Vickers-Armstrongs

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armaments manufacturer defence contractor engineering company

Vickers-Armstrongs was a major British engineering and armaments company best known for producing military aircraft, ships, and tanks during the first half of the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vickers	2
Vickers Limited	2
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd	2
Vickers, Sons and Maxim	2
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness	2
Vickers Limited (post-war reorganisation)	1
Vickers Ltd	1
Vickers aircraft	1
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft Section)	1
Vickers-Armstrongs (through Supermarine acquisition)	1
Vickers‑Armstrongs	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armaments manufacturer ⓘ defence contractor ⓘ engineering company ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
foundedBy	Armstrong Whitworth ⓘ Vickers-Armstrongs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vickers Limited
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
industry	aerospace industry ⓘ armaments industry ⓘ engineering industry ⓘ shipbuilding industry ⓘ
knownFor	heavy engineering projects ⓘ production of military aircraft ⓘ production of tanks ⓘ production of warships ⓘ
locationCountry	England ⓘ
notableClient	British Army ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ
notableProduct	Royal Navy battleships ⓘ Vickers 14-inch naval gun ⓘ Vickers 15-inch naval gun ⓘ Vickers 6-Ton tank ⓘ Vickers A1E1 Independent tank ⓘ Vickers Medium Mark II tank ⓘ Vickers 6-Ton tank ⓘ surface form: Vickers Mk.E tank Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner ⓘ Vickers Valiant bomber ⓘ Vickers Viscount airliner ⓘ Vickers Warwick aircraft ⓘ Vickers Wellesley bomber ⓘ Vickers Wellington ⓘ surface form: Vickers Wellington bomber Vickers machine gun ⓘ
operatedFacility	Brooklands ⓘ surface form: Brooklands airfield Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ surface form: Newcastle upon Tyne works Brooklands ⓘ surface form: Weybridge aircraft factory
operatedShipyard	Barrow-in-Furness shipyard ⓘ Elswick shipyard ⓘ
product	artillery ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ small arms ⓘ tanks ⓘ warships ⓘ
servedConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
successor	British Aircraft Corporation ⓘ Royal Ordnance ⓘ surface form: Royal Ordnance Factories (for some assets) Vickers-Armstrongs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vickers Limited (post-war reorganisation) Vickers-Armstrongs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
timePeriod	first half of the 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bentley → acquiredBy → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers

HMS Ajax → builder → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness

HMS Cossack → builder → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

HMS Intrepid → builder → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

Japanese battleship Mikasa → builder → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers, Sons and Maxim

Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines → builder → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine

this entity surface form: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd

Upkeep bouncing bomb → developer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

Barnes Wallis → employer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers Ltd

John Alcock → employer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers

Joseph Smith → employer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

R. J. Mitchell → employer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers-Armstrongs (through Supermarine acquisition)

Vickers-Armstrongs → foundedBy → Vickers-Armstrongs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers Limited

Brooklands Museum → hasExhibit → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers aircraft

Maxim machine gun → manufacturer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers, Sons and Maxim

RAF VC10 → manufacturer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

Vickers Wellington → manufacturer → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers‑Armstrongs

Armstrong Whitworth → mergedInto → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

Supermarine → mergedInto → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

Supermarine → parentCompany → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

Kongō-class battlecruiser → primaryBuilder → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers Limited

HMS Intrepid → shipyard → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness

Armstrong Whitworth → successor → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

Supermarine → successor → Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft Section)

Vickers-Armstrongs → successor → Vickers-Armstrongs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers Limited (post-war reorganisation)

Vickers-Armstrongs → successor → Vickers-Armstrongs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd