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Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company

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As part of a review of Australia's ship building capabilities, the Federal Government decided in 1987 the lease would not be renewed. Although consideration was given to terminating the lease early, in the end it ran its course until 31 December 1992, although the only work performed in the last 18
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months was decommissioning the dockyard. A lengthy legal action over various costs and liabilities between the government and ANI was settled in May 1997.
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became the majority shareholder. In February 1954, the lease was renewed for a further 20 years and 8 months, and again from 1 January 1972 for 21 years.
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were converted into troop ships at Cockatoo Island. In the eight months between August 1942 and March 1943, Cockatoo repaired four
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Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. Ltd. : ship builders, dock masters, general engineers, Cockatoo Island, Sydney Australia
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The Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company commenced trading on 1 March 1933 taking a 21-year lease over the dockyard on
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each owning 38%, with the remaining 24% held by smaller investors. On 4 June 1986, the company was purchased by
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From the early 1960s, the dockyard refitted RAN vessels including
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was a ship building and maintenance company which operated the
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Having held a minority shareholding since 1937, in 1947
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the dockyard was the main ship repair facility in the
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Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company Ltd (1933),
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Index

Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Cockatoo Island
Australian National Industries
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Cockatoo Island
Sydney

Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island
Federal Government
Vickers-Armstrongs
Vickers
Commonwealth Steel Company
BHP
Australian National Industries

Frank Norton

HMAS Success
Steam Tug Wattle
HMAS Vigilant
aluminium
Grimsby-class
HMAS Yarra
HMAS Swan
HMAS Parramatta
HMAS Warrego
Tribal-class
HMAS Arunta
HMAS Warramunga

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