Great Britain - boat builders and shipyards

Founded in Plymouth in 1965 as Marine Projects (Plymouth) Ltd.

Founded as a repair company in south England in 1827. Since 1935 producing boats (brand Moody).
In 2007 bought by Hanse Group. Since 2007 producing in Greifswald, Germany.

Mathew and John Hornsby are two brothers with a passion for boat building. In 1995 they decided to turn their pastime into a business, creating handcrafted wooden power boats from their Mother’s garden shed. They took the name Williams from their Mother’s maiden name.
In 2004 Roy Parker joined the team and together focused efforts on building a range of performance jet tenders for yachts.

In 2013, Hardy Marine came under the ownership of the Windboats Group.