J. Samuel White built destroyers at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, including the British-built pair ordered by Poland. The discussion recalls a shipbuilding industry capable of producing vessels up to small cruisers. The former White yard and surviving cranes help identify that industrial past when approaching East Cowes by ferry from Southampton. Shipbuilding occupied both sides of the River Medina, giving the waterfront a different character from its present association with pleasure craft and sailing boats.
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J. Samuel White and the former shipyards of Cowes
Polish destroyer orders and surviving waterfront cranes reveal the scale of Cowes's former warship-building industry.