G.K. Stothert & Co was a British engineering company primarily known for shipbuilding and repair founded in 1852 in Bristol, England.
History
The Bristol offshoot of the Bath-based company which later became Stothert & Pitt had been set up in St Phillips in 1837 by Henry Stothert (as Henry Stothert & Co.) with the hope of gaining orders from the Great Western Railway.[1] Edward Slaughter became a partner in 1840, resulting in the company being renamed Stothert, Slaughter & Co. By 1843 they had diversified into shipbuilding, producing two 105 ton iron screw steamers named Avon and Severn which were built for running between Newport and Bristol.[2][3] The shipbuilding part of the company moved to Hotwells in January 1852, taking over the Hotwells shipyard that had previously been operated as George Lunell & Co. The yard already had some experience of building steam engines and iron hulled ships. Stothert, Slaughter & Co. launched their first ship from this site (the Juno) in May 1853[4]