Editing Economy of Gibraltar (section)

=== 20th Century History ===

* [[1902]] - An air lock diving-bell plant and barge are imported to install heavy moorings in Gibraltar’s rocky seabed.<ref>"Entrance to a Diving-Bell". ''Illustrated London News'': 1 (Cover). 25 March 1906.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1917 |title=The Times History of the War. Vol. X |url=https://archive.org/stream/timeshistoryofwa10lond/timeshistoryofwa10lond#page/60/mode/1up |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.org/stream/timeshistoryofwa10lond/timeshistoryofwa10lond#page/60/mode/1up}}</ref><ref>Davis, RH (1909). Diving Scientifically and Practically Considered. Being a Diving Manual and Handbook of Submarine Appliances (6th ed.). Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey: Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd. p. 693.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-07-26 |title=Getting Down to the Job |url=http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/Getting_Down_to_the_Job.htm |access-date=2025-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040726095307/http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/Getting_Down_to_the_Job.htm |archive-date=26 July 2004 }}</ref>
* [[1914]] - Two Bland Group ships are attacked by [[U-boat|German submarines]].
* [[1931]] - [[GB Airways|Gibraltar Airways]] is launched.
* [[1969]] - The [[Gibraltar–Spain border|Spanish-Gibraltar border]] closes, and the Bland Group shifts its focus to tourism.
* [[1972]] - Gibraltar Industries is founded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gibraltar Industries, Inc. |url=https://www.key.com/businesses-institutions/our-transactions/deals.gibraltar-industries-inc.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com}}</ref>
* [[1984]] - The HM Dockyard is sold to [[A&P Group]], later passed to the [[Government of Gibraltar]] as Gibraltar Ship Repair.<ref>{{Citation |title=Speer, Rear-Adm. F. Shirley Litchfield-, (24 March 1874–31 May 1922), RN; Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard since 1919 |date=2007-12-01 |work=Who Was Who |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u203183 |access-date=2025-02-26 |publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u203183 }}</ref>
* [[1990]] - The HM Dockyard is taken over by Norway’s [[Kværner]], then closed in 1996 for 18 months.