Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Company type	Public company
Industry	Shipbuilding
Predecessor	Randolph, Elliott and Co. Randolph, Elder and Co. John Elder & Co.
Founded	1834
Defunct	1968
Fate	Merged with others to form Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
Successor	Govan Shipbuilders
Headquarters	Govan, Scotland, UK
Key people	Charles Randolph John Elder Sir William Pearce Sir James Lithgow Sir Alexander Kennedy
Products	Naval ships Merchant ships Ocean liners Marine engines
Parent	Northumberland Shipbuilding Group (1919–1935) Lithgows (1935–1965)

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War. It also built many transatlantic liners, including record-breaking ships for the Cunard Line and Canadian Pacific, such as the Blue Riband-winning sisters RMS Campania and RMS Lucania. At the other end of the scale, Fairfields built fast cross-channel mail steamers and ferries for locations around the world. These included ships for the Bosporus crossing in Istanbul and some of the early ships used by Thomas Cook for developing tourism on the River Nile.