William Denny & Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1747-1984
Places:	Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C100606 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6228 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1747-1958: legal papers	Glasgow University Archive Services	UGD 191	NRA 41480
2	1804-1850: financial and production records	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD260/7	See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry (1992)
3	1844-1963: financial, cost, contract and wages records	Glasgow University Archive Services	UGD 3	NRA 10829 Denny See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
4	1854-1963: drawings and technical records, press cuttings and photograph albums	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive		See Guide vol 2 1980
5	1882-1964: apprenticeship books, visitors books, specifications, plans	West Dunbartonshire Council Archive Services: Dumbarton Library	GDD84	NRA 44680
6	1883-1984: ship model test records	Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank		See M Cox, Exploring Scottish History (2nd edition, 1999)
7	1911-1955: Sir Maurice Denny's private letter books	Glasgow University Archive Services	DC 114	NRA 30891 Denny
8	c1958-1979: technical drawings and operating manuals for M.V. Koolama/Grain Trader	West Dunbartonshire Council Archive Services: Dumbarton Library	ACCN2023/4	See Annual Return 2023