English Electric

The English Electric
Company Limited
Company type	Private
Industry	Transport
Predecessor	List Coventry Ordnance Works; Phoenix Dynamo Co.; Dick, Kerr & Co.; ;
Founded	December 1918 (as The English Electric Company Limited)
Defunct	1968
Fate	Merged with General Electric in 1968
Successor	List General Electric; British Aircraft; International Computers; ;
Headquarters	Strand, London, England, UK
Products	Electric motors; Transformers; Locomotives; Diesel engines; Steam turbines; consumer electronics; Nuclear reactors; Guided missiles; Military aircraft; Mainframe computers;
Subsidiaries	List D. Napier & Son; (1942–68); Marconi Company; (1948–68); Vulcan Foundry; (1955–68); Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns; (1955–68); EE Aviation; (1958–68); EE Leo Marconi; (1964–68); ;

The English Electric Company Limited (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice ending the fighting of World War I by amalgamating five businesses which, during the war, had been making munitions, armaments and aeroplanes.

It initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers, locomotives and traction equipment, diesel motors and steam turbines. Its activities were later expanded to include consumer electronics, nuclear reactors, guided missiles, military aircraft and mainframe computers.

Two English Electric aircraft designs became landmarks in British aeronautical engineering; the Canberra and the Lightning. In 1960, English Electric Aircraft (40%) merged with Vickers (40%) and Bristol (20%) to form British Aircraft Corporation.

In 1968 English Electric's operations were merged with GEC's, the combined business employing more than 250,000 people.

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