Vickers-Armstrongs
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For the modern day New Zealand aircraft company, see Vickers Aircraft Company. For other companies using the "Vickers" name, see Vickers.
Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, with the remainder being divested as Vickers plc in 1977.
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Industry | Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys Manufacture of military fighting vehicles arms industry building of ships and floating structures metal industry vehicle construction |
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Predecessor | Vickers |
Founded | 1927 |
Defunct | 1977 |
Fate | Assets split and majority nationalised |
Successor | Vickers plc British Aircraft Corporation (est. 1960) British Shipbuilders British Steel Corporation |
Headquarters | Vickers House, Westminster, London |
Key people | |
Parent | Vickers Limited Armstrong Whitworth |
Subsidiaries | Metropolitan-Vickers Canadian Vickers Whitehead & Company John Brown & Company Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Supermarine Aviation Works (est. 1928) |
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It featured among Britain's most prominent armaments firms.[1]