Established in 1824, Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd, Birkenhead, has a long and proud history on the banks of the River Mersey including the building of RMS Mauretania in 1938 and HMS Ark Royal in 1936, an aircraft carrier of World War Two fame. As one walks through the gates to-day, the yard and shipbuilding has changed considerably but you still get a feel for its history and a huge abundance of new enthusiasm and pride from the top to the bottom. The yard specialises in commercial repair, conversion, heavy fabrication and military refit projects, then in 2010 shipbuilding returned, when Cammell Laird received a £44m contract to build two 12m. high sections of the middle and aft flight deck for HMS Queen Elizabeth, the new 65,000 tonnes aircraft carrier being built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance for the Royal Navy.