Homepage

Hierarchy Browser

Skip Navigation Links.
Collapse DS.VA - Vickers Armstrongs Ltd, engineers, shipbuilders and armaments manufacturersDS.VA - Vickers Armstrongs Ltd, engineers, shipbuilders and armaments manufacturers
Expand 1 - Executive1 - Executive
Expand 2 - Administrative2 - Administrative
Expand 3 - Financial3 - Financial
Expand 4 - Operational: Shipbuilding4 - Operational: Shipbuilding
Expand 5 - Operational: Hydraulics and Engineering5 - Operational: Hydraulics and Engineering
Collapse 6 - Operational: Armaments6 - Operational: Armaments
Expand 1 - Armament Advisory Committee meetings 1 - Armament Advisory Committee meetings
Expand 2 - Armament Advisory Committee, Design Sub-Committee meetings2 - Armament Advisory Committee, Design Sub-Committee meetings
3 - Vickers-Armstrongs / Metropolitan-Vickers Joint Technical Committee papers
4 - Chieftain Main Production meetings / Abbot Production meetings
Expand 5 - Registers of enquiries5 - Registers of enquiries
6 - Gun mountings orders and enquiries
7 - Record of orders
Expand 8 - Drawing Office estimating and sketch books8 - Drawing Office estimating and sketch books
9 - Estimating Department record relating to tanks
Expand 10 - Indices to orders for Breech Mechanism Drawing Office10 - Indices to orders for Breech Mechanism Drawing Office
Expand 11 - Enquiry books relating to tanks11 - Enquiry books relating to tanks
12 - 'Particulars of Guns, Howitzers, and Mountings, Manufactured for the Ministry of Munitions by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne During the War 1914-1918'
Expand 13 - General particulars of guns13 - General particulars of guns
14 - Data relating to gun mountings
15 - Particulars of air bottles manufactured
Expand 16 - Armstrong Guns range tables and descriptions16 - Armstrong Guns range tables and descriptions
Expand 17 - Range tables for Vickers-Armstrongs guns17 - Range tables for Vickers-Armstrongs guns
Expand 18 - Handbooks of guns, mountings and torpedoes18 - Handbooks of guns, mountings and torpedoes
Expand 19 - Handbooks for Vickers Guns19 - Handbooks for Vickers Guns
Expand 20 - British Government handbooks20 - British Government handbooks
Expand 21 - Handbooks and manuals for tanks and landing craft21 - Handbooks and manuals for tanks and landing craft
Expand 22 - Lists of parts for Tanks22 - Lists of parts for Tanks
Expand 23 - Handbooks and manuals for tractors23 - Handbooks and manuals for tractors
Expand 24 - Descriptions and specifications of ordnance24 - Descriptions and specifications of ordnance
Collapse 25 - Design sketches and descriptions for guns, mountings and related equipment25 - Design sketches and descriptions for guns, mountings and related equipment
1 - Design of 15 inch 45 Calibre BL Gun (Alternative Proposal)
2 - Design of 14 inch 45 Calibre BL Gun
3 - Design of 14 inch 50 Calibre BL Gun (Alternative Proposal)
4 - Design of 6 inch 50 Calibre BL Gun
5 - Design of 4 inch 45 Calibre QF Gun
6 - Specification and drawings of Coast Defence Mounting for Single 8 inch 50 Calibre BL Gun
7 - Design of Twin Mounting for 6 inch 50 Calibre BL Guns
8 - Design of Mounting for a Pair of 10 inch 42 Calibre QF Guns
9 - Description and design drawing of Barbette Mounting for 3.6 inch 50 Calibre BL Guns
10 - Description and Instruction of Loose Barrel Changing Gear for Ordnance BL 5.1118 inch (130 mm) Mark B
11 - Sketch design: 5.25 inch Mark III Mounting (All Electric)
12 - Sketch design: 4.5 inch Twin Triaxial Mounting
13 - 'Design of 6 inch - 70 Calibre S.B. Pair Mounting
14 - Report on 'Design of 5.25" pair HA/LA Mounting (Hand Loading at Gun)'
15 - Designs of 3 inch Automatic Rapid-Fire Mounting
16 - M.C./D.P. Equipment: Single Row Revolver Design, Mounting Dimensions & Design Data
17 - 5.25 inch Mark III Mounting: Sketch Design of Mounting with Telescopic Hoists
