Shipyard
A shipyard (also called a dockyard) is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial construction. The terms are routinely used interchangeably, in part because the evolution of dockyards and shipyards has often caused them to change or merge roles.
National Shipyard
It was intended to develop the yards for the construction of prefabricated ships of the "N" design. Parts would be manufactured in other parts of the country, and moved to the shipyards by rail for assembly. The first ships were scheduled to be launched in October 1918. The shipyards themselves were to be built by Royal Engineers and German prisoners of war, with the ships being assembled by civilian labour. In March 1918 Geddes stated that the monthly output of British shipbuilding yards would have to be nearly doubled before the monthly rate of sinking was made good.