Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,850 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Napier Aero Engines

From Graces Guide

1961 New company established Napier Aero Engines owned equally by D. Napier and Son (a subsidiary of English Electric Co) and Rolls-Royce. The company would make the Gazelle and Eland aero-engines. The London factories of D. Napier and Son would be operated by the new company[1]

1962 Rolls-Royce agreed to integrate Napier's Gazelle aero-engine activities with its own aero-engine work; they continued to market the Gazelle, dropping the Eland; the Acton works was closed[2].

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times June 1, 1961
  2. The Times Aug. 25, 1962