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'''Laird Brothers''' was a British shipbuilder originally founded by William Laird and his son John as '''Laird, Son & Company''' in 1828.

==History==
Laird's began with warship construction in the 1840s and was a leader in large vessels by 1885.  Their primary yard was at Birkenhead.{{Burt1986|p. 9}}

John Laird was joined by his three sons in 1860 and the company became '''John Laird, Sons & Company'''.  After John Laird's death in 1874, the three sons continued operation as '''Laird Brothers'''.

The company merged with the Sheffield steelmakers Charles Cammell Co. in 1903 to become [[Cammell Laird]].

==Shipbuilding==
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{|border=1
|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
|-
|{{UK-Euphrates|f=p}}||iron screw troopship||24 Nov, 1866||Sold 23 Nov, 1894
|-
|{{UK-Captain|f=p}}||masted turret ship||27 Mar, 1869||Foundered 7 Sep, 1870
|-
|{{UK-1Vanguard|f=p}}||central battery ironclad||3 Jan, 1870||Collision 1 Sep, 1875
|-
|{{UK-Ant|f=p}}||gunboat||14 Aug, 1873||Sold 2 Jun, 1926
|-
|{{UK-Cuckoo|f=p}}||gunboat||14 Aug, 1873||Sold 1959
|-
|{{UK-Hyaena|f=p}}||gunboat||30 Aug, 1873||Sold 3 Apr, 1906
|-
|{{UK-Weazel|f=p}}||gunboat||4 Sep, 1873||Disposed of after 1904
|-
|{{UK-Clive|f=p}}||troop ship||1882||Sold ''c''. 1919
|-
|{{UK-1Albacore|f=p}}||gunboat||13 Jan, 1883||Sold 1906
|-
|{{UK-1Mistletoe|f=p}}||gunboat||7 Feb, 1883||Sold 1907
|-
|{{UK-Watchful|f=p}}||gunboat||13 Feb, 1883||Sold 1903
|-
|{{UK-Lawrence|f=p}}||troop ship||15 Jun, 1886||Sold ''c''. 1922
|-
|{{UK-Onyx|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||7 Sep, 1892||Sold Aug, 1924
|-
|{{UK-1Renard|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||13 Sep, 1892||Sold 4 Apr, 1905
|-
|{{UK-1RoyalOak|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||5 Nov, 1892||Sold 1914
|-
|{{UK-Minto|f=p}}||troop ship||22 Mar, 1893||Sold 1925
|-
|{{UK-TB97|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1893||Sold 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Ferret|f=p}}||destroyer||9 Dec, 1893||Sunk 1911
|-
|{{UK-1Lynx|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Jan, 1894||Broken up 1912
|-
|{{UK-Banshee|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Nov, 1894||Broken up 1912
|-
|{{UK-1Contest|f=p}}||destroyer||1 Dec, 1894||Broken up 1911
|-
|{{UK-1Dragon|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Dec, 1894||Broken up 1912
|-
|{{UK-Quail|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Sep, 1895||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-2Sparrowhawk|f=p}}||destroyer||8 Oct, 1895||Wrecked 1904
|-
|{{UK-Thrasher|f=p}}||destroyer||5 Nov, 1895||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Virago|f=p}}||destroyer||19 Nov, 1895||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Mars|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||30 Mar, 1896||Sold 9 May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Earnest|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Nov, 1896||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Griffon|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Nov, 1896||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Locust|f=p}}||destroyer||5 Dec, 1896||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Panther|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Jan, 1897||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Seal|f=p}}||destroyer||6 Mar, 1897||Broken up 1921
|-
|{{UK-Wolf|f=p}}||destroyer||2 Jun, 1897||Broken up 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Express|f=p}}||destroyer||11 Dec, 1897||Broken up 1921
|-
|{{UK-Orwell|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Sep, 1898||Broken up 1922
|-
|{{UK-Glory|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||11 Mar, 1899||Sold 19 Dec, 1922
|-
|{{UK-Lively|f=p}}||destroyer||14 Jul, 1900||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Sprightly|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Sep, 1900||Broken up 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Exmouth|f=p}}||pre-dreadnought||31 Aug, 1901||Sold 15 Jan, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Foyle|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Feb, 1903||Mined 15 Mar, 1917
|-
|{{UK-Itchen|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Mar, 1903||Torpedoed 6 Jul, 1917
|-
|{{UK-Arun|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Apr, 1903||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Topaze|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||23 Jul, 1903||Sold 22 Sep, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Blackwater|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Jul, 1903||Collision 1909
|-
|{{UK-1Diamond|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||6 Jan, 1904||Sold 9 May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Liffey|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Sep, 1904||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Moy|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Nov, 1904||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Ouse|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Jan, 1905||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Test|f=p}}||destroyer||6 May, 1905||Sold 30 Aug, 1919
|-
|{{UK-Stour|f=p}}||destroyer||3 Jun, 1905||Sold 30 Aug, 1919
|-
|{{UK-PC44|f=p}}||patrol boat||25 Apr, 1917||Sold Dec, 1921
|}
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==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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*{{Burt1986}}
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