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	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering - Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Ltd (VSEL) was a shipbuilding company based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria in northwest England that built warships and armaments.
		In 1994 VSEL was subject to two takeover proposals, one from GEC and another from British Aerospace (BAe).
		VSEL was willing to participate in a merger with a larger company to reduce its exposure to cycles in warship production, particularly following the "Options for Change" defence review following the end of the Cold War.
	vickers-shipbuilding-and-engineering.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Vickers_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering (764 words)

	Vickers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by steel manufacturer Edward Vickers and his father-in-law in 1867.
		Vickers Sons and Maxim began work on a rigid airship for the British Admiralty in mid 1909 in a dock at Walney Island, Cumbria, sadly it disintegrated upon its second trip out of a floating hangar on the evening of 23 September 1911.
		Vickers was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers, and went on to manufacture the piston-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner and Varsity military crew trainer, the Viscount and Vanguard turboprop airliners, and the stylish though noisy VC-10 jet airliner, which remains in RAF service as an aerial refuelling tanker.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vickers (1076 words)

	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) is based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.
		Vickers was the first shipyard of this group to return to the private sector.
		VSEL was willing to participate in a merger with a larger company to reduce its exposure to cycles in warship production, particularly following the "Options for Change" defence review following the end of the Cold War.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vickers_Shipbuilding (489 words)

	British Shipbuilders - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		British Shipbuilders was a public corporation that owned and managed the UK shipbuilding industry from 1977 to 1986.
		British Shipbuilders was privatised in 1983 under the terms of the British Shipbuilders Act 1983.
		VSEL - 1986 - with Cammell Laird as a subsidiary.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/British_Shipbuilders (222 words)

	Vickers: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd: vickers shipbuilding and engineering ltd (vsel) is based at barrow-in-furness, cumbria...
		Vickers Sons and Maxim began work on a rigid airship for the British Admiralty in mid 1909 in a dock at Walney Island (Walney Island: walney island, otherwise the isle of walney is the eighth-largest marine island off...
		The 1990s (1990s: The decade from 1990 to 1999) saw Vickers Shipbuilding enter a period of diversification, notably with the £340m ($609m) acquisition of Ulstein (Ulstein: ulstein is a municipality in the counties of norwaycounty of møre og romsdal, norw...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/vickers (1230 words)

	Vickers - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alvis Vickers was acquired by BAE Systems in 2004 to form BAE Systems Land Systems.
		Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry in 1867.
		In 1928 Vickers Aviation took over Supermarine, later to be creators of the Spitfire.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Vickers (1121 words)

	cars - Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) is based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
		VSEL was acquired during the merger of British Aerospace and GEC's defence business, Marconi Electronic Systems.
		Vickers was the first shipyard of this group to return to the private sector.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/VSEL (178 words)

	Astute class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A design contract was placed with Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd.
		(VSEL) in 1987, but with the end of the Cold War the project was cancelled in 1992.
		However the development was extremely slow and initial tenders received from VSEL in June 1995 were too expensive.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Astute_class_submarine (506 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
		Now BAE Systems Marine Ltd, VSEL was acquired during the merger of British Aerospace and GEC's defence business, Marconi Electronic Systems.
		The sixth HMS Ocean (L12) of the Royal Navy is a "Landing Platform, Helicopter", the only one in its class, built by Kvaerner Govan on the Clyde taking advantage of commercial build methods and facilities, before sailing from Barrow-in-Furness for fitting out prior to acceptance into service with the Royal Navy.
		She was launched on October 11, 1995, and christened by Her Majesty the Queen on February 20, 1998, at the yard of the prime contractor Vickers Shipbuilding Engineering Limited, prior to the delivery voyage to her base port of Devonport.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vickers-Shipbuilding-and-Engineering (394 words)

	Naval Technology - Bainbridge International - Flame Retardant Protection Systems
		This product offers maximum protection during hot work and can also offer a flameproof protection required to cover engines and for fire barriers.
		During the past two years cover guard® has been successfully used during new- building and refurbishment aboard frigates, destroyers, mine-hunters, corvettes, patrol vessels, survey ships, aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, fleet auxiliaries and oilers, and submarines (nuclear) during outfitting by:
		The new helicopter carrier HMS Ocean courtesy of V.S.E.L., UK.
	www.naval-technology.com /contractors/warship/bainbridge (584 words)

