English Electric

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:fate merged
gptkbp:founded 1918
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Coventry_Ordnance_Works
gptkb:Dick,_Kerr_&_Co.
gptkb:Phoenix_Dynamo_Manufacturing_Company
gptkb:Siemens_Brothers
gptkb:Willans_&_Robinson
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Preston,_Lancashire,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label English Electric
gptkbp:industry aerospace
defense
electrical engineering
railway locomotives
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Sir_George_Bailey
gptkb:Sir_George_Nelson
gptkb:Sir_Holberry_Mensforth
gptkb:Sir_Leonard_Redshaw
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:GEC
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:George_Nelson
gptkb:Frederick_Handley_Page
gptkb:W.E.W._Petter
gptkbp:notableEvent acquisition of Coventry Ordnance Works in 1919
acquisition of Dick, Kerr & Co. in 1919
acquisition of Marconi in 1946
acquisition of Napier & Son in 1942
acquisition of Siemens Brothers in 1919
acquisition of Vulcan Foundry in 1955
acquisition of Willans & Robinson in 1919
merger with GEC in 1968
production of computers
production of diesel locomotives
production of electric locomotives
production of guided missiles
production of jet aircraft
acquisition of Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company in 1919
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:English_Electric_Canberra
gptkb:English_Electric_DEUCE_computer
gptkb:English_Electric_Deltic
gptkb:English_Electric_KDF9_computer
gptkb:English_Electric_Leo_computer
gptkb:English_Electric_Lightning
gptkb:English_Electric_M.3_computer
gptkb:English_Electric_Matador
gptkb:English_Electric_Thunderbird
gptkb:English_Electric_Type_1
gptkb:English_Electric_Type_2
gptkb:English_Electric_Type_3
gptkb:English_Electric_Type_4
gptkb:English_Electric_Type_5
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:GEC
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:English_Electric_Australia
gptkb:English_Electric_Aviation
gptkb:English_Electric_Company_of_Canada
gptkb:English_Electric_Computers
gptkb:English_Electric_Diesel_Engines
gptkb:English_Electric_Traction
gptkb:English_Electric_Valve_Company
gptkbp:successor gptkb:GEC
gptkbp:year_dissolved 1968
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4