Private company

Richard Dunston

English shipbuilder

Richard Dunston was a British shipbuilding company based on the River Humber in England. Founded in 1858, the firm evolved from building wooden inland barges far from the coast to becoming a pioneer of fully welded steel ship construction.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1858Founded¹

Industryshipbuilding¹
HeadquartersHessle¹

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

TID 164, Chatham Historic Dockyard - geograph.org.uk - 894384 — Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons³

Richard Dunston was a British shipbuilding company based on the River Humber in England. Founded in 1858, the firm evolved from building wooden inland barges far from the coast to becoming a pioneer of fully welded steel ship construction.²

Timeline

1858Founded Founded¹

Links

WikipediaRichard Dunston
WikidataQ7325319

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataRichard Dunston on Wikidata
2
WikipediaRichard Dunston on Wikipedia
3
Wikimedia CommonsRichard Dunston photo by Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0