Titan Cantilever Crane, John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank is a Grade A listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1989. Shipbuilding yard, crane. 4 related planning applications.
Titan Cantilever Crane, John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank
- WRENN ID
- peeling-rampart-hawk
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- West Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1989
- Type
- Shipbuilding yard, crane
- Address
- Titan Cantilever Crane, John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank, G81 1YR
- OS grid reference
- NS 494 697
- Coordinates
- 55.89734, -4.40872
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Titan Cantilever Crane, located at John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank, was constructed between 1907 and 1914, with the crane itself built in 1907 by Sir William Arrol and Co Ltd in collaboration with Stothert and Pitt for John Brown. This impressive structure is a giant cantilever crane with a capacity of 150 tons, which was upgraded to 200 tons in 1937. It is positioned on the west side of the fitting out basin and features a lattice girder tower that supports a roller track. This track allows the asymmetrical cantilever truss gib to rotate, with a motor room and counterweight located at the shorter end.
The fitting out dock is a large U-shaped area that was formerly used for fitting out ships. It includes concrete and timber piling, along with some bollards, and features concrete-paved walkways. At the rear of the dock, concrete piers support the structure, with former plant rooms situated behind them.
Local climate
Titan Cantilever Crane, John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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