How a shipyard acquires a bad reputation

Which naval shipyard had the worst reputation?

A persistently bad yard would quickly lose naval orders, and a generally competent builder should not be blamed for a flawed ship design.

A yard that consistently turns out poor work will lose orders, change management, or cease operating as a naval builder. Quality-control concerns affected parts of the Liberty-ship programme, while the record of Cammell Laird must be separated from the controversial design of HMS Captain. Cammell Laird usually produced capable ships to the designs it was given, even though several famous ships from the yard were later lost. A shipyard's reputation therefore has to separate workmanship from faults imposed by design, procurement, or wartime production pressure.