What is English Electric?
{{Infobox Defunct Company |company_name = English Electric |company_logo = |fate = Acquired by [[General Electric Company plc|GEC]] |foundation = 1918 |defunct = 1968 |location = [[Lancashire]]<br />headquartered at [[Strand, London]] |successor = [[British Aircraft Corporation|BAC]]<br />GEC<br />[[International Computers Limited|ICL]] |subsid= [[D. Napier & Son]] (1942-)<br />[[Marconi Company|The Marconi Company]] (1948-)<br />[[Vulcan Foundry]] (1955-)<br />[[Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns]] (1955-)<br />English Electric Aviation (1958-)<br /> [[English Electric Leo Marconi]] (1964-) }} '''English Electric'''<ref>{{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill |title= World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers, 2nd Edition |year= 2005 |publisher= Sutton Publishing Limited |location= Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK |isbn= 0-7509-3981-8 |pages= 164 }}</ref> (EE) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial [[electric motor]]s and [[transformer]]s. Its activities would expand to include railway [[locomotive]]s and [[Railway electric traction|traction equipment]], [[steam turbine]]s, [[consumer electronics]], [[guided missile]]s, [[aircraft]] and computers. ==English Electric Diesel Engines== '''English Electric Diesel Engines''' was the [[diesel engine]] division of English Electric. It built diesel engines under the names '''English Electric''', '''Napier''' and '''Dorman'''. [[File:Napier Deltic, Alycidon.jpg|thumb|left|A diesel [[locomotive]] built by English Electric]] {{clear}} == References == <references/> {{English Electric aircraft}} {{Aviation lists}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Aircraft companies]] [[Category:Engineering companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1918 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Locomotive manufacturers]] [[Category:British rail vehicles manufacturers]]