The company was established in 1848 by George Clark as a general
engineering concern based in
Sunderland. It built its first marine engine in 1854. The Company built engines for many ships including the
Saga Ruby. In 1977 the company was
nationalised and was subsumed within
British Shipbuilders and then in 1979 it merged with
Hawthorn Leslie to form
Clark Hawthorn. It then closed in 1982. ==References==