Whitehead Torpedo Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Whitehead, Robert
- Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd
- Vickers Ltd
- Vickers Armstrong Engineers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ferrybridge, Dorset, Dorset, South West, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
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Transport equipment production
Marine engines & other marine equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to Robert Whitehead, 1823-1905, a British engineer who established a large engineering business in Europe, in particular making marine steam engines at Trieste. 1860s started to develop and make torpedoes. 1891 established a UK torpedo making business at Ferrybridge, Weymouth, to supply, inter alia, the Royal Navy. 1906 Vickers and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd acquired control of business from Whitehead family. 1921 business in liquidation but assets were acquired in 1923 by newly formed Whitehead Torpedo Co Ltd, a connection of Vickers and Armstrongs. Works closed in 1960s, after diversifying into light engineering, when part of Vickers Armstrong Engineers Ltd
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Other Business Names:
- Whitehead, Robert
- Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd
- Vickers Ltd
- Vickers Armstrong Engineers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ferrybridge, Dorset, Dorset, South West, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
- Transport equipment production Marine engines & other marine equipment production