Category:Vickers

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English: Vickers was a major British engineering and armaments company. First known from 1828 as Naylor, Vickers and Company; as Vickers, Sons and Company from 1867; Vickers, Sons and Maxim (VSM) from 1897 when it took over Maxim-Nordenfelt; Vickers-Armstrongs from 1927 when it took over Armstrong-Whitworth. It was broken up in the 1960s and 1970s and the name survives today in Vickers Defence Systems Ltd.

Vickers

famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies

Instance of

Industry

Named after

Edward Vickers

Owned by

BAE Systems

Headquarters location

Barrow-in-Furness (51°30′0.54″N 0°7′34.43″W)

Inception

1828

Dissolved, abolished or demolished

1999

Different from

Vickers Limited

Authority control

Subcategories

This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

C

► Michel Clemenceau‎ (1 F)

E

► George Edwards (aviation)‎ (2 F)

M

► Metropolitan-Vickers‎ (2 C, 7 F)
► Vickers military equipment‎ (5 C)

S

► Vickers subsidiary companies‎ (4 C)

V

► Vickers vehicles‎ (6 C, 1 F)
► Albert Vickers‎ (1 C, 4 F)

Z

► Basil Zaharoff‎ (3 F)

Media in category "Vickers"

The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total.

BL 7.5 inch Mk V guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg 1,400 × 1,007; 394 KB
HMS Albion 2006.jpg 1,840 × 1,232; 451 KB
HMS Shannon (1906) guns being assembled at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness in England.jpg 1,024 × 746; 242 KB
HMS Liverpool (Bristol-class cruiser).jpg 330 × 246; 9 KB
No80FuzeMkVL.jpg 1,200 × 562; 111 KB
QF 12 pdr 18 cwt guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg 1,112 × 783; 225 KB
Shervick Tractors at the Elswick Works (19667278230).jpg 842 × 565; 180 KB
Tern2.jpg 600 × 450; 27 KB
The Misses Vickers John Singer Sargent 1884.jpeg 1,000 × 738; 83 KB
Vickers advertisement Brasseys 1915.jpg 612 × 1,000; 128 KB
Vickers Advertisement Janes 1914.jpg 750 × 445; 57 KB
Vickers Cross Gates March 2017.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 1.59 MB
Vickers limited logo.png 300 × 300; 15 KB
Vickers Pillbox, Poulters Bridge.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 643 KB
Vickers plc logo.png 300 × 335; 6 KB
Vickers works in Leeds.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 497 KB
Vickers, Sons & Maxim's Naval Construction Works (ca. 1900).jpg 4,100 × 2,215; 2.55 MB
Women Working in the Munitions Industry during the First World War Q108424.jpg 800 × 617; 94 KB
Women Working in the Munitions Industry during the First World War Q108474.jpg 800 × 643; 94 KB

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