
and
many
key
contacts
had
been
established
in
countries
where
ships
were
being
built.
These
included
Belgium,
Denmark,
Egypt,
France,
Holland,
Israel,
Norway
and
Sweden.
Further
afield
in
both
Australia
and
Canada
shipbuilding
was
also
booming
with
buying
offices
maintaining
at
least
a
sneaking
preference
for
British
made
ships’
fittings
however
marked
their
political
independence
had become.
At
home,
the
principal
Clyde
Shipyards
still
had
enough
tonnage
on
the
stocks
to
contribute
largely
to
McGeoch’s
order
book.
John
Brown
had
‘Saxonia
II’,
‘Ivernia
II’,
‘Carinthia’
and
‘Sylvania’
and
Fairfield
had
‘Empress
of
Britain’
to
name
only
the
largest
ships.
Other
British
yards
were
also
busy
enough to supplement the company’s output substantially.
McGeoch’s
reputation
for
high
quality
marine
lighting
and
electrical
control
equipment
successfully
continued
throughout
the
next
decade.
Apart
from
a
wealth
of
naval
contracts,
the
1966
order
book
included
Kungsholm
fittings
for
John
Brown
and
one
of
the
company’s
largest
contracts
for
Queen
Elizabeth
II
cabin
furnishings
which
was
to
be
completed
by
1968.
This
was
to
be
a
splendid
climax
to
the
company’s 136th year of business!
Queen Elizabeth II was built on Clydeside by John Brown
Shipbuilders for the Cunard Steamship Company.
She was launched on 20th September 1967 by the Queen and
began her maiden voyage on 2nd May 1969.