Vickers-Armstrongs

Vickers-Armstrongs was a British company formed in 1927 by the merger of Vickers with Armstrong, Whitworth & Company.

The new company would continue to supply naval construction, naval systems, as well as assorted other military hardware through World War II and beyond.

Shipbuilding

Ship	Type	Launched	Fate
Kongō	battlecruiser	18 May, 1912	Sunk 21 Nov, 1944
H.M.S. Furious	battlecruiser	15 Aug, 1916	Sold 23 Jan, 1948
H.M.S. Cumberland	heavy cruiser	16 Mar, 1926	Broken up 1959
H.M.S. Oxley	submarine	29 Jun, 1926	Sunk 10 Sep, 1939
H.M.S. Otway	submarine	7 Sep, 1926	Broken up 1945
H.M.S. Osiris	submarine	19 May, 1928	Broken up 1946
H.M.S. Oswald	submarine	19 Jun, 1928	Sunk 1 Aug, 1940
H.M.S. Medway	depot ship	19 Jul, 1928	Torpedoed 30 Jun, 1942
H.M.S. Otus	submarine	31 Aug, 1928	Scuttled 1946
H.M.S. Arrow	destroyer	22 Aug, 1929	Blown up 8 Apr, 1943
H.M.S. Keith	destroyer	10 Jul, 1930	Bombed 1 Jun, 1940
H.M.S. Crescent	destroyer	29 Sep, 1931	Collision 25 Jun, 1940
H.M.S. Cygnet	destroyer	29 Sep, 1931	Broken up 1947
H.M.S. Thames	submarine	26 Feb, 1932	Lost c. 23 Jul, 1940
H.M.S. Defender	destroyer	7 Apr, 1932	Sunk 11 Jul, 1941
H.M.S. Diamond	destroyer	8 Apr, 1932	Sunk 27 Apr, 1941
H.M.S. Porpoise	minelaying submarine	30 Aug, 1932	Sunk 16 Jan, 1945
H.M.S. Severn	submarine	16 Jan, 1934	Sold 1946
H.M.S. Ajax	light cruiser	1 Mar, 1934	Broken up 1949
H.M.S. Clyde	submarine	14 Mar, 1934	Sold 30 Jul, 1946
H.M.S. Fame	destroyer	26 Jun, 1934	Transferred 1949
H.M.S. Firedrake	destroyer	28 Jun, 1934	Sunk 16 Dec, 1942
H.M.S. Greyhound	destroyer	15 Aug, 1935	Sunk 22 May, 1941
H.M.S. Griffin	destroyer	15 Aug, 1935	Broken up 1946
H.M.S. Narwhal	minelaying submarine	29 Aug, 1935	Sunk 23 Jul, 1940
H.M.S. Newcastle	light cruiser	23 Jan, 1936	Broken up 1959
H.M.S. Hereward	destroyer	10 Mar, 1936	Sunk 29 May, 1941
H.M.S. Hero	destroyer	10 Mar, 1936	Broken up 1946
H.M.S. Sheffield	light cruiser	23 Jul, 1936	Broken up 1967
H.M.S. Rorqual	minelaying submarine	27 Jul, 1936	Sold 19 Nov, 1945
H.M.S. Afridi	destroyer	8 Jun, 1937	Sunk 3 May, 1940
H.M.S. Cossack	destroyer	8 Jun, 1937	Torpedoed 24 Oct, 1941
H.M.S. Eskimo	destroyer	3 Sep, 1937	Sold 27 Jun, 1949
H.M.S. Mashona	destroyer	3 Sep, 1937	Sunk 28 May, 1941
H.M.S. Harvester	destroyer	29 Sep, 1939	Sunk 11 Mar, 1943
H.M.S. Hurricane	destroyer	29 Sep, 1939	Sunk 24 Dec, 1943
H.M.S. Ithuriel	destroyer	15 Feb, 1940	Lost 28 Nov, 1942
H.M.S. Inconstant	destroyer	24 Feb, 1941	Transferred 1946
H.M.S. P222	submarine	20 Sep, 1941	Sunk c. 12 Dec, 1942
H.M.C.S. Iroquois	destroyer	23 Sep, 1941	Sold 1966
H.M.S. Seraph	submarine	25 Oct, 1941	Scrapped 1962
H.M.C.S. Athabaskan	destroyer	18 Nov, 1941	Torpedoed 29 Apr, 1944
H.M.S. Shakespeare	submarine	8 Dec, 1941	Sold 14 Jul, 1946
H.M.S. Abercrombie	monitor	31 Mar, 1942	Broken up 1955
H.M.C.S. Huron	destroyer	25 Jun, 1942	Sold 1965
H.M.C.S. Haida	destroyer	25 Aug, 1942	Preserved 1964

Bibliography

• Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).