Camper and Nicholsons

Two hundred and twenty-three years of continuous yacht building at Gosport, and the yard behind the Shamrocks, Endeavour and Gipsy Moth IV.

Founded

1782 by Francis Amos; William Camper joined 1809; Benjamin Nicholson apprenticed 1842 and the firm took his name

Acquisition

J. G. Fay & Co.'s Southampton yard, 1912

Shipyard closure

2005

• 1914 / 1930Shamrock IV / V
• 1934Endeavour — J-Class
• 1966Gipsy Moth IV — for Francis Chichester