Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited (VSEL) was a shipbuilding company based at Barrow-in-Furness, England that built warships, civilian ships...
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subsidiary Alvis Vickers. In 2003, Rolls-Royce renamed its Vickers subsidiaries Vinters Engineering plc. The Vickers name lived on in Alvis Vickers. In 2004,...
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and comprises four vessels: Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance, built between 1986 and 1999 at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and...
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VSEL may refer to: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Very Small Embryonic-Like stem cells – hypothetical murine and human stem cells This disambiguation...
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Vickers Limited was a British engineering conglomerate. The business began in Sheffield in 1828 as a steel foundry and became known for its church bells...
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Shields and Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company, Wallsend Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group, Barrow in Furness (renamed Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering...
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Poseidon (P99) was a Parthian-class submarine designed and built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness, England for the Royal Navy,...
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Tyneside-based engineering company Armstrong Whitworth, founded by William Armstrong, to become Vickers-Armstrongs. Armstrong Whitworth and Vickers had developed...
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Marconi Electronic Systems (redirect from Marconi Space and Defence Systems)
1985, parts of Ferranti's defence business in 1990, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in 1995 and Kvaerner Govan in 1999. In June 1998, MES acquired...
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Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law...
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All seven boats of the class were built and completed by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard. In 1982, Jane's Fighting...
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belonged to Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering. Known locally as the 'Gun Shop' the vast complex was constructed in stages between 1875 and 1900 and consists...
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awarded a £450 million contract for their replacements to Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) in Barrow-in-Furness. The ships' roles are "to...
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HMS Manchester (D95) (section Construction and design)
Navy. She was laid down in 1978 at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, launched in 1980, commissioned in 1982, and decommissioned on 24 February 2011...
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Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, later BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, was launched in September 1993, and commissioned in January...
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HMS Triumph (S93) (section Home port and affiliations)
galleon built in 1561. Triumph was laid down in 1987 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited. The boat was launched in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton...
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Shipyard (redirect from Shipbuilding companies)
class. Preceding companies such as Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering have constructed hundreds of surface ships and civilian vessels in Barrow since...
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Devonshire Dock Hall (category Vickers)
Cumbria, England. Constructed between 1982 and 1986 by Alfred McAlpine plc for Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, DDH was built on land that was created...
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BAE Systems (section Political influence and donations)
destroyers; Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, builder of the world's first battlecruiser; and Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, builder of the...
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Marconi Company (redirect from Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company)
Ferranti Dynamics in 1992 Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in 1995 Alenia Marconi Systems in 1998, a defence electronics company and an equal shares joint...
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1976 vol 919 c363W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about shipbuilding contracts, 15 November 1976. For the sixth Swiftsure class fleet submarine...
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Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, later BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, was launched in September 1998, and commissioned in November...
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howitzer. AS-90 was designed and built by the armaments division of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (VSEL). Between 1992 and 1995, VSEL supplied 179 vehicles...
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HMS Vanguard (S28) (section Overhaul and refueling)
Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, later BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, was launched on 4 March 1992, and commissioned on 14...
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Vickerstown (category Vickers)
constructed in the early 20th century by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering. Vickerstown contains two Conservation Areas and is home to the majority of the population...
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Cornwall. In 1900 the Royal Navy ordered five submarines from Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering of Barrow-in-Furness, designed by Electric Boat Company....
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British Shipbuilders (redirect from British Shipbuilding Corporation)
Slipway and Engineering Company, Wallsend and Grangemouth Dockyard Company Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group, Barrow in Furness (renamed Vickers Shipbuilding...
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including Vickers Defence Systems, the defence arm of Vickers plc, sold by Rolls-Royce plc to Alvis plc in 2002 Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (1871-2007)...
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January 1970 and built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at Barrow-in-Furness. An explosion during construction killed two dockyard workers and damaged...
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fleet submarine was ordered on 21 October 1965, and was laid down at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited (VSEL)'s Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on...
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