in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. Swan Hunter started to offer specialist equipment, design, engineering & project management services to the offshore renewables and subsea oil & gas energy markets. On 12 October 2016, the company announced the issue of a letter of intent for the design and build of a basket carousel loading tower. The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. Swan Hunter announced loading tower readiness on 5 May 2017 with completion of mobilisation onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea's multi-lay vessel 'Lewek Constellation' shortly thereafter. Operations The Company owned three main yards: The Neptune Yard at Walker-on-Tyne inherited from Wigham Richardson (opened in 1860 and closed in 1988) The Wallsend West Yard at Wallsend inherited from Charles Sheridan Swan (opened in 1842 and closed in 2006) The Naval Yard at High Walker inherited from Vickers-Armstrongs (opened in 1912 and closed during the 1980s) All three were on the north side of River Tyne. The company also owned the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, the yard that built the engines for the Mauretania, from 1903 until the 1980s. At various times Swan Hunter also owned Palmers Hebburn Yard, Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Yard and Readheads at South Shields which were all on the south side of the River Tyne. Ships built by Swan Hunter Naval vessels s (1942) (1938) s (1940) (1941) s s s s s H-class destroyers J-class destroyer K-class destroyer M-class destroyer U and V-class destroyer V-class destroyers W-class destroyers Type 82 destroyer Type 42 destroyers Type 14 (or Blackwood-class) anti-submarine frigates Type 22 frigates Type 23 frigates s (1973) (1973) s – Completed by BAE Systems (1977) Commercial vessels (1920) Achiever (circa 1984) Antarctic (1913) Arawa (1907) Ariosto (1940) Atlantic Causeway (1969) Atlantic Conveyor (1970) Augustina (1927) Aurania (1916) Ascania (1911) Badagry Palm (1) (1956) Bamenda Palm (1) (1958) Bello (1930) British Admiral (1917) British Character (1941) British Coast (1919) British Colony (1927) British Diligence (1937) British Dominion (1928) British Empress (1917) British Endurance (1936) British Fame (1936) British Fusilier (1923) British Governor (1926) British Gratitude (1942) British Grenadier (1922) British Gunner (1922) British Harmony (1941) British Hussar (1923) British Influence (1939) British Petrol (1925) British Pluck (1928) British Resolution (1937) British Respect (1943) British Sailor (1918) British Scout (1922) British Star (1918)