Irvine Shipyard

Loudoun Montgomery Primary School

 

left:
Irvine shipyard

right:
'Lalandia', 4348 tons, launched July 1914, completed 1915, bombed 1942

In 2013-14, the P5/P6 pupils of Loudoun Montgomery Primary School (pictured) adopted the Shipyard as a local heritage project. They researched shipbuilders, the ships built, the local companies who supplied parts, and much else. The pupils also created personal responses to the sea and the ships, in stories and poems (including the now-departed 'City of Adelaide'). Below is a selection of the work produced (with a link to a second page of their work), in photo and in video - reflecting the hard work and enjoyment of the pupils during the project. Congratulations to the Loudoun Montgomery team for their excellent contribution to the Harbourside Heritage project.

 

Shipbuilding in Irvine - a summary

 

Enjoy any or all of . . . Each item opens in a new window (for presentations: Open, then F5 to run)

  • Images of Irvine Harbour - view presentation in PowerPoint97 OR Office2010
  • Ships built in Irvine 1912-1936 - view in Powerpoint97 OR Office2010
  • Ships built at Ayrshire Dockyard Company - read pdf
  • Shipbuilding at Irvine - a timeline - view presentation in PowerPoint97 OR Office2010
  • SS 'Fairy Queen' 1893 - read pdf
  • Ayrshire Dockyard Company - the timeline - view presentation in PowerPoint97 OR Office2010
  • From shipbuilding site to Maritime Museum - view presentation in PowerPoint97 OR Office2010
  • Suppliers to the Shipyard - view example naming local firms
  • The Carrick (City of Adelaide) in pictures - view presentation in PowerPoint97 OR Office2010 - the 'City of Adelaide' is the world's oldest clipper ship - the last survivor of the clippers which took migrants to Australia in the 19th century.
  • My Life & Work - The Carrick (City of Adelaide) - by Rebecca Swanson - read pdf - or watch on YouTube
  • My Life & Work - The Carrick - by Stephen Lang, read by Keelan Martin - read pdf - or watch on YouTube
  • The Harbour - a poem by Caitlyn Canale - watch on YouTube
    I can see the wonderful, calm sea crashing across the beautiful big boats.
    I can touch the smooth, slippery pebbles lying soothed in the hot burning sand.
    I can hear the sound of the crashing waves in a big beautiful shell.
    I can taste the salt on my cracked dry lips when I come out of the salty sea.
    I can smell the tasty marvellous picnic lying on a ripped raggedy rug.
  • Shipbuilding - a poem by Lauren Fulton - watch on YouTube
    I can see the shipyard workers high up doing his/her job on the ship and woodwork.
    I can touch the seriously smooth ship in the shipyard.
    I can hear the riveters bashing the big, bold rivets into the ship.
    I can taste the disgusting taste of the smelly smoke.
    I can smell the paint fumes swooshing softly past my nose.
  • Sense Poem - by Kaydence McCartney - watch on YouTube
    I can see swirling swooping seagulls softly landing in the waves.
    I can touch slimy slippery sticky watery-red sea anemone on the rocks.
    I can hear the crashing, wondrous, dangerous, dark salty sea.
    I can taste gritty horrible sand in my sandwiches.
    I can smell perfect picnics and braising barbecues.
  • Shipbuilding - a poem by Emma-Mai Morrison - watch on YouTube
    I can see workers toiling in the shipyard.
    I can touch slimy, slithery, slidy, engine oil spilling out of the engines.
    I can hear riveters, riveting rivets into the steel iron boats.
    I can taste tar tingling at the back of my throat.
    I can smell acrid smoke gathering up to a big cloud of smoke in the shipyard.
  • The Harbour - a poem by Emma Wallace - watch on YouTube
    I can see swirling, spotty, scattering, seagulls swinging through the sky.
    I can touch rocky, ragged rocks rejecting the rushing water.
    I can hear walloping waves washing up wasted waste.
    I can taste a sack of salt suffering in my small mouth.
    I can smell a frisky, fresh, fierce, fish, finally caught by a fisherman.

 

The wall displays at Loudoun Montgomery Primary School

Search for the hotspots & click them !! (then back button to return) . . . and More on a second page)

 

More of the pupils' work >> (on a second page)

 

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