Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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  • An anti-aircraft missile developed by Bristol Aeroplane Co, later British Aircraft Corporation (Guided Weapons) Ferranti supplied the guidance ...
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  • 1949 English Electric created a Guided Weapons Division to work on ... Category:Guided Missile ...
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  • The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM ... Category: Guided Missile ...
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  • Blue Streak was to be Britain&039;s Long Range Ballistic Missile ... Category:Guided Missile ...
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  • 1963 BAC acquired the previously autonomous guided weapons divisions ... Category: Guided Missile ...
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  • The guided missile and space technology operations Hawker Siddeley Aviation and the guided missile and space technology ...
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  • MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France ... Category:Guided Missile ...
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  • Entering service in 1971, Rapier is a British surface-to-air missile ... Category:Guided Missile Category: Ammunition and Explosives ...
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  • 1960 Provided system sales organisation for Bloodhound missile airliner and "Blood-hound" guided missile. 8,000 employees. ...
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  • p666c.jpg thumb 1963. "Malkara" guided missile at launch from Hornet armoured car. Note: This is a sub-section of Humber ...
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  • become Hawker Siddeley Aviation (HSA) and the guided missile and space technology operations Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (HSD). 1977 Hawker Siddeley ...
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  • and build the Thunderbird ground to air missile for the British Army. The ... Category:Guided Missile ...
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  • Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile. 1985 Hughes Aircraft was acquired by General Motors from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...
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  • 1949 English Electric created a Guided Weapons Division to work on ... 1959 The Thunderbird missile was the first British designed and produced ...
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  • out of the aircraft industry and into the guided missile, space exploration, and space utilization industries. In 1961, the Martin Company merged ...
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  • as "Transvaal Castle" and the guided missile vessel " Hampshire". In addition to serving as a member of committees of the Institution ...
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  • and aeronautical engineer, working on guided weapons systems and the DEUCE ... By the 1950s Hackett was head of the Guided Weapons Division at aerospace ...
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  • aircraft carrier escort, training ship, or guided missile ship were not followed through. The cruiser was sold for scrapping in 1962. ...
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  • 1960 The SM-62 Snark, the first online intercontinental guided missile, entered service 1961 The T-38 supersonic trainer entered service. ...
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  • guided weapon program, as well as other guided missile programs, airborne radar and electro-optics for the US military. The group was sold to Raytheon ...
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  • become Hawker Siddeley Aviation (HSA) and the guided missile and space technology operations Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (HSD). See Also ...
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  • 1954 Guided Weapon research began at Wythenshawe. 1959 Supplied the guidance and control system for the Bloodhound missile. ...
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  • 1956 Another post-war activity was missile development, culminating ... Category:Guided Missile ...
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  • Engine) computer was developed at Guided Weapons Systems at Luton; LACE computers were used for missile modelling and simulation.The Analogue ...
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  • 1950 Became head of the ramjet section of the Guided Weapons Department ... fuel tank being designed for the Blue Streak missile. 1960s: Contributed ...
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  • in post WWII years at the yard was the guided missile destroyer Glamorgan which was powered by steam and gas turbines. In April of the same year ...
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  • become Hawker Siddeley Aviation (HSA) and the guided missile and space technology operations as Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (HSD). From 1955. Hawker ...
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  • 1963-1970 The County Class guided missile destroyers London (1963 ... 1972 The type 82 missile destroyer Bristol was launched on 30th June ...
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  • After this the factory was converted into a guided missile launcher manufacturing plant. 1974 The Elderslie Dockyard was acquired by Yarrow Shipbuilders ...
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  • hydraulics, metal fabrications, guided weapons, target aircraft ... bgcolorF0F0F0 United Kingdom&039;s first air-to-air guided missile. ...
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  • become Hawker Siddeley Aviation (HSA) and the guided missile and space technology operations as Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (HSD). 1957 Hawker Siddeley ...
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  • aerodynamics is also exploited by the guided weapons division of the company, which has produced the "Fireflash " missile. At the same ...
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  • jpgthumb Thunderbird Mk1 Surface to Air Missile (SAM). Exhibit at the National ... 1963 English Electric&039;s guided weapons division was taken over by BAC. ...
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  • 1954 Guided Weapon research began at Wythenshawe 1954 &039;TOWARDS ... for the Bloodhound Surface-to-Air Missile was a key money earner. ...
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  • and Canberra U Mark 10 target drones for guided-weapon firing trials. is developing the &039;Seacat&039; guided missile, which is scheduled to ...
