English Electric
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English Electric was a 20th-century British industrial manufacturer, initially of electric motors, and expanding to include railway locomotives and aviation, before becoming part of GEC.
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History
- 1917: Dick, Kerr & Co. acquired the United Electric Car Company, who made trams in Preston.
- 1918: The English Electric Company was formed.
- 1918 & 1919: EEC took over Dick, Kerr & Co. of Preston (England), Willans & Robinson of Rugby, and the Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company of Bradford. It also bought the Stafford works of Siemens Bros, Dynamo Works Ltd. Dick, Kerr & Co.'s traction activities were concentrated in Preston and continued there until 1930. Also included was Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd.
- 1930: The manufacture of electrical equipment was moved to Bradford. Tramcar, bus body, and rolling stock production stayed at Preston.
- Late 1920s: EE was in a parlous financial state. A complex financial reorganisation, apparently backed by American Westinghouse interests, was needed to save it.
- 1930: The man most associated with EEC, George Nelson, became managing director.
- 1930s: EE supplied equipment for the electrification of the English Southern Railway system, which gave it a strong position in the traction market.
- 1939-1945 (WWII): EE made a substantial contribution to the British war effort.
- 1942: EE took over Napier & Son, an aero-engine company, and this helped establish the company's aircraft division. Company factories were converted to build the Handley-Page Halifax heavy bomber.
- 1945 and after: EE invested heavily in aircraft design, leading to major successes in the 1950s with the Lightning interceptor and Canberra tactical bomber, which in 2005 was still flying in reconnaissance and other roles with many air forces, including the RAF.
- 1946: EE took over the Marconi Company. This was a foray into domestic markets.
- 1955: EE took over Vulcan Foundry and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorne, both with substantial railway engineering pedigrees. EE also made steam turbines.
- 1958: EE's aviation business was set up separately, as English Electric Aviation Ltd.
- 1960: EE tried to take over one of the other major British electrical companies, GEC.
- Early 1960s : Under government pressure EE rationalised its aircraft division, which later became part of the new British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), English electric having a 40% stake in BAC.
- 1963: English electrics guided weapons division added to BAC.
- 1967: GEC took over AEI.
- 1967 or 1968: Failed bid for EE by Plessey.
- 1968: The new GEC conglomerate took over EE.
Products
Aircraft
Shadow production
Computers
Guided weapons
Railway Equipment
Engines- English Electric 12CSV diesel
- English Electric 6SRKT diesel
- British Rail Class 08
- British Rail Class 09
- British Rail Class 11
- British Rail Class 12
- British Rail Class 13
- British Rail Class 23
- English Electric Type 3 (British Rail Class 37)
- British Rail Class 40
- English Electric Type 4 (British Rail Class 50)
- English Electric Type 5 (British Rail Class 55)
- British Rail Class 73, components assembled by BR.
- British Rail Class 83
- British Rail Class 86
- British Rail Class 487
- British Rail D0226
- British Rail DP1
- British Rail DP2
- British Rail GT3
- CP Class 1400
- CP Class 1800
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu Class 15
- [Keretapi Tanah Melayu Class 20]
- [Keretapi Tanah Melayu Class 22]
- Nigerian Class 1001
- NIR 1 Class
- NS 500 Class
- NS 600 Class
- NZR DE class
- NZR DF class
- NZR DG class
- NZR DM class
- NZR EO class
- NZR EW class
- QR 1200 Class
- QR 1250 Class
- QR 1270 Class
- QR 1300 Class
- QR 2350 Class
- Tasmanian Government Railways X Class
- PKP class EU06
See also
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