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was completed, and it is likely the yard closed soon afterwards. Gibb Taylor itself continued to see shipbuilding until the early 18th century, when it was closed in order to extend the quays and provide additional
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did not publish their lists before 1764, and Statutory Registers did not begin until 1786. The oldest known Baylie built ship is the 280 ton (
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Francis Baylie died in 1678. No further ship builds are recorded after the large 152 ft (46 m)
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period. Baylie's later attracted several other orders for warships in the mid-1650s.
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was completed in 1669 she was the biggest ship yet built in Bristol, and in
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of 1626. Francis Baylie's first recorded navy orders resulted from
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The yard is one of the oldest named shipbuilders in Bristol, as
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was located in The Marsh, now predominantly laid out as the
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administrator talks of visiting the ship and tipping the
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Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom
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Francis Bailey (disambiguation)
Private
Shipbuilding
River Frome
shipbuilder
Bristol
merchant shipbuilder
warships
English Royal Navy

Bristol Harbour
Lloyd's of London
bm
merchantman
Parliament
fourth rate
Commonwealth of England
shipyard
Georgian
Queen Square
Quay
River Frome
city walls
Society of Merchant Venturers
third rate
Samuel Pepys
Admiralty
cabin boys

ship of the line

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