Historical Naval Data

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Length of Slips in the Major Naval Yards and Royal Dockyards 1942

Swan Hunter (Wallsend)
2 x 900+ ft
1 x 700-750ft
4 x 600-650ft
2 x 350-400ft

Vickers-Armstrongs (Newcastle)
2 x 900+ ft
1 x 800-900ft
1 x 550-600ft
1 x 500-500ft
3 x 450-500ft
2 x 400-450ft

Fairfield
1 x 900+ ft
1 x 750-800ft
3 x 600-650ft
1 x 550-600ft

John Brown
1 x 900+ ft
1 x 800-900ft
1 x 650-700ft
1 x 600-650ft
1 x 550-600ft
2 x 450-500ft

Cammell-Laird
1 x 800-900ft
2 x 700-750ft
3 x 600-650ft 
1 x 500-550ft
3 x 450-500ft

Vickers-Armstrongs (Barrow)
1 x 800-900ft
1 x 750-800ft
1 x 650-700ft
3 x 600-650ft
6 x 550-600ft
2 x 400-450ft
2 x 350-400ft

Harland and Wolff 
1 x 900+ ft
5 x 800-900ft
2 x 650-700ft
1 x 600-650ft
5 x 550-600ft
2 x 500-550ft
1 x 450-500ft
1 x 400-450ft

Hawthorn Leslie
1 x 700-750ft
1 x 650-700ft
1 x 600-650ft
2 x 500-550ft
2 x 450-500ft
1 x 400-450ft
1 x 300-350ft

Alexander Stephen & Sons
1 x 650-700ft
1 x 600-650ft
1 x 550-600ft
1 x 400-450ft

Denny
4 x 500-550ft
2 x 450-500ft
2 x 400-450ft
1 x 350-400ft

Scotts
3 x 650-700ft
2 x 600-650ft
2 x 500-550ft
7 x 450-500ft

Thornycroft
2 x 450-500ft
2 x 400-450ft
2 x 350-400ft
1 x 250-300ft

J. Samuel White
3 x 400-450ft
3 x 350-400ft
1 x 150ft

Yarrow
3 x 400-450ft
1 x 350-400ft
1 x 300-350ft

Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
1 x 600-650ft

Devonport Royal Dockyard 
1 x 750-800ft
1 x 400-450ft

Chatham Royal Dockyard
1 x 600-650ft
1 x 500-550ft

(Source: Building for Victory p 171, George Moore, Appendix 3)

Further contrast with the 1914 situation here:
www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritish-Shipbuild02.htm
www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritish-Shipbuild03.htm

This shows us that the principle absences from 1914 were Beardmores and Palmers