Vickers Limited
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vickers-limited-233-14383412
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Vickers Limited
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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, going on to make shafts and propellers for ships, armour plate and then artillery. Entire large ships, cars, tanks and torpedoes followed. Airships and aircraft were added, and Vickers jet airliners were to remain in production until 1965. Financial problems following the death of the Vickers brothers were resolved in 1927 by separating Metropo
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British engineering conglomerate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Limited
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2024-04-09T19:43:58Z
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