British Polar Engines
of 133 Helen Street, Govan, Glasgow
1927 Incorporated as a private company, Fiat British Auxiliaries Limited, with capital of £125,000, to carry on business as engineers, shipbuilders, and aircraft builders.[1]
1931 The company was reconstituted under the new name of British Auxiliaries Limited. The company would now, in addition to engines of the Fiat type, make engines of the Polar-Atlas type, an arrangement having been made for this purpose with Aktiebolaget Atlas Diesel, of Stockholm. The output from the firm's Govan works would now include land and marine auxiliary engines and medium-sized diesel sets for ship propulsion.[2]
1939 Engines built under licence from the Swedish Atlas Co in sizes 48 to 192 bhp. [3]
1944 In August the company changed its name to British Polar Engines Limited.[4]
1946 The company got new management, including Sir James Lithgow as chairman. Repair work was discontinued.[5]
1954 Acquired by Associated British Engineering; maker of marine engines under licence from the Swedish firm of Nydqvist and Holm (NOHAB)[6]
1961 Manufacturers of diesel engines. [7]
2000 Purchased Kelvin Diesels.
2021 ABE sold British Polar Engines for a nominal sum to Mr N. Marks on behalf of himself and Mewa Industrial Holdings
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Scotsman 16 April 1927
- ↑ Liverpool Journal of Commerce 17 September 1931
- ↑ A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1996. ISBN 1 873098 37 5
- ↑ Shipbuilding and Shipping Record January 25 1951
- ↑ Shipbuilding and Shipping Record July 18 1946
- ↑ The Times, Sep 02, 1955
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- British Polar Engines Ltd website - no longer active