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Canadian Vickers Limited was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada during the early part of the 20th century until 1944. A subsidiary of the UK parent, it built its own aircraft designs as well as others under licence. Canadair absorbed the Canadian Vickers Ltd. aircraft operations in November 1944. == Shipbuilding == British ship building and weapons manufacturing conglomerate Vickers Sons & Maxim was invited by the Government of Canada in 1911 to establish a Canadian division to manufacture vessels for the nascent Royal Canadian Navy. Vickers Sons & Maxim established Canadian Vickers Ltd. and constructed Maisonville Shipyard at Viauville (Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve) in the east end of Montreal near Boulevard Viau and rue Notre-Dame Est. Today the old shipyard buildings are gone replaced by silos and port facilities now owned by the Port of Montreal. During World War I the yard built the Holland 602 type submarine for the British and the Italian Navy. They were known as the British H class submarine in the Royal Navy: * – Launched May 1915 * – Launched June 1915 * – Launched June 1915. Mined and sunk July 1916 * – Launched June 1915 * – Launched June 1915. Rammed and sunk March 1918 * – Launched June 1915. Interned and purchased by the Dutch January 1916 * – Launched June 1915 * – Launched June 1915 * – Launched June 1915 * – Launched June 1915. Disappeared 1918 This shipyard would go on to produce many civilian and military ships in Canada, including: * * * * * * * * * * * * Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers * * CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent * * CCGS Simcoe Canadian Vickers also manufactured luxury yachts and vessels that were later converted as yachts: * Bart Roberts - built in 1963 as icebreaker and converted as a yacht in 2001〔http://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-24716/bart-roberts.htm〕 * Club Atlantic - motor yacht built in 1967〔http://www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=club-atlantic-2134〕 * Christina O - built in 1943 as HMCS Stormont (K327) and converted as yacht in 1954;〔http://www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=christina-o-1873〕 renamed as Christina in 1954, Argo in 1978 and current named in 1998 Canadian Vickers was sold in 1926 and reacquired by Vickers in 1956.〔http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/canada/vickers.htm〕 Renamed Vickers Canada Limited in 1978 after being sold to Canadian interest and renamed several times again by the last owners Marine Industries (as Versatile Vickers Inc〔(Versatile Vickers )〕〔(Versatile Vickers )〕 in 1981 and MIL Vickers in 1987). Shipbuiding operations ceased by 1988.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian Vickers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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