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Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company

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Cockatoo Docks and Engineering CompanyAustralian, 1933 - 1992

Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company commenced trading on 1 March 1933 taking a 21 year lease over the dockyard on Cockatoo Island from the Australian Federal Government. The Federal government decided not to renew the lease in 1987 so the shipyard was decommissioned at the end of its current lease on 31 December 1992.

Vickers-Armstrongs became the majority shareholder in 1947. In 1984 Vickers merged its Australian interests to form Comsteel Vickers. On 4 June 1986 the company was purchased by Australian National Industries (ANI).

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HARMAN in 2007 off WALSH BAY in Sydney Harbour.
Storey and Keers
1944