Sharpness Shipyard
Sharpness Shipyard and Drydock Ltd operates a drydock at Sharpness, Gloucestershire, at the head of the Bristol Channel, offering drydocking, repair and general maintenance for vessels up to 103 metres in length, 14.6 metres beam and 4.7 metres draft. Work includes hull and plate renewals, vessel conversions and fabrication, machinery repairs, hydraulics and general machining, electrical engineering and general steel fabrication projects. The yard also serves small craft owners with lifting, hull cleaning, painting, hardstanding and short or long-term boat and container storage. Past repair and maintenance clients listed include Westminster Dredging, Waverley Excursions Ltd, British Waterways, Gloucester Harbour Trustees and Svitzer Weismuller.
Sharpness Shipyard
Sharpness Shipyard and Drydock Ltd provides drydocking, repair and general maintenance facilities for vessels of up to 103 metres in length, 14.6 metres beam and 4.7 metres draft. Situated at the head of the Bristol Channel, the company operates and manages one of the few remaining drydocks in the south west of the United Kingdom. Its skilled workforce is also available to travel to alternative locations.
Services
- Drydocking, repair and general maintenance
- Hull repairs from shell and plate renewals through to vessel conversions and fabrications, including new bow sections
- Machinery repairs carried out in-house or through specialist service providers
- Hydraulics division specialising in hydraulic rams, plus general machining
- Electrical engineering
- General engineering, including erection of steel-framed and clad buildings, overhaul and repair of cargo loading and discharge equipment, and manufacture of material handling equipment such as grain conveyors
- Small craft services: hull cleaning, painting and general maintenance
Facilities
- Drydock accommodating vessels to 103 m x 14.6 m x 4.7 m draft
- On-site crane lifting vessels from the water up to 12 tonnes; hired-in cranes for lifts from 12 to 60 tonnes
- Lifting frames and slings to handle most vessel types, with lifts to hardstand, for maintenance or onto transport
- Hardstanding for winter storage
- Short and long-term boat storage
- General storage containers available for hire
Vessel Types
- General cargo ships
- Passenger vessels
- Tugs and dredgers
- Barges and sailing ships
- Lock gates and caissons, cranes and gantries
- Leisure craft and other small boats
Clients
Repair and maintenance work has been carried out for Westminster Dredging, Waverley Excursions Ltd, British Waterways, Gloucester Harbour Trustees and Svitzer Weismuller. A lightship was also converted at the facility over a three-year period from a standard lightship into a holistic centre and owners' home.
Location
- Sharpness Shipyard and Drydock Ltd, The Docks, Sharpness, Berkeley, GL13 9UD, United Kingdom
- Approximate coordinates: latitude 51.718611, longitude -2.480032
- Tel: 01453 811261 | Fax: 01453 811423 | Email: [email protected]