John I. Thornycroft & Company

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British company shipbuilding company

John I. Thornycroft & Company was a British shipbuilding firm renowned for designing and constructing naval vessels, particularly destroyers and fast attack craft, for the Royal Navy and other customers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Vosper Thornycroft 2
Vosper Thornycroft shipyard 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British company ⓘ
shipbuilding company ⓘ
associatedWith British naval engineering ⓘ
Royal Navy destroyer development ⓘ
builtFor Royal Navy ⓘ
export customers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
field marine engineering ⓘ
naval architecture ⓘ
foundedBy John Isaac Thornycroft ⓘ
hasCustomer Royal Navy ⓘ
foreign navies ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chiswick ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
industry shipbuilding ⓘ
knownFor high-speed propulsion systems ⓘ
innovative hull designs ⓘ
laterHeadquartersLocation Southampton ⓘ
Woolston ⓘ
locationCountry England ⓘ
mergedInto John I. Thornycroft & Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vosper Thornycroft
namedAfter John Isaac Thornycroft ⓘ
notableFor building destroyers ⓘ
building fast attack craft ⓘ
constructing naval vessels ⓘ
designing naval vessels ⓘ
operatedIn 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
product destroyers ⓘ
fast patrol boats ⓘ
naval auxiliaries ⓘ
torpedo boats ⓘ
serviceTo Royal Navy ⓘ
specialization high-speed naval craft ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor John I. Thornycroft & Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vosper Thornycroft
supplied World War I naval vessels ⓘ
World War II naval vessels ⓘ
typeOfVesselBuilt destroyer leaders ⓘ
motor torpedo boats ⓘ
river craft ⓘ
torpedo boat destroyers ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

HMS Kimberley → builder → John I. Thornycroft & Company ⓘ
Woolston, Southampton → hasFormerFacility → John I. Thornycroft & Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vosper Thornycroft shipyard
John I. Thornycroft & Company → mergedInto → John I. Thornycroft & Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vosper Thornycroft
John I. Thornycroft & Company → successor → John I. Thornycroft & Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vosper Thornycroft