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  • Channel Formed by Explosive Charge, 86 Guided-Missile Trial Station ... Guided Missile Trial Station, Australia, 301 Harwell Isotope School ...
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  • Birks, F. M., "Spirally Guided gas-holders," (31) ... FAIREY Aviation Co. Ltd., Radio-Controlled Rocket Missile, 332 ...
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  • rock drilling, 747 Atlas: Story of a Missile, by J. L. Chapman (book), 766 ... Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd., Devonshire guided missile destroyer ...
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  • Radiation Pyrometer, 963 ; Launch of Guided Missile Destroyer “Devonshire” ... and Engineers), Ltd., Launcn of Guided Missile Destoyer “Devonshire” ...
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  • “ Fireflash ” Guided Missile (Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.), 372 ... , “ Thor ” Ram-Jet for Long-Range Guided Missile, 222; “ Orion ’’ ...
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  • Bloodhound ” Surface-to-Air Guided Missile (Bristol/Ferranti), 601 ... “ Seaslug ” Ship-to-Air Guided Missile, 744 Seats, Ejection ...
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  • “ Corporal ” Long-Range Tactical Supersonic Guided Missile, 431 ... “ WAC Corporal ’’ Guided Missile, 430 Weapon, Guided, Air ...
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  • system simulation of County Class guided missile destroyer, 567 ... County class guided missile destroyer, PACE computers for ship propulsion ...
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  • in British Guiana, 113; Bloodhound guided missile, 121; electric motors ... Bloodhound guided missile, Switzerland and Sweden to use (Bristol ...
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  • — and Guided Weapons Research Centre of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth ... Guided Weapons and Aircraft Research Centre of Sir W. G. Armstrong ...
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  • Type 82 guided-missile destroyer 661 Association of Consulting ... guided-missile, Type-82 661 COSAG system for 762 Devcon Ltd., Flexane ...
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  • Guided missile, by A. E. Puckett and Ramo (review), 490 ... Gatland, K. W., review of Guided Missile Engineering, 490; review ...
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  • Products, gear lubricant 899 Guided missile, Martel, tv camera 867 ... Martel guided missile, television camera 867 Martin, J. W., precipitation ...
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  • Nord Aviation (France) and Vosper Thorny- croft. Wire-guided missile ... Susa fast patrol boat for Royal Libyan Navy, with wire-guided missile ...
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  • —? Spike, for guided missile (Armstrong-Whitworth), 113 ... Amplifier, giant high-fidelity, for missile research (Westinghouse ...
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  • B. S. Shenstone, 427; Guided Weapons and Aeronautics, by Dr. R. ... Aeronautics and Guided Weapons, by Dr. R. Cockburn, 567 ...
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  • of Jet Flap for, 722 “ Terrier ” Guided Missile (General Dynamics Corporation ... Insert Process, 465; “Terrier” Guided Missile, 734; Collaboration ...
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  • Missiles, Guided, Development of, 692, 811 Naval Aircraft Yards ... Sir A., on Development and Production of Guided Missiles, 811 ...
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  • Missile, guided, in Type 82 destroyer 427 Mitchell, A., on Splendid Sisters (book) Mitchell, E., on Your Factory and the Law 207 ...
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  • 575; progress report on Firestreak guided missile, 590 ... Guided missile, de Havilland Propellers’ progress report on, 590 ...
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  • Blue Streak rocket as satellite booster, 405 Blue Water guided missile ... Aviation Ltd., future of Blue Water guided missile, 161 ...
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  • hammers (Progrega Ltd), 195 Anti-tank guided missile. Vigilant, 98 Guns, review, 98 ... external cladding at Fylingdales ballistic missile early warning station, 705 ...
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  • — Plastic, for missile tracking, 402 — Segments of Cor-Ten ... Araldite adhesive for missile nose cones (CIBA (ARL) Ltd.), 563 ...
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  • Aircraft and missile manufacture, tooling for, by F. W. Wilson and ... Bloodhound I missile, contract on (Ferranti Ltd.), 625 ...
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  • 881; guidance system for Seaslug guided missile, 909 General Electric ... — Navy, guided missile destroyers for, 273 —? — New style ...
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  • — Test Peroxide refuelling vehicles for guided missiles (Tecalemit ... — Solid-state static, for ballistic missile early warning relay ...
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  • Black Knight rocket, combined with Blue Streak missile, 208 ... Blue Streak ballistic missile combined with Black Knight rocket, 208 ...
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  • Missiles, Guided, Electronic Apparatus for; Equipment for Evaluating Performance of Apparatus for, (General Electric Co., Ltd.), 541 ...
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