18 - Sketch Designs of 5 inch M.R./D.P. Mountings
19 - 'Interim Land Service Medium Anti-Aircraft Equipment' preliminary report
20 - Description of BL 57 mm Pressure Barrel with Adjustable Chamber Capacity
21 - 5 inch Mark I Mounting: General Description & Operation
22 - Description of 21 inch Quintuple Torpedo Tubes, Powder and Air Impulse, Hand and Electric Hydraulic Training
23 - Description and drawings of 105 mm (4.134 inch) 60 Calibre Single Naval Gun Mark (N) R
24 - Report nos. D101 - D102 'Design of 101.6 mm (4 inch) 62 cal. Single Mounting Mark (N) R'
25 - Description and Illustrations of 101.6 mm (4 inch) L/62 Single Naval Mounting Mark N (R)
26 - Description and illustrations of 4.5 inch Twin Mark 6 Series Mounting
27 - Descriptions and illustrations of 40 mm Mark 5 Mod. 1 Twin RP 50 Naval Mounting carrying 40 mm L/70 Automatic Guns
28 - Descriptions, illustrations and photographs of 40 mm Twin Mounting RP 50 Mark 5
29 - Description of Electric Whip Hoist for 40 mm Ammunition
30 - Description of 2 inch Rocket Flare Launcher Mark 5
31 - Description of 21 inch Single Fixed Torpedo Tube (Light Alloy) Powder impulse
32 - Description of Endless Chain Hoist for 4 inch Ammunition (Shell and Cartridge)
33 - Description of 40 mm Mark 3 Mounting
34 - Descriptions and publicity leaflet for Vickers 3 pdr. saluting gun
35 - Description of 4 inch Mark N (R) Mounting
36 - Description of 40 mm Single Mark 7 Mounting
37 - Description of 40 mm Single Mounting Mark 9 & 9*
38 - Description of 4 inch Twin RP 51 Mark 19 Mounting
39 - Description of Squid Handling Equipment
40 - Specification of torpedo outfit
41 - Report on 34mm recoilless aircraft gun
42 - Sketch design of 4.5 inch Single RP40 Mounting
Expand 26 - Various design sketches26 - Various design sketches
Expand 27 - Drawings and specifications of fuzes27 - Drawings and specifications of fuzes
Expand 28 - Ordnance record books28 - Ordnance record books
Expand 29 - Specifications29 - Specifications
Expand 30 - Descriptions of aircraft bombs30 - Descriptions of aircraft bombs
Expand 31 - Design proposals31 - Design proposals
32 - Reports of gun carriages
Expand 33 - Range reports33 - Range reports
Expand 34 - Various papers relating to trials34 - Various papers relating to trials
Expand 35 - Records of ballistics35 - Records of ballistics
Expand 36 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to guns and gun mountings36 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to guns and gun mountings
Expand 37 - Correspondence and papers relating to torpedo tubes37 - Correspondence and papers relating to torpedo tubes
Expand 38 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to armaments for foreign vessels38 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to armaments for foreign vessels
Expand 39 - Tank files39 - Tank files
Expand 40 - Design histories40 - Design histories
Expand 41 - Drawing Office manuals41 - Drawing Office manuals
Expand 42 - Records of standard working and section numbers42 - Records of standard working and section numbers
Expand 43 - Miscellaneous papers relating to guns and mountings43 - Miscellaneous papers relating to guns and mountings
44 - Notebooks of W.E. Brooks
Expand 45 - Registers of plans45 - Registers of plans
Expand 46 - Armaments plan books46 - Armaments plan books
Expand PL - Operations: Armaments and Vehicles: PlansPL - Operations: Armaments and Vehicles: Plans
Expand 7 - Variable Speed Gear Department7 - Variable Speed Gear Department
Expand 8 - Research and Development8 - Research and Development
Expand 9 - Public Relations and Marketing9 - Public Relations and Marketing
Expand 10 - Trade Unions10 - Trade Unions
Expand 11 - Various societies and organisations11 - Various societies and organisations

Useful Links