Category:Vickers

**Vickers**
	famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies
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Instance of	business;
Industry	arms industry; Manufacture of military fighting vehicles (derived from NACE classification in 20th Century Press Archives); building of ships and floating structures (derived from NACE classification in 20th Century Press Archives); manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery (derived from NACE classification in 20th Century Press Archives); machinery industry and plant construction; vehicle construction;
Named after	Edward Vickers;
Location	United Kingdom;
Owned by	BAE Systems;
Headquarters location	Barrow-in-Furness;
Inception	1828;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1999;
Followed by	Vickers-Armstrongs;
Replaces	ABC Motors;
Different from	Vickers Limited;
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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.

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A walk from Oulton Church ^34 - geograph.org.uk - 2011190.jpg 800 × 600; 233 KB
Alcock and Brown Sculpture, Crayford (01).jpg 4,013 × 2,993; 11.71 MB
Andy Scott's "Captain Crayford" in Crayford (01).jpg 3,448 × 4,592; 12.43 MB
Andy Scott's "Captain Crayford" in Crayford (02).jpg 3,448 × 4,592; 10.52 MB
Andy Scott's "Captain Crayford" in Crayford (03).jpg 3,448 × 4,592; 13.82 MB
Andy Scott's "Propella" in Crayford (01).jpg 3,448 × 4,592; 11.28 MB
Andy Scott's "Propella" in Crayford (02).jpg 3,448 × 4,592; 11 MB
Andy Scott's "Propella" in Crayford (03).jpg 3,412 × 4,524; 13.05 MB
Andy Scott's "Propella" in Crayford (04).jpg 3,448 × 4,592; 12.43 MB
Assembly line) Vicker Sons & Maxim Gun Factory LCCN2014680263.jpg 5,791 × 4,248; 2.91 MB
Assembly line) Vicker Sons & Maxim Gun Factory LCCN2014680263.tif 5,791 × 4,248; 23.46 MB
BL 7.5 inch Mk V guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg 1,400 × 1,007; 394 KB
Cartuccia a proietto da 25,4 V.jpg 2,046 × 1,722; 734 KB
Cañón Vickers (1926).001 - A Coruña.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 7.3 MB
Cañón Vickers (1926).002 - A Coruña.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 7.06 MB
Cañón Vickers (1926).003 - A Coruña.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 7.72 MB
Cañón Vickers (1926).004 - A Coruña.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 7.64 MB
Cañón Vickers (1926).005 - A Coruña.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 7.18 MB
Cañón Vickers (1926).006 - A Coruña.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 7.64 MB
Cañón Vickers (1926).007 - A Coruña.jpg 5,152 × 3,864; 7.7 MB
H.M.S. Shannon) Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works LCCN2014680262.jpg 5,760 × 4,247; 3.15 MB
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
Old Vickers cannons at St. Peter's Hill, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (PPL1-Corrected) 2 julesvernex2.jpg 5,944 × 3,726; 4.12 MB
Old Vickers cannons at St. Peter's Hill, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (PPL1-Corrected) 3 julesvernex2.jpg 4,812 × 2,919; 3.33 MB
Old Vickers cannons at St. Peter's Hill, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (PPL3-Altered) 4 julesvernex2.jpg 5,541 × 3,626; 3.38 MB
Old Vickers cannons at St. Peter's Hill, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (PPL3-Altered) julesvernex2.jpg 4,733 × 3,042; 3.02 MB
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
UK Ministry of Defence visit to Vickers Manchester November 1953 (cropped).jpg 4,618 × 3,696; 5.75 MB
UK Ministry of Defence visit to Vickers Manchester November 1953.jpg 4,674 × 8,610; 18.7 MB
Vickers advertisement Brasseys 1915.jpg 612 × 1,000; 128 KB
Vickers Advertisement Janes 1914.jpg 750 × 445; 57 KB
Vickers anti-aircraft predictor 2017 auf Wikipedia (freigestellt).png 1,538 × 2,118; 3.32 MB
Vickers anti-aircraft predictor 2017.jpg 1,538 × 2,118; 2.85 MB
Vickers anti-aircraft predictor.jpg 2,731 × 4,649; 4.82 MB
Vickers anti-aircraft predictor.png 2,731 × 4,649; 7.76 MB
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 plc logo.svg 270 × 308; 5 KB
Vickers Works by Barrow - Assembled big guns LCCN2014699549.jpg 5,710 × 4,159; 3.24 MB
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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