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Temple shipbuilders was a family business in North East England during the late eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century.

Simon Temple, the Elder

Simon Temple (1728–1805) was born in Crayke, North Yorkshire. By 1780 he was advertising himself as a shipwright in South Shields.

Simon Temple, the Younger

Simon Temple (1759–1815) also born in Crayke opened a shipbuilding yard in Thrift Street, South Shields, and established a colliery in Jarrow.

William Smoult Temple

Was a shipbuilder at Jarrow (1811 - 1812).

Ships

Merchant vessels

  •  Admiral Aplin (1802 EIC ship), an East Indiaman
  •  Admiral Gambier (1807 ship)
  •  Archduke Charles (1809 ship)
  •  Atlas (1801 ship)
  •  British Hero (1809 ship)
  •  British Tar (1792 ship)
  •  Egfrid (1810 ship)
  •  Herculean (1799 ship)
  •  Hercules (1801 ship)
  •  Imperial (1802 ship)
  •  Indian (1810 ship)
  •  Lord Cathcart (1807 Shields ship)
  •  Lord Cathcart (1808 ship)
  •  Lord Eldon (1802 EIC ship), an East Indiaman
  • Lord Melville, see HMS Porpoise (1804)
  •  Malabar (1804 ship)
  •  Northumberland (1797 ship)
  •  Oswin (1810 ship)
  •  Pilot (1813 ship)
  •  Rolla (1800 ship)
  • Warrior, see HMS Vulture

Naval vessels

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