SIR W.G. ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH AND COMPANY.

The Advertiser (Adelaide) Tuesday 21 July, 1903.

THE NEW STEAMER GRANTALA

A SPLENDID VESSEL.

On May 28 the new screw passenger steamer

Grantala, built to the order of the Adelaide

Steamship Company, was successfully launched

from the Walker Shipyard of Sir W. G. Armstrong,

Whitworth, & Co. The Grantala, which is a sister 

ship to the Yongala (recently launched from the same 

yard) is intended for the Commonwealth passenger and 

cargo trade.

Yongala was launched 29 April, a month before. 

http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Armstrong_Whitworth

Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co of Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Armstrong, Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.

1899 the company produced the third largest tonnage of ships in the UK - 57 540 tons. Naval ship construction formed a large component of production.

For overview see:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth

courtesy Tyne Built Ships site.