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Decades of Change

Decades of Change

The 50's and 60's would see a lot happen. A massive range of upgrades and changes to leadership and directors would set the Malakoff up for tackling a massive array of projects. 

As previously mentioned, further World War 2 work would take place from William Moore & Sons' shed in Scalloway. Vitally important work on behalf of British Intelligence would go on for 6 years, but the actual work carried out is something we may never know.

However, while there was exciting news with new ownership and impeding changes to equipment and facilities, at the turn of the year in 1952 William Moore would pass away. He was one of Scalloway's oldest inhabitants. The Orcadian had become a skilled blacksmith and a known and respected businessmen who pioneered a number of advances in the Isles over the decades he operated.

At the Malakoff the upgrades would begin in the 60's with the Lower Shed becoming a carpenter's workshop for work at the pier and a decade later the Nissen hut would become a new and improved carpenters shed. As the 70's approached, there was a shift from wooden boats to steel hulls and 'bigger' boats - setting a path for where Malakoff is today, you could say.

TIMELINE

1856
10 May

The Beginning

The first advertisement for Laurence Goodlad’s Malakoff boat-building establishment features in the Shetland Times in February 1881 and it boasts very moderate prices for paints, oils,...

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1900
20 September

The Turn of the 20th Century

Laurence Odie's carpenters shed is destroyed by a fire, all while William Moore arrives in Shetland from Orkney. After working as a blacksmith for Irvine's of Boddam, Moore arrived in...

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1942
16 July

The World Wars

The Malakoff yard and William & Jack Moore played a role in both wars. During the First War, the yard was given an Admiralty contract to supply coal to vessels. During the Second War, there...

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1952
3 September

Decades of Change

The 50's and 60's would see a lot happen. A massive range of upgrades and changes to leadership and directors would set the Malakoff up for tackling a massive array of projects.  As...

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1975
22 March

The Impeding Oil Boom

A huge decade of expansion, business development and hugely improved facilities would follow once again as the Malakoff would go from strength-to-strength. With the aforementioned shift...

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1986
7 November

A Decade of Rapid Expansion

It would only be the 80's before both forms were formally amalgamated and the official name of the Malakoff would come into play. The company would become Malakoff & Wm Moore Ltd in...

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1992
19 April

Further Expansion & Voe Boats Introduced

The 90's was, yet again, a huge decade for the company as the boatbuilding facilities would see massive expansion and there would be the the introduction of the revolutionary voe boats.  In...

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2003
25 July

A New Era Dawns

A turbulent start to the early noughties would eventually turn out good for Malakoff.  The floating dock at Holmsgarth that was operated by Malakoff would stop operations in 2001, after 12...

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2013
8 October

Boat Building Progress & Giving Back

In a decade that saw huge advancements to the boat building services offered by Malakoff Limited, the company would also give back to the Shetland community.  It would be one of the most...

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