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| Location: | Ironmongers' Hall, The Barbican, London |
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| Date of formation: | 1782 |
| Company assocation: | Shipbuilders |
| Order of precedence: | 59th |
| Motto: | Within The Ark Safe For Ever |
| Website: | www.shipwrights.co.uk |
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Shipwrights have not, unlike other Livery Companies, ever received a Royal Charter. Instead, it is considered incorporated "by prescription" because the body has for a long time (since the twelfth century) used the title. The Company was made a Livery Company in 1782. The Company is no longer, as is the case with other Livery Companies, a trade association for members of the trade, in this case, shipbuilding. Now, the Company supports maritime research and various charities.
The Shipwrights' Company ranks fifty-ninth in the order of precedence for Livery Companies. Its motto is Within The Ark Safe For Ever.
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