English Electric
English Electric[1] (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers. Its activities would expand to include railway locomotives and traction equipment, steam turbines, consumer electronics, guided missiles, aircraft and computers.
| Fate | Acquired by GEC |
|---|---|
| Successor | BAC GEC ICL |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Defunct | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Lancashire headquartered at Strand, London |
| Subsidiaries | D. Napier & Son (1942-) The Marconi Company (1948-) Vulcan Foundry (1955-) Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns (1955-) English Electric Aviation (1958-) English Electric Leo Marconi (1964-) |
English Electric Diesel Engines
English Electric Diesel Engines was the diesel engine division of English Electric. It built diesel engines under the names English Electric, Napier and Dorman.
English Electric Media
Locomotiva 1449 [English Electric • Sorefame] N.º UIC: 9094 110 1449-3 (Takargo Rail)
Three English Electric7SRL Diesel alternator sets being installedthe Saateni Power Station, Zanzibar 1955
Two Hampden bombers pictured on 9 April 1940
Napier Deltic engine, cut away for display
De Havilland Vampire T11 (DH-115) at Point Cook. Starting up for a display at the RAAF Museum Air Pageant. Formerly of the Rhodesian/Zimbabwe Air Force, this Vampire was sold and shipped to Australia in December 1988. Restored at Tyabb, it was registered VH-ZVZ on 4 May 1992. It was trucked to West Sale in November that year for further work and made its first flight there on 12 January 2001.
Preserved 1927 EN80 English Electric tram, the last example of a fleet of 20 once used by the Warsaw Commuter Railway
English Electric Canberra PR.9 of the RAF, 2006
London Post Office Railway
English Electric Generator
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References
- ↑ Gunston, Bill (2005). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers, 2nd Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. p. 164. ISBN 0-7509-3981-8.
