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HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable.Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939.
Below is a detailed list of the ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness, England by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Vickers-Armstrongs, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, BAE Systems Marine, BAE Systems Submarine Solutions or any other descendant companies. Whilst it is extensive it is incomplete as there are some commercial vessels ...
The Vickers Type 56 Victoria was a British biplane freighter and troop transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force. The Victoria flew for the first time in 1922 and was selected for production over the Armstrong Whitworth Awana .
Once named "Victoria Lynne" [19] [20] [21] F-BGNU 708 January 25th, 1954 - March 10th, 1954 July 5th, 1954 March 26th, 1975 Air France; Air Viet Nam; Air France; Air Inter/Lignes Aériennes Intérieures; Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany: On static display [22] [23] VH-TVR 953C 1958 November 19th, 1958 April 4th, 1970 Trans ...
The Vickers Valentia (company designation Type 264) was a British biplane bomber transport aircraft built by Vickers for the Royal Air Force. The majority built were conversions of the earlier Vickers Victoria , itself derived from the Vickers Virginia .
Pages in category "Vickers aircraft" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... Vickers Victoria; Victory Bomber; Vickers Viget; Vickers ...
In 1938, both companies were re-organised as Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, and a new 'art deco' headquarters designed by architect C. Howard Crane was built at its Brooklands factory in Surrey although the former Supermarine and Vickers works continued to brand their products under their former names. In 1960 the aircraft interests were ...
Development of the 23 class began in August 1915 when Vickers was asked to improve the 9r design by increasing its gas capacity by adding a bay and increasing the capacity of the bow and stern gas cells. [1] The 23-class was designed by H.B. Pratt and Barnes Wallis of Vickers. [2] Vickers built the first and last of the four ships.