Fairfield : a shipyard success story 1834 - 2024 /Ian Johnston

"This is the history of a great shipbuilding yard, now the oldest but also the most modern in Britain. It is a dramatic story of the founding and rise to prominence of the company that became Fairfield, its technical triumphs and the establishment of a reputation for the highest quality in ship construction. In later years its many changes of name and ownership reflected a fierce struggle to survuive in the post-war period, a microcosm of the inexorable decline of commercial shipbuilding in Britain that devestated the industry. However, the Govan yard bucked the trend and in the 21st century acquisition by BAE Systems, followed by substanial investment, turned the old Fairfield site into the country's leading warship builder, so the future looks bright for the last of the famous Clyde shipyards."