RAILSCOT | Royal Navy

/ /1838	Robert Napier Receives order to build engines for the Royal Navy.
/ /1839	George Biddell Airy Following work on compass use on iron vessels publishes - Experiments on Iron-built Ships, instituted for the purpose of discovering a correction for the deviation of the Compass produced-by the Iron of the Ships. This work was to lead to the Royal Navy abandoning wood built vessels for iron.
/ /1845	John Scott & Sons The Royal Navy orders its first iron built vessel with screw propulsion, with the possible name of Pegasus. This followed George Biddel Airy' work on compass deviation corrections for iron vessels.
/ /1849	John Scott & Sons HMS Greenock launched for the Royal Navy (the name Pegasus was first considered). The navy sold her to a company in 1852.
/ /1981	Scott-Lithgow Ltd HMS Challenger launched from the Cartsburn/Cartsdyke yards, (Cartsburn Shipbuilding Yard, Mid Cartsdyke Shipbuilding Yard & Cartsdyke Shipbuilding Yard (Cartsdyke East)), the last Royal Navy ship (and ship altogether) launched here.
/ /1984	Rosyth Dockyard Rosyth Dockyard becomes the only refitting site for Royal Navy nuclear submarines.
/ /1994	Rosyth Dockyard Naval base closes. Site remains open for Royal Navy work.