Browsing "Charles Palmer"

Palmer Memorial Hospital

Born on November 3rd 1822, Sir Charles Mark Palmer a successful shipyard/steel company owner not only gave Jarrow much needed [...]

Feb 22, 2012

Sir Charles Mark Palmer and his brother George set up a shipyard at Jarrow on the south bank of the [...]

Feb 17, 2012

Come the 1900′s Palmer workforce would be in excess of 9,000 men and boys. Charles Palmer also held major interests [...]

Feb 16, 2012

The ‘John Bowes’ had a long life span. Some 81 years in which she served as a stores vessel in [...]

Feb 16, 2012

1860 was the year ‘Port Mulgrave’ was launched. This was to be the first vessel, off the assembly lines so [...]

Feb 15, 2012

There were more than 100 ships commissioned by the Royal Navy, but this in no way diminished his shipbuilding for [...]

Feb 14, 2012