Timeline of shipbuilding on the River Wear

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• Several new quantitative figures were added (tons launched, shipyard and employment counts) that change the industrial scale conveyed.
• Key event details were revised or specified (Laing yard movement vs opening; Austin location; Doxford bankruptcy), altering who, where, and when actions occurred.

Replace “1818 Philip Laing opened a shipyard at Deptford yard in Sunderland” with “1818 John and Philip Laing moved their shipyard from Monkwearmouth Shore to”. Replace “1826 SP Austin Sons opened a shipyard on the north side of” with “1826 Peter Austin SP Austin Sons opened a shipyard at Monkwearmouth Shore”. Add: 1825 The output of shipbuilding on the Wear was 21 000 tons Replace “1837 George Bartram started a shipbuilding yard at Hylton 1838 William Pickersgill with Messrs Miller” with “1837 George Bartram and John Lister started a shipbuilding yard at South Hylton 1838 Bertram and Lister launched”. Add: There were 76 shipyards on the Wear and 251 ships were constructed totaling 64 446 tons. Add: 1841 William Doxford went bankrupt Add: 3 100 shipwrights were employed on the Wear 1842 Only 1000 shipwrights remained on the Wear Add: 1843 Only 31 shipyards remained on the Wear and total tonnage launched Add: 1850 Over 51 000 tons of shipping was launched on the Wear Add: 1860 Laings built ten vessels nine of which were iron ships

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