 's leadership the company continued to build a steady stream of cargo ships, tugs and a barge "Bristol Safe", later rebuilt in 1912 to be the 129 t twin-screw ketch-rigged steamer "Garthavon".Things changed in 1910 when John Payne Jnr.died, leaving the company to be run by Mrs. Amelia Payne, who set up a limited company as John Payne Ltd, to run both the shipyard and towage business.