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| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Predecessor | Randolph, Elliott and Co. Randolph, Elder and Co. John Elder & Co. |
| Founded | 1834 |
| Defunct | 1968 |
| Fate | Merged with others to form Upper Clyde Shipbuilders |
| Successor | Govan Shipbuilders |
| Headquarters | Govan, Scotland, UK |
Key people | Charles Randolph John Elder Sir William Pearce Sir James Lithgow Sir Alexander Kennedy |
| Products | Naval ships Merchant ships Ocean liners Marine engines |
| Parent | Northumberland Shipbuilding Group (1919–1935) Lithgows (1935–1965) |
The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War. It also built many transatlantic liners, including record-breaking ships for the Cunard Line and Canadian Pacific, such as the Blue Riband-winning sisters RMS Campania and RMS Lucania. At the other end of the scale, Fairfields built fast cross-channel mail steamers and ferries for locations around the world. These included ships for the Bosporus crossing in Istanbul and some of the early ships used by Thomas Cook for developing tourism on the River Nile.