Thornycroft, John I, & Co Ltd, shipbuilding
Other Business Names:
- Steam Wagon & Carriage & Co
- Vosper Thornycroft Ltd
- Vosper Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chiswick, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Reading, Reading, Berkshire, South East, England
- Woolston, City of Southampton, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Marine engines & other marine equipment production
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Transport equipment production
Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
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Transport equipment production
Small craft building & repairing exc ships
Notes:
Established at Chiswick, London, in 1864 as Steam Wagon & Carriage & Co. 1872 known as John I Thornycroft & Co when builders of light craft. 1901 incorporated. Came to specialise in light warship building for Royal Navy, early on especially torpedo boats and destroyers. Set up commercial vehicle business 1895 at Basingstoke. Also made marine engines at Reading. Shipbuilding moved to Woolston in 1904. Merged with Vosper Ltd in 1960s to form Vosper Thornycroft Ltd.
Publications:
- 100 Years of Specialized Shipbuilding and Engineering. John I Thornycroft centenary, 1964 by Barnaby, Kenneth C
- Half a Century of Thornycroft Progress and Five Years of War Work by Unknown
- 'John I Thornycroft & Co. The Chiswick years' in R Owen (ed), Shipbuilding and Ships on the Thames. Proceedings of a fourth symposium ... 2009 by Winfield, Rif, & Stuart Rankin
- Pictorial Review of the Activities of John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Engineers and Shipbuilders by Unknown
- Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway by Banbury, Philip
- 'Social and economic impact of the closure of Thornycroft's Yard, Chiswick, in 1909' in C Ellmers (ed), Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Shipbuilding on the Thames ... 2012 by Wisdom, James
- Thornycroft. 50 years at Woolston, 2nd June 1904 - 2nd June 1954 by Unknown
- Thornycroft Marine Boats and Motor Boats by Unknown
- Thornycroft Motor Boats. A picture show by Unknown
- Thornycroft Organisation by Unknown
- Thornycroft. Shipbuilding and motor works in Chiswick by Arthure, Humphrey
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Steam Wagon & Carriage & Co
- Vosper Thornycroft Ltd
- Vosper Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chiswick, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Reading, Reading, Berkshire, South East, England
- Woolston, City of Southampton, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Marine engines & other marine equipment production
- Transport equipment production Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
- Transport equipment production Small craft building & repairing exc ships
Notes:
Established at Chiswick, London, in 1864 as Steam Wagon & Carriage & Co. 1872 known as John I Thornycroft & Co when builders of light craft. 1901 incorporated. Came to specialise in light warship building for Royal Navy, early on especially torpedo boats and destroyers. Set up commercial vehicle business 1895 at Basingstoke. Also made marine engines at Reading. Shipbuilding moved to Woolston in 1904. Merged with Vosper Ltd in 1960s to form Vosper Thornycroft Ltd.Publications:
- 100 Years of Specialized Shipbuilding and Engineering. John I Thornycroft centenary, 1964 by Barnaby, Kenneth C
- Half a Century of Thornycroft Progress and Five Years of War Work by Unknown
- 'John I Thornycroft & Co. The Chiswick years' in R Owen (ed), Shipbuilding and Ships on the Thames. Proceedings of a fourth symposium ... 2009 by Winfield, Rif, & Stuart Rankin
- Pictorial Review of the Activities of John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Engineers and Shipbuilders by Unknown
- Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway by Banbury, Philip
- 'Social and economic impact of the closure of Thornycroft's Yard, Chiswick, in 1909' in C Ellmers (ed), Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Shipbuilding on the Thames ... 2012 by Wisdom, James
- Thornycroft. 50 years at Woolston, 2nd June 1904 - 2nd June 1954 by Unknown
- Thornycroft Marine Boats and Motor Boats by Unknown
- Thornycroft Motor Boats. A picture show by Unknown
- Thornycroft Organisation by Unknown
- Thornycroft. Shipbuilding and motor works in Chiswick by Arthure, Humphrey