	Vickers - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vickers was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999 for £576m ($1.03Bn.) The Vickers marine propulsion product range complemented the Rolls-Royce offering, transforming the group into the global leader in marine power systems.
		In 2002 Vickers Defence Systems (which excluded the marine business) was bought by Alvis plc, and became its subsidiary, Alvis Vickers Ltd.
		Vickers Defence was sold to Alvis, becoming Alvis Vickers Ltd.
	www.voyager.in /Vickers (1369 words)

	Human-centric Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Design engineers who want to ensure that their designs conform to approximations of human capability require sophisticated dV/Manikin human-modeling capabilities, based on a predetermined set of manikins (anthropometry for 5, 50, and 95 percentiles for both males and females) for posturing the manikin and generating reach envelopes and vision cones.
		The engineering group believed that virtual prototyping was a logical stage between digital pre-assembly and the costly fabrication of a full-scale engine mock-up.
		The use of manikins produces reach and visual envelopes that indicate the extent to which a maintenance engineer would be able to gain access to the key elements of the equipment and actually manipulate the necessary tools and objects.
	www.memagazine.org /backissues/july98/features/centric/centric.html (1867 words)

	VICKERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers, and went on to manufacture the piston-engined Viking airliner and Varsity military crew trainer, the Viscount and Vanguard turboprop airliners, and the stylish though noisy VC-10 jet airliner, which remains in RAF service as an aerial refuelling tanker.
		The 1990s saw Vickers Shipbuilding enter a period of diversification, notably with the £340m acquisition of Ulstein, the Norwegian shipbuilding group in December 1998.
		Vickers was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999 for £576m The marine propulsion portfolio of Vickers made it particularly suited to Rolls-Royce, transforming the group into the global leader in marine power systems.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/vi/Vickers.htm (566 words)

	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) is based at Barrow-in-Furness (Barrow-in-Furness: barrow-in-furness is a town in the administrative county of cumbria, and the traditional...
		VSEL was willing to participate in a merger with a larger company to reduce its exposure to cycles in warship production, particularly following the "Options for Change (Options for Change: options for change was a restructuring of the british military in 1993, aimed at cutting...
		GEC already owned Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd (YSL) (Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd (YSL): more facts about this subject) as well the naval systems businesses of Plessey (Plessey: plessey is also a name for a barcode symbology developed by them, which is still used...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/vickers_shipbuilding_and_engineering_ltd (665 words)

	Astute class submarine: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Astute class submarine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A design contract was placed with Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. in 1987, but with the end of the Cold War the project was cancelled in 1992.
		However the development was extremely slow and initial tenders received from Vickers in June 1995 were too expensive.
		On March 17, 1997, an order was placed with Vickers for the first three boats: HMS Astute (S119), HMS Ambush (S120)[?], and HMS Artful (S121)[?].
	www.encyclopedian.com /as/Astute-class-submarine.html (474 words)

	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd - TheBestLinks.com - Nationalization, 1977, 1993, 1986, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd - TheBestLinks.com - Nationalization, 1977, 1993, 1986,...
		Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Nationalization, 1977, 1993, 1986...
		Now BAE Systems Marine Ltd, VSEL was acquired during the merger of British Aerospace and GEC's defence business.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Vickers_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Ltd-bp-redirect-v-no-ep-.html (214 words)

	Procuring Change: How Kockums was Selected for the Collins Class Submarine (Research Paper 4 2001-02)
		Vickers was a long established naval engineering company that had built many classes of nuclear powered submarines for the Royal Navy (RN) before being rationalised into the conglomerate, British Shipbuilders.
		Vickers had no experience of managing construction programs overseas but had established a subsidiary in Australia, which, as the manager of Vickers Cockatoo Island Dockyard, was responsible for the refit of the Oberons.
		VSEL's price was reported as being high, and its delivery schedules as doubtful, given the problems it was then experiencing with the Type 2400 program for the RN.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/rp/2001-02/02RP04.htm (9984 words)

	Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The boats were originally built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd for the Royal Navy, but, due to the end of the cold-war, and scaling back of the programme, saw only brief service before being mothballed in favour of an all nuclear force.
		They are essentially identical to modern nuclear submarines (with the distinctive nuclear shape and sonar-deflecting tiles) but run on diesel engines instead of nuclear reactors (which limits their range, but conversely makes them quieter and more manoeuvrable).
		It is foreseen that with the maturity of fuel cell technology the ships will be converted over to that power system, which could allow them to operate at sea almost indefinitely without the problems, real and perceived, of nuclear power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_class_submarine (2109 words)

	Vickers - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vickers Defence was sold to Alvis, becoming Alvis-Vickers.
		1986 Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltdas a subsidiary of British Shipbuilders.
		Then from 1986 shortened to VSEL, and by 1999 the name had completely disappeared as part of BAE Systems joined again with the descendant of the original parent company.
	www.unipedia.info /Vickers.html (1083 words)

	Steam & Engine of Australia - STEAM YACHT GONDOLA
		The engine was a twin cylinder, “V” configuration, with 8 inch diameter cylinders with 12 inch stroke, positioned each side of the boiler and connected to a single crank on the main shaft.
		In the 1930’s, in preparation for conversion to a houseboat, the boiler and engine were removed, the engine room becoming the galley and washhouse.
		The current engine is quite similar to the original being a twin “V” double acting, single expansion with 7 inch diameter piston and 8 inch stroke, and again using slipping eccentrics for reverse.
	www.steamengine.com.au /steam/water/gondola (2319 words)

	Report to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense. Regarding a Plan for the Utilization of Rock ...
		The LWlS5 is being developed by Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. (VSEL) of the United Kingdom whose design was selected as a result of an extensive nine month shoot-off and evaluation.
		VSEL is currently soliciting subcontractors in the US to provide materials, produce components and assemble the completed howitzer.
		VSEL has solicited US industrial sources as well as RIA to be subcontractors for the LWl5S.
	www.stormingmedia.us /38/3815/A381573.html (346 words)

	Women in Engineering
		Asking people in general for their ideas of what engineers do, invariably the answer is "they fix cars and stuff don't they?" The perception then seems to be a masculine discipline with dirty, heavy work.
		HJ : The reconstruction of engineering education needs to take place in order for individuals, women and men, to realise a future in which they have equal access to and opportunities to participate in their future world of technology.
		There is no doubt that the number of women in engineering has increased during the last ten years, however this could be matched by an improved quality of experience during the next ten years.
	www.brighton.ac.uk /mecheng/enginuity/womeneng.html (722 words)

	Assistance to British Shipbuilders: forty-third report from the Committee of Public Accounts
		British Shipbuilders (BS) was established as a new corporation on 1 July 1977.
		In their first and nineteenth reports of session 1979-80 the Committee considered BS's formation and the assistance provided for shipbuilding on the basis of reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), and made a number of recommendations.
		The NAO also examined BS's new contract support limit system and reviewed the arrangements agreed for the funding and completion of a submarine facilities project at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd and the sale of the company.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bopall/ref22204.html (130 words)

	Mr Frank Duffy - Senior Investigator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		After a two year graduate apprenticeship in Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd in Barrow in Furness Frank set up T and F Flue Linings Ltd in 1983.
		When T and F Flue Linings Ltd was bought over in 1994 Frank was made Director for Scotland of the two companies New Vent Distributors Ltd and H Docherty Ltd. His role was primarily technical within the businesses and was encouraged to continue independent consultancy work.
		Frank was also instructed by ISOKERN (UK) Ltd, the leading European manufacturer of concrete flue and chimney products as their national technical representative on the British Flue and Chimney Manufacturers Association Technical committee, British Standard Committees and he served on an expert panel in a government (DTR) investigation into failure of certain flue products.
	ificlinux.mine.nu /CVs/FrankDuffy.htm (289 words)

	Albion Class Landing Platform Dock Replacement (LPD(R)s)
		In 1991 the government announced that they intended to replace the aging vessels and a project definition study was undertaken between November 1991 and the beginning of 1993.
		A second study occurred between May 1993 and Spring 1994 and in the same year invitations to tender were issued to three shipbuilders- Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (Barrow-in-Furness), Yarrow Shipbuilders (Scotstoun) and Vosper Thornycroft (Southampton).
		While the damage was repaired, the incident served as a reminder that despite her heavy workload, Fearless was almost forty years old and on her last legs.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/albion.htm (2723 words)

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