Canadian Vickers
Aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Canadian Vickers Limited was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada during the early part of the 20th century until 1944. A subsidiary of Vickers Limited, it built its own aircraft designs as well as others under licence. Canadair absorbed the Canadian Vickers aircraft operations in November 1944.
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Founded | 1911; 113 years ago (1911) |
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Defunct | 1944; 80 years ago (1944) (aircraft operations) 1988; 36 years ago (1988) (shipbuilding, as MIL Vickers) 1990; 34 years ago (1990) (rail car operations, as Versatile Vickers) |
Fate | Aircraft division absorbed into Canadair in 1944 |
Successor | Canadair and Versatile Vickers (using Canadian Vickers as brand only) |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Parent | Vickers Limited |
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