Varley Pumps and Engineering
Varley Pumps and Engineering Ltd. of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset (1943).
of 97 Standard Road, North Acton, London NW10.
1923 Commander C. H. Varley (1890-1949), submariner, retired from the Royal Navy to work on designing hydraulic machinery[1].
1932 Founded Varley Pumps at North Acton, London
1938 Cmdr Varley had the idea of using midget submarines to place limpet mines on ships and persuaded the Admiralty eventually to try it out; these submarines sank the Tirpitz in 1943.
1954 Varley Pumps and Engineering, Ltd. Pumping equipment for machine tool industry; pumps for aircraft refuellers; engine test beds; forced lubrication, oil fuel; nozzle test pumps for Diesel engines; petrol dispensing units; nitrogen reducing valves for aircraft refuelling systems. Directors: J. H. Bentley, B.Sc.(Tech), A.M.I.Mech.E. {Managing Director), R. C. Chapman; John F. Kelts; C. E. Peers; W. de Back; B. C. Carter; A. W. Elwood; G. F. Twist. Senior Executives: J. Matthews {Chief Designer)', C. S. Gray {Works Manager)', D. Wakeling {Buyer)', S. R. Nice {Secretary). Head Office and Works: Ferry Lane, Brentford, Middlesex. T.: Ealing 1186-8. T.A.: Paracyclic Brentford. Associated Company: Varley Marine, Ltd.[2]
By 1954 Varley Pumps and Engineering was a subsidiary of Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation (FMC) of USA
1954 Acquired C. F. Douglas and Co, of The Strand, London, agents for the parent company[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Dec 03, 1949
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, Nov 08, 1954